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    • The Great White Sharks Are Back [Video]

      22 Jun 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Spare a thought for shark cage diving operators around the Western Cape, and those operating shark viewing tours, for the hardships they’ve endured these past few years.

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    • Shark Warning After Great White Spotted In Plett River

      19 May 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Yesterday evening, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spotted a 3,5-metre great white upstream from the river mouth.

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    • Deadly Great White Shark Attack In Sydney

      17 Feb 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Beaches were shut and authorities searched the coastline looking for the great white that mauled a male victim at around 4:30PM just off Little Bay in east Sydney.

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    • It’s Shark Season In Cape Town Again

      14 Dec 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      There’s no need to panic. Rather, Shark Spotters is simply letting us know that we should be a little more cautious about when and where we swim this summer.

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    • Expert Panel Concludes Orcas ‘Likely’ Caused Disappearance Of Cape Great Whites [Video]

      19 Nov 2020 by Kiernan / No Comments

      A government-appointed team of nine experts has released the results of their study into why great white sharks have all but disappeared from what were once hotspots.

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    • Drone Films Kayaker’s Close Encounter With A Great White [Video]

      21 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      More Australians have been killed in unprovoked shark attacks this year than in any year since 1934, so you can understand the reaction of kayaker Matthew Smith.

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    • Cape Great White Breach Picture Goes Viral During Shark Week [Video]

      11 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Renowned South African photographer Chris Fallows spent countless hours bobbing in the water near Seal Island, before snapping this incredible image.

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    • Drone Footage Shows Great White Sharks Snacking On Dolphin [Video]

      18 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      The footage was shot on Sunday, and shows at least four different great whites tucking in.

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    • Telegraph’s Great Profile On Cape Town’s Shark Spotters

      20 Feb 2020 by Kiernan / No Comments

      After a long absence from Cape waters, great white sharks have once again been sighted. That makes the work done by Shark Spotters all the more important.

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    • Excellent Look At Cape Town’s Vanishing Great White Shark Population [Video]

      30 Oct 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments

      The disappearance of Cape Town’s great white sharks has attracted plenty of international media attention, and now CNN is wading in.

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    • Cape Shark Cage Diving Operators Are Really Suffering

      01 Oct 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments

      Many Capetonians are saddened by the sudden disappearance of great white sharks from the area, but none more so than those whose livelihood depends on their presence.

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    • The Great White Sharks Have Left False Bay – Here’s Why [Video]

      12 Sep 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments

      The Shark Spotters research team have no confirmed sightings of a great white this year, and shark cage diving eco-tourism operators who frequent False Bay’s Seal Island have been just as unsuccessful.

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    • Are You Aware That Great White Sharks Have Vanished From Cape Town?

      29 Aug 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments

      The Shark Spotters programme has a good handle on how many great white sharks are in the area, and the last 18 months paint a worrying picture.

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    • Vic Bay Surfers Save Great White Shark Stranded On The Rocks [Video]

      09 Apr 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      The ill-informed might think that surfers would be happy to have fewer sharks in the water, but that’s missing the point.

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    • Cameras Mounted On Gansbaai Great White Sharks Show New Seal-Hunting Tactics [Video]

      08 Apr 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments

      Researchers mounted cameras on eight different great white sharks. When they watched the footage, they were surprised to see new predation techniques.

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    • Absence Of Great White Sharks In False Bay Leads To Unexpected Results

      03 Oct 2018 by Kiernan / 3 Comments

      This last summer season, Shark Spotters recorded an all-time low number of great white shark sightings. This has opened the door for other species.

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    • Shark Week’s Fascinating Look At The Great White Killing Orcas Of The Western Cape [Video]

      31 Jul 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      When great white sharks started washing up dead along the Gansbaai coast, many were left stumped. Turns out a pair of slick hunters were hard at work.

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    • What Nine Years Of Studying The False Bay Great Whites Taught Researchers

      29 Mar 2018 by Kiernan / 1 Comment

      Over a period of nine years, researchers in False Bay recorded 1 105 great white shark sightings, identifying 303 individuals species. Here’s what they learnt.

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    • This Great White Shark Headbutt Will Give You A Massive Fright [Video]

      11 Dec 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      We know that they are the ocean’s apex predators, but it seems that great white sharks aren’t averse to a little headbutt either. Spare a thought for this chap.

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    • Another Great White Shark Found Dead In Gansbaai [Images]

      28 Nov 2017 by Kiernan / No Comments

      2017 has been a pretty rough year for great white sharks in the Gansbaai area, and now there’s another death to explain. Bad news for cage diving operators.

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    • The Great White Shark Hunting Orcas Have Struck Again [Images]

      26 Jun 2017 by Kiernan / 1 Comment

      In May scientists were shocked to find three great white sharks that had fallen prey to orcas, and now you can add a fourth to that list. They’ve even named the hunters.

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    • “Surgical Precision” – Another Massive Great White Shark Washes Up After Being Attacked By Orcas

      09 May 2017 by Kiernan / 5 Comments

      It’s not a very good time to be a great white off the coast of the Western Cape at present, with a number of sharks washing ashore. Orcas are on the prowl.

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    • New Study Shows Shocking Number Of Great White Sharks Off SA’s Coastline

      20 Jul 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments

      Most of us who take a plunge now and again don’t want to come face to face with the ocean’s apex predator. Turns out we might get our wish.

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    • Gansbaai Struggles As Great White Sharks Disappear

      15 Jan 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments

      South Africa is known around the world for our brilliant shark-cage diving, although things aren’t going so well in Gansbaai.

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    • Pure Terror: Incredible Footage Captures Two Great White Sharks Attacking EACH OTHER! [Video]

      01 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Watching this video is like the Tabard to swimming in the ocean. It makes cage diving seem almost as pleasant as being stuck in space without oxygen. Fun times.

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    • This Is Why Sharks Circle Their Prey Before They Pounce

      23 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Sharks are commonly represented by pop culture as predators that will almost certainly circle their prey before closing in for the kill. But the truth of the matter is that you wouldn’t see them coming if they were certain you were a food item – they probably aren’t all that convinced if they’re circling. This, […]

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    • DISCOVERY: Great Whites Re-Visit Coastline Spots, Considering Them Home [VIDEO]

      05 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Researchers have discovered there are more great white sharks visiting coastline spots than previously thought. Surfers, take a deep breath, because they reckon this discovery confirms that sharks have much less of an interest in humans than Sharknado would have us believe.

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    • New App Tracks Great White Shark Activity

      21 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Currently we rely heavily on Shark Spotters positioned at strategic points along the Cape Peninsula for shark warnings. What if there was an app for that, too?

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    • Cape Town To Hire More Spotters In Wake Of Fatal Shark Attack

      25 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      In the wake of the tragic death of 20-year old Capetonian bodyboarder, David Lillienfeld last Thursday, the City of Cape Town has agreed to implement a shark spotting programme at Kogel Bay, where the young man lost his life.

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    • Cape Town Petition Opposes False Bay Shark Tagging Show

      05 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments

      Chris Fischer is an American documentary maker whose program, Shark Men, is in the Cape tagging Great White sharks along our coastline. A group opposed to this have lodged a complaint with the Department of Environmental Affairs, claiming the “research” Fischer conducts might make good TV, but is damaging to the sharks. Both sides of the story, after the jump!

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