Your chance to come face to face with the oceans top predator

The Great White Shark!

Join us for an eco-adventure full of discovery, excitment and awe! Find us in Gansbaai, South Africa - the Great White Shark capital of the world! Only 2 hours from Cape Town.
Transport provided on request.

Barracuda is a 12.5m Lee Cat which is extremely stable. Something to consider if you are prone to sea sickness! We launch around 8.00am but this will vary from day to day and depend upon weather and sea conditions. Trips last around 5 hours.

You do NOT have to be a qualified diver!

The best way to see the sharks is to simply hold your breath!

For those of you who prefer to stay dry you’ll have an
awesome view of the action from the top deck.
Watch video here!

Your safety is our main priority. Divers will be supervised by a PADI Dive Master and we have all the required safety equipment on board including two 15 man life rafts.
Our aim is to educate you about the biology and conservation of the great white shark whilst having a once in a life time experience! Please appreciate that these are wild animals and cannot be guarenteed. In the unlikely event that we do not sight great white sharks we will offer you a complimentary trip.
We do NOT FEED the sharks.

Our company biologist is on board and we encourage our clients to participate in great white shark research by helping us to collect and log data for S.Africa’s Marine and Coastal Management’s collabrative great white shark project.
WHEN TO COME:
We encounter great white sharks all year round.
For details on seasonal conditions please click here!
HOW TO BOOK:
You can email info@sharkdivingunlimited.com or
download a booking form and Fax to: +27 (0) 86 634 1889
WE PROVIDE:
Breakfast with hot drinks, picnic lunch with soft drinks, towels, all cage diving equipment. We have water proof cameras for sale and a DVD of your day is available to purchase from your videograph
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
FOR INQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS EMAIL: info@sharkdivingunlimited.com


3 day PADI Great White Shark Specialty course with
Michael Rutzen.
Available ONLY for qualified divers.

 Course includes:
  • 2 great white shark cage dives
  • scuba dive with the Cape Fur seals
  • 2 evening lectures with Michael Rutzen
  • 3 nights in 4 star accommodation at Saxon Lodge
  • Return transfers from Cape Town
  • PADI certification card
  • Breakfast, picnic lunch & evening meals inclusive

Experience the thrill of seeing great white sharks up close and personal!
Then dive with the seals in the infamous Shark Alley!

Shark behaviour specialist Michael Rutzen
reveals the private life of the great white shark!

With breath taking video footage his presentations
focus on the biology, ecology, behaviour and
conservation of the world’s most reknown
apex predator - THE GREAT WHITE SHARK

Michael Rutzen is well known for being one of the few people to safely work with great white sharks outside the cage! Find out how these incredible images were produced!

AT NO TIME WILL YOU DIVE WITH GREAT WHITE SHARKS WITHOUT A CAGE!

Thought you knew all about great white sharks? Ask the expert! Learn about the great white sharks fascinating social structure, communication, body language and feeding heirarchy.
Are you a shark fanatic?
Then this is the course for you!

FOR INQUIRIES CALL:
(UK) +44 (0) 7913851666
or
(South Africa) +27 (0) 82 322 3745
OR EMAIL: mike@sharkdivingunlimited.com


NEW ADVANCED CAGE DIVE!


Experience the thrill of being underwater and surrounded by great white sharks! Feel the exposure of free diving while remaining safe inside the cage. Dive with great white shark expert Michael Rutzen world famous for free diving with great white sharks. Mike will accompany you in the cage whilst you are on scuba and submerged below the surface. His ability to predict great white shark behaviour
enables him to decipher the shark's subtle body language. Observe how great white sharks utilize the water column and how they interact with one another. See great white sharks from all angles as they swim over your head!
This incredible opportunity is ONLY available to students who have completed Shark Diving Unlimited's 3 day PADI Great White Specialty course. This focused course teaches you the theory behind understanding great white shark behaviour. Now on Shark Diving Unlimited's Advance Cage Dive you can test the theories and experience the practical side
of great white shark diving! At no time will you leave the protection of the cage.
The Advanced Cage Dive includes:
  • 1 night accommodation with breakfast and evening meal.
  • Pre dive briefing.
  • Submerged cage dive on scuba.
  • Post dive analysis.
  • Shark Diving Unlimited certificate.

    • Contact mike@sharkdivingunlimited.com


    Explore the Dyer Island marine environment with a variety of scuba dives.
    Qualified divers can choose from a range of exciting dives whilst snorkellers are welcome
    to swim with the seals. However accessing dive sites is weather dependent and
    dives may be cancelled at short notice.

    The Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) is an underwater acrobat and the clown of the ocean! Diving with this sociable animal is a fun and safe way to experience large marine animals close up. Divers descend to a maximum of 3 meters so is ideal for novice divers or snorkelers.
    The Dyer Island area is scattered with dense kelp beds where Puffadder shyshark, Pyjama catshark, Leopard catshark, Hottentot, Crayfish, Cape fur seals and Spotted gully sharks may be encountered. Divers will descend to a maximum of 12m so is an easy dive for novice divers.
    The reefs that surround Dyer Island provide a focus point for some of the areas large predatory fish and larger species of shark such as the Sevengill cowshark, Soupfin shark and Bronze whaler. This dive is for experienced divers and varies between 10-25m.
    The wreck of the HMS Birkenhead lies at a depth of 30m, off Gansbaai’s aptly named Danger Point. This English frigate sank in 1852 and 445 men lost their lives. The captain ordered women and children to abandon ship, coining the phrase ‘women and children first’. This dive is at 30m and is for experienced divers only. Swell surge can be considerable at this location, and visibility can be low. Conditions are not suitable to dive the wreck during winter months.

     PRICE PER PERSON
     
    SEAL DIVES ZAR 800.00 / ZAR 500.00
    KELP DIVES ZAR 800.00
    REEF DIVES ZAR 1200.00
    WRECK DIVES ZAR 1200.00

    EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE 
    FOR INQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS EMAIL: mike@sharkdivingunlimited.com


    Witness the heart pounding breach of a great white shark!
    It’s every photographers dream to capture this spectacular sight and we cater for
    amateurs and professionals alike!

    By deploying a rubber decoy we can manipulate the
    shark’s natural hunting beahviour - often resulting in dramatic breaches.
    Breaching is witnessed around Dyer Island either at first
    light or sunset.
    The best time of year is between March and May.

     

    We organise private charters for large groups and exclusive
    charters for film crews. Breaching cannot be guareented.

    PRIVATE CHARTER BREACHING TRIP
    LAUNCH (APPROX) 5.30AM
    RETURN (APPROX) 8.00AM
    MAXIMUM 14 PEOPLE
    COST: ZAR 4,000.00
    FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL:mike@sharkdivingunlimited.com