The day before, my tour guide was telling me his experience with cage diving with great white sharks. He said he got in the cage and a 6-meter female white shark swam right by it. He couldn’t sleep for 3 days. So of course I was convinced immediately and signed up!
I was picked up from the hotel at 4 in the morning and we drove for a few hours to a bay that is known for their white sharks. Cape Town is the most popular place in the world for viewing these frightful, yet beautiful creatures. We had an introduction at the office and took an hour boat ride out and sat for a while waiting.
Unfortunately because of the high winds the day before the water was very murky and the visibility was extremely low. The first batch went in the cage and shivered through 11 degree water and saw nothing, meanwhile the rest of us remained on the boat and had a great view of the sharks swimming just about a foot away from the cage! So although I didn’t get in the cage, it was still exciting. The most important part was that I actually signed up for something that crazy.
I was then dropped to the airport and that was the end of my Cape Town trip.
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