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Great White Sharks
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Wednesday Morning Spice
06 Dec 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Great white sharks returning to South African waters, South African water and sewage control systems potentially hit in global hack, Sun City, Pilansberg tourists ambushed, shot at for euros, CPT Arts Festival gives buskers their big break, and A starry tribute to Marianne Faithfull.
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It’s Payback Time – Gang Of Seals Fend Off Great White Sharks In South Africa [Video]
09 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A clip from ‘Planet Earth III’, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, shows a gang of seals fending off multiple great whites in South Africa.
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Watch A Massive Great White Shark Stalk Pro Surfers In Jeffreys Bay [Video]
17 Jul 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
This weekend, a giant great white shark was among the pro surfers in the water, innocently stalking the dangling feet of some okes who were none the wiser.
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SA’s Infamous Killer Whale Pair Ripped Into 17 Sharks In Just One Day
28 Feb 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The infamous orcas essentially upended the food chain in Cape Town’s waters and now they’re at it again, ripping into a new shark species.
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Surfer Recounts Viral Encounter With Great White Shark [Video]
04 Oct 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier this year, drone footage filmed by ‘The Malibu Artist’ amassed more than 10 million views on Instagram.
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Remarkable Findings From The Full Orca / Great White Mossel Bay Hunting Video
03 Oct 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
Footage aired earlier this year of orcas killing a great white shark in Mossel Bay was actually a snippet of an hour-long hunt of multiple sharks.
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What Experts Say About The Plett Shark Attacks
30 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With the summer months rapidly approaching, would-be Plett travellers may be worried about enjoying a dip during their visits to the area.
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The Difference Between A Shark Exclusion Net And A Shark Net
27 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sunday’s attack by a shark in Plettenberg Bay, which tragically claimed the life of Kimon “Kiki” Bisogno, is the second fatal shark attack in the area in the past three months and the third since 2011.
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Port And Starboard Prime Suspects After Great White Found Dead [Video]
23 Aug 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
Researchers found a great white carcass in Hartenbos, Mossel Bay, on Sunday and evidence points to the involvement of the orca duo.
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Diver Left Scrambling As Massive Great White Smashes Enclosure [Video]
01 Aug 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In order to try and overcome PTSD from a previous close encounter with a shark, Jimi Partington hopped inside a clear, polycarbonate box.
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First-Ever Footage Of Orcas Chomping Great White In Mossel Bay [Video]
28 Jul 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
Shark biologist Alison Towner called the footage “probably one of the most beautiful pieces of natural history ever filmed”.
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Gangs Of Seals Are Taking On Plett’s Great White Sharks
14 Jul 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
Seals in Robberg Nature Reserve will come together in ‘gangs’, known as mobbing, in order to protect themselves against attacks from great white sharks.
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Cape’s Infamous Great White-Killing Orcas Return Amid New Research
01 Jul 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
Yesterday, Port and Starboard were spotted in False Bay. A new study has outlined just how great an effect they’re having on the region’s great white shark population.
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Shark Spotted In Plett After Fatal Attack Reported [Video]
29 Jun 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A hiker captured footage of a shark near Sanctuary Beach, where a fatal attack had just been reported.
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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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