Blue water adventures...

Thirty miles out at sea with no land in sight, hundreds of meters deep with endless visibility, blue sharks and mako sharks amongst giant schools of yellow and long fin tuna....a life changing experience indeed!

Diving amongst pelagic sharks is an adventure not many divers get to experience. We head out at first light and after a long journey by boat we reach our destination marked by loads of bird activity and commercial fishing boats taking advantage of the seasonal abundance of fish.

Blue sharks are very curious animals and they often swim right up to the divers for a closer look. They are the most beautiful shades of blue you can possibly imagine and pictures don’t do them justice.

This year the mako sharks were a little scarce with very few gracing us with their presence. But everyday out there is different and you just never know what to expect – its adventurous diver’s dream come true! The giant yellow fin tuna can weigh in at over 200 pounds and are extremely fast swimmers. We often get to jump in amongst tunas and sharks which make this dive just so much more rewarding.

White shark season in full swing!!

Our white shark season at the island got off to a slow start this year with low shark numbers and very little predatory behaviour in April/May. This all changed as we entered June and we had some spectacular days out with the great white sharks! The predations picked up and we witnessed some incredible interactions between sharks and seals.


The number off sharks we got to the boat also increased and we even got visits from some “old friends” we haven’t seen in a while. One shark in particular goes by the name of “Nutcase”. He has been on our records since 2004 and has grown tremendously over the last five years. Alison almost jumped into the water to welcome him as his unique dorsal fin gracefully cut the water surface. A very exciting day at sea!!

These cameras gets clamped onto the sharks dorsal fin, records for a period of time, pops off to the surface and we find it using radio signals – Sounds easy??? Think again, putting these cameras onto moving sharks is a complicated process which we are constantly getting better at. Long days at sea, but catching a glimpse into the life of a white shark is well worth it!