Shark Explorers - film and productions

This year got off to a busy start and at the moment we are busy on 6 productions. One production focusing on the Kelp forests and it's bio diversity, one on the tigers, raggies and black tips in Aliwal shaol, 2 productions on the Sardine run, and 2 productions on white sharks. Stay posted for more info as it's made available.






Here are a few productions that have made it big "on screen", winning numerous awards!

2005: Beyond Fear – National Geographic


2007: Sharkman – Discovery Channel


2008: Great White Shark, A Living Legend – BBC Natural World


2009: 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper – CNN, CBS

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2010: Shark Nights – Discovery Channel and French TV

Shark Explorers launches "Shark Explorer

We are proud to announce the launch of our new dive boat, "Shark Explorer"! Originally used for deep sea tuna fishing, we had to redesign the deck layout to cater for divers, photographers and film makers. This vessel is designed with comfort and practicality in mind. We cater for 6 clients only and have all the necessary space and equipment for any job at hand. This is NOT your average dive boat!

Pelagic season a success!

The Pelagic season has been awesome! We spent 12 days out in the "deep" with tons of blue sharks, mako sharks, yellow fin tuna, long fin tuna and many more animals that call this deep blue water there home.



Our best trip of the season was on the 2nd of June 2010. The first two sharks that arrived to our boat was Mako's, after that the blue's arrived and then some more Mako's! By the time I got out of the water we had 15 blue sharks and 4 Mako sharks around us at the same time. I actually needed to dive through the blue sharks just to get a picture of a Mako.....






We also had some incredible dives with the giant Tuna's. Some of these fish weight in at over 100kg and are lighting fast in the water.




Visibility ranges from 10m-50m and the water can get incredibly blue out there. Here are a few pictures taken in the cleanest water of the season!

ORCA'S in False Bay

On 17th April 2010 we received word that a pod of Orca's were chasing down a huge pod of dolphins, so we rushed to the boat and went looking for them. What happened next was a truly humbling experience that I've never witnessed before.



The Orca's tracked down the pod of dolphins and predated on one. With a full breach out of the water and knocking the dolphin miles into the air, before making turns to feed on the carcass.




After consuming everything but the head and internal organs, the Orca's made a run for it again to catch the dolphins. We followed them for about two hours before we were forced to turn around as we just had enough fuel to make it back to base.



This is the fourth time the Orca's came into the bay in the last year and we hope to see this soon again!

Hawaii and Florida

In February this year we headed to Hawaii for the first white shark symposium. My wife presented her work on the white sharks of False Bay and the shark spotting program. What a successful conference with over 100 people attending. I off course spent most of my time diving! and surfing!









Here are some friends I ran into while exploring the underwater beauty of Hawaii and Florida...








Alison's presentation at Mote Marine lab in Florida! And getting to hang out with the mother of all shark research, Dr. Eugenie Clark

Picture says a thousand words...

What a busy year it's been so far! Time to get this blog running and catch up to the present. So what has Shark Explorers been up to lately? I am adding some pictures from the past 6 months with a caption to explain. I am clearly not somebody who likes writing, so I hope the pictures makes up for it....

Firstly I will update our inshore dives. These dives are the kelp forest diving, seven gill shark dives, cat sharks, spotted gully's, seals ect.

Gerhard Wagner from Shark Projects joins us for a dive with the 7Gill's amongst the kelp forests (April 2010).




Some random pictures of our kelp forest diving taken over the past 6 months...





















Diving amongst the kelp forest is good all year round, but visibility has been exceptional over the last three weeks and still is.