Great White Shark Cage Dive

We finally arrived at Pt Lincoln which was the feature of this holiday that Jenny has bought to celebrate my 60th birthday.
We boarded a cruiser with about 25 others to travel 75 nautical miles off the coast to a couple of small islands called the Neptune Islands. These islands are home to large numbers of fur seals that are the prey of these magnificent fish.
We anchored in a stretch of water between two islands about 150 metres apart and then lowered the cage and commenced the “burley” trail as well as cast release with the fish offal. This routine brings the sharks in to move around the boat however this can take between 1-2 hours. We were in the first cage dive and spent 40 mins in the water which by the way was very cold at around 18 degrees celsius. We saw a couple of great whites however they were about 4 metres away. Their camouflage is really quite amazing and they seem to be in you before you actually see them. It was great fun.Read more