Best places to see great white sharks
The great white shark has received increasing popularity over the last couple of years especially through the Tourism Industry that markets shark cage diving extensively all over the world. Tourists are drawn to this exhilarating and daunting experience where you come face-to-face with the ocean’s greatest predator. Yet so many people don’t know that much about the great white shark, neither do they really know the best places to see great white sharks. This article will tell you more about this fascinating specie and where to book your shark cage diving.
General information on the great white shark
- The average great white shark is between 4 m and 4.8 m long and weighs anything from 680 kg to 1 100 kg with the females sharks generally longer than the males.
- The great white shark is a carnivore and feasts predominantly on fish like tuna, seals, rays, dolphins, sea lions and sometimes whale carcasses. The great white is also known for eating objects that they are unable to digest.
- Great white sharks have an extra sense which enables them to detect an electromagnetic field caused by the movement of animals. This sense is so strong that the great white can detect half a billionth of a volt.
Best places to see great white sharks
Great white sharks can be found all over the world in offshore as well as coastal waters that have a temperature between 12˚C and 24˚C. Geographically, the best places to see great white sharks are in the southern coasts of Australia, California, South Africa and Mexico’s Isla Guadulpe. However there are cases where they have been found just off Kenya, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar, but the world’s densest population of great white sharks are around Dyer Island in the Western Cape of South Africa.
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