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Shark Breaching

Great White Sharks breaching

False Bay, Cape Town is home to the “flying” great white sharks. This is a term used for the great white sharks unique ability to breach out of the water. This behaviour can be seen nowhere else on earth on such a regular basis. This unique hunting behaviour has become world renowned and puts False Bay on the map for any shark lover.

The breaching behaviour is seen mainly when hunting seals. The shark comes from the deep sea, aims it sights at its prey and then like a torpedo, it propels itself out the water, at the seal. The seal literally has no idea what has hit it. Then, with a big splash it’s gone. If the shark misses the seal, then the chase is on. And boy, what an exciting chase. It is a game of cat and mouse of epic proportions. Watching nature at it’s best, gets your heart pumping, and the adrenalin flowing.

The great white also breaches for the seal decoy. Rob and his crew tow a decoy, shaped like a seal from the back of his boat, to encourage the sharks to breach. ( Please note that they only do this for a max of 40 minutes a time, as they are very eco-minded.) This technique, allows for the ideal opportunity for photographers to try catch the flying sharks on film/camera and to find what areas are good sharks spots around the island.

The sharks also fly out of the water when they are not hunting. No one quite knows why.

To view the sharks breaching in False Bay, Cape Town, the best time to go is in our winter months, from April to Mid September.

African Shark Eco Charters has been operating in False Bay since 1995, and was the first great white shark charter company to have a licence in the area. Rob’s operation was the first company to document and research the flying sharks. (The famous Airjaws and many more documentaries have been filmed from Rob’s boat.)

 

  

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  • We offer Great White Shark cage diving
  • African Shark Eco Charters is the original Great White Shark operation in False Bay.
  • Beautiful Accomodation in Simonstown can be arranged.
  • One to ten day Great White Shark diving and photographic excursions.
  • We offer Great White Shark cage diving to qualified divers.
  • See our sister site for Great White Shark images www.apexpredators.com
  • Observe Great Whites Breach in the greater False Bay area
  • We're one of only two licenced operators in False Bay.
  • See other sharks on our Pelagic trips: Makos and Blue Sharks.
  • As seen on the Discovery Channel documentary "Air Jaws".
  • We have dealt with National Geographic, BBC, Discover channel and more.
  • See Great White Sharks up close with the help of our cage diving experts.
  • See Great White Sharks breach at Seal Island!
  • We're one of only two licenced operators at Seal Island.
  • See Great White Sharks breach in False Bay!
  • Flying Great White Sharks!
  • South Africa's Number one Great White Shark operator.
  • Dive with Blue water sharks on our Pelagic trips.
  • We're one of only two licenced operators in the False bay area.
  • Pelagic Shark viewing.
  • Breaching Great White Sharks.
  • We are cage diving experts.
  • Contact us for Great White Shark diving and photographic excursions.
  • Great White Sharks, Blue Sharks, Mako Sharks, Whales.
  • We are Shark viewing experts.
  • Professional Shark photography.
  • We also offer Airport transfers.
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  • Vast library of professional Great White Shark pictures
  • Cage diving specialists
  • Seal viewing at Seal island.
  • The Great White Shark, our passion!