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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