

We survived the cage diving experience with great white sharks in the aptly named "shark alley", near the fishing village of Gansbaai, off the Cape of South Africa. We plunged for about 40 minutes, 5 persons to a cage while great whites swam face to face (INCHES) from the cage. In fact, they intentionally slow down and make eye contact with you. Awesome adrenaline rush! Definitely top of the food chain! They provide the “I can and would consume you” look each time they swim by if you were not in that metal cage.
Same group of Mexicanos were fiercely rattled when a shark rammed their cage head on after Bry supplied eco-chum in their direction. It was awesome to see the attack not the retching. I am sure if the wetsuits were not so tight they would have shit themselves on the spot. Not to single out Bry almost everyone (80%) were providing eco-chum (breakfast) throughout the dive while sharks constantly circled our vessel. Kevin and Ricardo's sea legs saved them from joining the heaving brigade, which seemed to be very contagious.
Let’s be honest the seas were rough, and the swells large, but sharks close up was undeniably worth it. Oh my lord ridiculous!
Nice pic! Hope you are enjoying your time in my second country and CONGRATULATIONS for Argentina!
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Bry's eco-chum provided the special sauce needed to excite the shark. Seeing it ram the cage and go in for the bite was worth the price of admission. Whether I wanted to be in the shark cage sampling the eco-chum from Bryan's breakfast was another story.
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