Diving with white shark in South Africa

How do you feel when approach a white shark , looking at you with bloodthirsty eyes and threatening with sharp teeth?

If you really want to venture, so join the diving tours with white shark in South Africa, meeting the most dangerous predators animals of the ocean. They are also caused a series of deadly attacks in the water for human . After many sharks are seen only through the Discovery Channel, Matthew Karsten and his friends decided to make the most memorable in a lifetime tour.

Shark Alley is a unique area offshore coast of Gansbaai, South Africa, where density of white sharks  highest in the world. Their average length of 7 m and weighs more than 3,000 kg,  torn prey with sharp teeth easily. White Sharks are ambush predators. We silently stalking victims and sudden attack with great speed. The main food of sharks is tuna, rays, dolphins, seals, whales, sea turtles, and even birds.
 

Marine Dynamics is a company that specializes in organizing tours for diving with sharks. After breakfast and listen to what is important to note, Matthew and his friends are taken to a boat designed specifically for shark watching trip. It takes about 30 minutes to get from the mainland to the "territory" of white sharks.

Shark cage made of iron, mounted on the side of the boat. Guests  have to wear thick diving suit, wearing a seatbelt and stood in cages submerged to chest level water. When those in the boat found sharks, you have to deep breath and cage slowly lowered the water for you to observe these animals.

During diving, Matthew saw 16 sharks of different sizes. To attract such sharks, sailors groups to use in different ways, one of which is the by using flavorings made  blood smell , sharks can smell and detect from several kilometers . Or they will bunch many fish head into row to enticement shark close the cage  . "Sometimes they would crash into the cage, but not to eat you. We just stop to chasing their prey, "Matthew laughed.

Many people said that adventure tours can increase the likelihood of a shark attack. But 10 years have not yet recorded an incident in the process of exploring the natural world. The travel company annually contributes funds to research programs and conservation of marine life. Sadly, according to the biologist, the number of white sharks in Shark Alley is declining rapidly, forming a worrying trend in the future.