So everyone who reads this blog probably already knows about my obsession with sharks, heck the title of the blog gives it away. So I’ll give you three guesses as to what I did next, yep, cage diving! I hoped on a plane to Port Lincoln to see the great whites. When I got there I was very surprised. I have never seen a smaller airport in my entire life. You know in the movies when they take a “big city” character and take them to the country like Alaska, or Podunk nowhere; this was it. The entire thing was one tiny runway and the terminal was maybe the size of a gate at an average airport, maybe smaller. I was so confused. So I managed to get into town and get settled and the fact that this was a small, non-touristy town really hit home. There were minimal restaurants, maybe three hotels in the entire town, and there only seemed to be three things advertized over and over again; tuna farm tours, swim with seals, and cage diving. So I spent a total of 4 hours and explored most of the town that was in walking distance and spent the rest of the time catching up on sleep; whooh, so exciting. The next day I got up really early and pilled in a tour van with several other tourists and headed out to the harbor. We took a 2 hour boat ride to get to a marine reserve and the minute we got there, two 3+ meter sharks started swimming around the boat. Omg they were huge, and hungry! As soon as bait ht the water they grabbed it and ran. It was so fast I had trouble taking pictures of them.
Omnomnomnom!
We got suited up in 7mm wet suits and headed into the water. Holy cow it was cold!! Think of the coldest swim you’ve ever had, and then think colder. That was the last thing on my mind though as I span around, looking for sharks. The activity quieted down quickly as there was another boat also feeding them so they became less willing to take the bait. When the did, wow did they move fast! One darted up the side of the cage and dived back down before my brain registered what I saw. All of a sudden instead of blue there was a large white belly in front of my face and then it was gone! Luckily I did catch some video, it was absolutely fantastic. When I did come out I was so cold, when I took a shower I couldn’t feel it, gah!!! I was so tired after that I went to take a nap and woke up around midnight. That was unfortunately the end of my adventure in Port Lincoln as weather was too bad to swim with the seals the next day, oh well, that's the ocean for you.
Beware the blurry shark!
Oh the mighty whity!
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