My Time with Fred on Edwards Island
Just across the Foveaux Strait which separates New Zealand’s South Island from the much smaller Stewart Island lies a tiny group of islands known as the Titi ( mutton bird or Sooty Shearwater) islands and amongst these is Edwards island. Why this island is such a hot spot for great whites is hard to tell […]
Are shark species’ temperaments naturally aggressive?
A look at The Temperaments of Different Shark Species The misconceptions and old ideas that lead people to believe sharks are aggressive were due to the misunderstanding of how sharks interact. Sharks are extremely tactile, and often display a behavior called “mouthing” which is how they explore and learn about the world around them. This […]
Air Jaws: Back from the Dead
Shark Week 30th Anniversary: Celebrating Air Jaws Back from the Dead When we began filming the very first Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa show for Shark Week back in 2001 we brought the now-famous breaching Great white sharks at Seal Island in False Bay to the world’s attention for the very first time. At the time most people were […]
Air Jaws: The Hunted
Shark Week 30th Anniversary: Celebrating Air Jaws The Hunted We have often been asked the question: If a Great white Shark and an Orca had to do battle, who would win? Well, unfortunately in 2017 we got to find out first hand and the result for the Great white shark was pretty devastating. In May 2017 three carcasses […]
Air Jaws: Even Higher
We are Celebrating Air Jaws Even Higher In 2002 Air Jaws Even Higher was commissioned and this time in conjunction with filming at Seal Island in False Bay we headed off to Australia to see if we could be the first to get a breach in this location where flying sharks were seldom if ever […]
Air Jaws: Walking with Great Whites
Celebrating Air Jaws – Walking with Great Whites Building on our observations of the interesting social dynamics seen at Stewart Island in 2014, we once again headed back to Stewart Island in New Zealand. This time the WASP had been modified to be a little safer but unfortunately the modifications had inadvertently made it more […]
Air Jaws: Returns
Shark Week 30th Anniversary: Celebrating Air Jaws Returns The Air Jaws franchise has been Discovery channel’s most successful Shark Week franchise in its existence to date. As such it came as no surprise that for 2018 and the 30th Anniversary of this week celebrating Air Jaws Returns with over 30 million viewers the network commissioned a “Best […]
Gansbaai’s Orca Predation on the Great White Shark
It would be fair to say that if you had not heard about the 3 confirmed Orca predations on Great White Sharks that have recently taken place in Southern Cape waters you must have been hiding under a rock somewhere. This devastatingly interesting news of one of the ocean’s top predators taking out another top predator has […]
A Visual Celebration of the Great White Shark – Air Jaws
Who would ever have thought way back in 2000 when we were working on the Original Air Jaws for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week that now, 18 years later and 9 documentaries down the track, the world would still be so engrossed in seeing 2000Lb sharks flying out of the water. I guess when you think about it […]
Why are Great White Sharks disappearing from the South African Coastline?
By Kiara Homan The debate surrounding the disappearance of great white sharks; firstly, in False Bay, then Gansbaai, and now in Mossel Bay, leaves much speculation as to why this has occurred. Many argue that the recent increase in Orca activity is the main reason for the decline in great white sightings in the area. […]
