Top Tips on Shark Photography by Chris Fallows
Most people think that when you go and photograph marine wildlife you need to get wet. Well in many cases this is not true, especially off the coast in False Bay in Cape Town, South Africa. The beauty about shooting in the bay is that many of the spectacular photographic opportunities that are seen are […]
Far-Reaching Effects on Shark Acoustic Tagging
What is shark acoustic tagging We recently came across this interesting article that highlights the significant effects of the use of acoustic tagging. The fact that the seals seem to have honed in on these tags so readily does lead to the question of how much detrimental effect tags will have on a shark’s predation […]
Best Cape Town Shark Cage Diving Experiences
Cape Town offers The Best Shark Cage Diving Experience It’s the moment the crew long for – the arrival of the first Great White to the boat; to be able to share with the guests a face to face encounter with the most iconic shark of all. But precisely when, or even if, that moment […]
Cage Diving with Sharks Experiences
Experience Cage Diving with Sharks It was eighteen miles off Cape Point when we found them – two Blue Sharks and a Mako. We’d encountered an early morning mist which seemed reluctant to ease as we ventured further south from False Bay, but now we’d struck marine gold. Visibility was improving, and with guests in […]
Is Shark Cage Diving Ethical?
Is Shark Cage Diving Ethical? It seems with the advent of social media, more and more tourist videos of Great white sharks getting into shark cages and sharks thrashing around on baits injuring themselves as they knock against boats, are going viral with many viewers questioning the ethics of shark diving. With Chris being involved in the […]
Who Will Win? Shark vs Seal
Great White Shark vs Seal or Seal vs Great White Shark? One species you are guaranteed sightings of every single trip to Seal Island, South Africa, are of course the seals themselves. When approaching Seal Island, the sight (and smell!) of 65,000 of these curious pinnipeds clinging to a rock amazingly is something many take for […]
Shark Hotspots and Overlapping Fishing Locations
Hotspots for Sharks and Overlapping Fishing Grounds A new study from an international team of scientists found commercial fishing vessels target shark hotspots, areas where sharks tend to congregate, in the North Atlantic. The researchers suggest that sharks are at risk of being overfished in these oceanic hotspots. Neil Hammerschlag, research assistant professor at the […]
Shark Cage Diving Experience in Simon’s Town
The 22nd of August 1996 was a significant day for Great white shark eco-tourism in False Bay. This was the day the first ever great white shark breach was observed and recorded at Seal Island and also the start of the World’s fascination with breaching great white sharks. Chris Fallows from Apex Shark Expeditions shares the […]
The Collapse of the Smaller Shark Species – South Africa
The collapse of the smaller shark species south africa It’s not rocket science to know that when you remove large predators there are going to be massive effects to the ecosystem from which they are removed. I think one of the greatest misconceptions is that there are so many sharks out there. If you look at the […]
What is Shark Free Chips?
Shark Free Chips SHARKFREECHIPS CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCHED In the last few years, a small group of dedicated conservationists have sounded the alarm repeatedly that South Africa’s smoothhound and soupfin shark populations are collapsing. The reason is this: A fishery by the name of Demersal Shark Longlining (DSL) that has been working along our coastline has […]
