During an OMSAC after zoom presentation chat, Mark A mentioned that 20 years ago you were almost guaranteed of seeing great white sharks during a […]
Category: Shark Month
😱 You’ve probably eaten / used products containing shark…
You might be thinking, “But I don’t eat shark fin soup!” However, the reality is that sharks are being killed for more than just their […]
Shark Finning
Shark finning is the unimaginably cruel practice of cutting the fins from a shark while it is still alive before throwing the shark back into the […]
Whats the truth?
SHARK MYTH #1: ARE ALL SHARKS BIG WITH LOTS OF SHARP TEETH?Not all sharks are large, bulky and torpedo-shaped like the ones we see in […]
🦈 How can YOU help our sharks? Be a Finspotter…
Fin Spotter is a database of shark encounters that Cape Radd (Simonstown-based conservation institution) uses to estimate and monitor the size of the population for […]
Cape Radd — a ‘rad’ shark conservation experience
OMSAC’s fave club scientist Sarah Jane Ackland was lucky enough to do the Cape Radd Shark Week workshop last November. Cape Radd is a research institution that focuses on […]
Sharktober 2021
One thing we get asked all the time as scuba divers is “but aren’t you afraid of sharks?” Now I’ll be honest, big sharks are not […]
Scientists confirm Protea Banks is ‘an essential habitat’ for threatened scalloped hammerheads.
For those of you that love warm water diving the way I do there is even more reason to head up the East Coast on […]
Can a shark smell me in the water?
There is a general consensus among marine scientists that sharks have an exceptional sense of smell. This is definitely very true and absolutely necessary for […]
Do sharks sleep?
Sharks do not sleep like humans do, but instead have active and restful periods. But is this sleep? The answer is… maybe. Sharks definitely rest. They definitely “space-out”. […]