| After visiting South Africa in 2003 they fell in love | | | | and the surroundings. If the divers enter the water |
| with the Tiger sharks in Aliwal Shoal and decided to | | | | too soon then the Tiger sharks may become uneasy |
| move to South Africa to set up their shark diving | | | | and leave. The average is two or three Tiger sharks |
| business to fuel their passion for the sharks. | | | | per dive but some times there are exceptions. On |
| The boat launches from the protected River estuary | | | | one dive in July there were 18 Tiger sharks in the |
| in Umkomass and once everyone is on board and | | | | water and the divers had a thrill of a dive although |
| holding on tight the boat speeds through the estuary | | | | somewhat unnerving! |
| into and through the sometimes huge swells that | | | | The key is to keep your eyes on the Tiger sharks at |
| pound the coastline. Once on the back line it only | | | | all times when close and they will keep a respectible |
| takes 10 minutes to the location. The current is | | | | distance. You may have the option of either |
| studied and a suitable location is selected to bring the | | | | freediving with the Tiger Sharks or Scuba. Freediving |
| sharks to the boat. The wait could be from 2 | | | | (snorkelling) is exceptional as the sharks to come |
| minutes to hours but fortunately the boats do | | | | very close and sometimes a gentle push with the |
| communicate with each other and work together to | | | | hand is needed to tell the sharks who is boss |
| find the sharks. | | | | The typical visibility is from 5m to 40m and water |
| Normally the first sharks to arrive are black tip reef | | | | temperature between 22 and 28 Celsius. Wind and |
| sharks sometimes by the dozens. These sharks are | | | | swell conditions are usually quite favourable at this |
| relatively harmless and beautiful to photograph. | | | | time and daytime temperatures range from 20 to 38 |
| Once the Tiger Sharks arrive the crew waits for a | | | | Celsius. |
| while until the sharks are comfortable with the boat | | | | |