Gansbaai sits 170 km east of Cape Town on the Overberg coast. It's the shark cage diving capital of the world, the home of the Dyer Island Marine Big 5, and a gateway to one of the planet's densest concentrations of marine wildlife.
The narrow channel between Dyer Island (60,000 Cape fur seals) and Geyser Rock — Shark Alley — concentrates more great white sharks per square kilometre than anywhere else on earth. Add bronze whaler and copper sharks, southern right whales (June–November), humpbacks, dolphins, African penguins and Cape fur seals, and you have the densest, most accessible marine wildlife site in southern Africa.
Our day tours leave Cape Town at 05:30, deliver you to Kleinbaai harbour for the morning shark cage dive or Marine Big 5 boat safari, and return by 17:00. Combine with Hermanus whale watching for a full-day marine wildlife experience.
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Great whites in Shark Alley — the original commercial tour hub.
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