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December 29th 2011
Published: January 29th 2012
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A divetrip to Umkomaas near Durban. 3 days of beautiful diving over christmas 2011 (Dec 23rd-25th 2011). I found some more great dive buddies and dive guides in Walter, Jilles and Barbara. Had absolutely amazing days above and under water! Thanks guys! Come with me! Join me for a dive into diving with sharks at Aliwal Shoal. The sharks we encountered down there were mostly oceanic blacktips, wond... Read Full Entry



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Andreas Radtke
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love traveling, experiencing new worlds, love diving! I am going to update my blog with some more of my trips in the future...quite a task! Come with me...... full info
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a bit of traffic around the baitballa bit of traffic around the baitball
a bit of traffic around the baitball
again some 15 oceanic blacktips
attention forwardattention forward
attention forward
She is focused on something in front of her
Full frontal!Full frontal!
Full frontal!
looking directly into the face of a shark
what's on your mind?what's on your mind?
what's on your mind?
what does a shark think??? this one looks like "another of these strange guys down here, what does he want?"
two from belowtwo from below
two from below
the one is just cruising above me, and the other is having a bite
another curious visitoranother curious visitor
another curious visitor
a large potato basse, 1,5m long, absolutely not shy and timid
Tigershark, far belowTigershark, far below
Tigershark, far below
he decided to stay away from us, but was around for more than one hour
just beautifuljust beautiful
just beautiful
just a beautiful animal
metallic colormetallic color
metallic color
the skin has a metallic tone in this beautiful blue world
looking at uslooking at us
looking at us
she is havin an eye on us
it looks like chaosit looks like chaos
it looks like chaos
looks like a total chaos, but they nearly do not touch each other when swimming everywhere, they have control and are extremely agile
many sharks and a divermany sharks and a diver
many sharks and a diver
Jilles near the "baitball" with some company, curious and swarming sharks
well defined well defined
well defined
great defined body, look at her muscles
just peeking overjust peeking over
just peeking over
once again, they come very close but they nearly never touch you or run into you
me in front of the baitballme in front of the baitball
me in front of the baitball
photo taken by Jilles
legs of divers and a sharklegs of divers and a shark
legs of divers and a shark
the sharks are not really interested in us divers
like polished metallike polished metal
like polished metal
the skin looks like polished metal, but it feels quite different
turning in and awayturning in and away
turning in and away
this shark is already about to turn away again
slender bodyslender body
slender body
amazing slender body shape of this oceanic blacktip
short before surfacingshort before surfacing
short before surfacing
the can is already taken up to the surface
Profile photoProfile photo
Profile photo
Perfect facial profile, have a look at the sensory cells behind its eyes



5th February 2012
Sharkdiving Aliwal Shoal

Chris and Nikki
Chris

Awesome picture.

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