Finally we can fly! The winds have gone and in its place we find sharks. Lots of sharks.
It is no surprise that David decides the trip down to the south of the ssland is worth it. The base is in the north in Beau Vallon Bay with a 15 – 20 mile boat ride to get to the south of the island. I get to spend a few hours of circling round and round the southwestern area while counting sharks and directing the boat onto some of them.
The interns are delighted and I get a kind of hero’s welcome at the end of the day. Of course I know that it is all in the spirit of things but soon it will become old hat and just another day at work.
The sharks hang around and they dive on seven different individuals having 12 encounters. I count 14 different sharks. While spotting more of these I can not be sure of whether they are double counts or not. At one stage four sharks were on the surface near the boat. Of course though no record for us, it is still good to see them in some numbers.
