Sea Swimming in CT

[Wile E.]

Ya - next trip to Durbs. None of this shark bait talk.

[dev null]

Gordon's Bay is ideal for sea swimming. You can do 'n circuit; Beach -> Old Harbour -> Harbour Island -> Beach (4km).

 

Great Whites rarely, if ever, come into the bay there. I paddle there 2 to 3 times a week and have never noticed any Great Whites. The Seals normally lay on their backs in the water, sun tanning their tummies, which means they have no care in the world about any sharks.

Edited September 14, 2011 by Moridin

[Iron]

Geez guys, maybe I just go for a run. I had thought you would all be out training in the sea!

 

It seems swimming in Cape Town is like riding a bike in JHB.

 

No Dude , riding a bike in Jhb is safer than swimming in CA.

[Wile E.]

No Dude , riding a bike in Jhb is safer than swimming in CA.

 

At least the taxis don't circle you first?

[Iron]

At least the taxis don't circle you first?

 

Ha ha to true , might be better though ( pre warning before being smoked )

[Wile E.]

Gordon's Bay is ideal for sea swimming. You can do 'n circuit; Beach -> Old Harbour -> Harbour Island -> Beach (4km).

 

Great Whites rarely, if ever, come into the bay there. I paddle there 2 to 3 times a week and have never noticed any Great Whites. The Seals normally lay on their backs in the water, sun tanning their tummies, which means they have no care in the world about any sharks.

 

Anyone here ever done this before?

[Noneking]

 

Yeah encouraging videos those....that's where we go for our late afternoon snorkel and swim on those hot summer days.....but we don't stray too far from the bamboo

 

Swam across that bay countless times as a child and teenager.....can't see myself doing it again!!

 

Photo from slide, needs to be flipped.......

[nickc]

 

Now I am confused - I thought most of the Sharks were in New Zealand with the Boks.

[Kranswurm]

Swam across that bay countless times as a child and teenager.....can't see myself doing it again!!

 

Photo from slide, needs to be flipped.......

 

When I was a child and teenager if a whale or shark were spotted it made the front page it was so seldom

 

Seals had basically been wiped out by the fishermen.

My uncle had a fleet in Kalk Bay and the seals were their worst enemy.

No seals....no sharks

Now lotsa seals....lotsa sharks

[Noneking]

Now I am confused - I thought most of the Sharks were in New Zealand with the Boks.

 

 

Yes........but only all the harmless little fellas We're talking proper man eating monsters here! You're talking the kind you pick up with your bare hands to show your girlfriend.....

[Kranswurm]

Anyone here ever done this before?

 

Well at least you know whats happened to them if no one volunteers

[nickc]

Yes........but only all the harmless little fellas We're talking proper man eating monsters here! You're talking the kind you pick up with your bare hands to show your girlfriend.....

 

 

Ahh - okay, so its not the Sharks getting extra training in for their next crack at WP.

[American Flyers]

Safer to swim in Marina da Gama near Muizenberg with no sharks.....

[kosmonooit]

Yes you def. don't go to Cape Town for a swim in the sea. Nothing short of torture! esp. after the wind has been blowing (which it does quite often). But the beaches are great, when the wind isn't blowing. Did I mention the wind blows a lot down there as well? When it does, go to Clifton, it's protected.

 

There is some stunning slow motion footage on BBC Life (or one of their nature docs) of a Great White catching seal pups. There has also been speculation that all that Great White tourist activity (chuming etc) has changed their behavior.

[Bateleur1]

Now I am confused - I thought most of the Sharks were in New Zealand with the Boks.

 

Don't worry, It is understandable. Your are a shark rugby supporter from Pretoria. You most propably do not know what a real shark really is.

[nickc]

Don't worry, It is understandable. Your are a shark rugby supporter from Pretoria. You most propably do not know what a real shark really is.

 

 

Yes I do!! I have attached a picture of one I caught the other day in our local pond.