Diving at the Cape Town Aquarium

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Ragged Tooth Shark

Today, my brother and his wife arranged to go scuba diving in the shark tank at Cape Town Aquarium. I don’t have a scuba certificate, so I was unable to dive, but I went along with my camera, and I managed to get a couple of nice shots in. If you have some free time, pop down to the Aquarium, the exhibits are remarkable, and they have a fantastic selection of marine life, and plenty of activities for both little and big people.

By the way, even though the sharks look (and are) very scary, last year only 9 people worldwide got killed by sharks.

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Turtle – Great A’tuin

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Swimming in the aquarium

Warning, we got there at 9am and it was empty. But by 10:30am, the queue was outside the door and around the corner, so best you get there early. Full details and costs etc are here.

4 Comments

  1. Excellent shots. You should handle the photography for the remake of Jaws.

    December 29, 2010
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    • Craig Strachan said:

      Now that would be fun! Thanks Andrew

      December 29, 2010
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  2. leif hagen said:

    I much prefer to stay on the opposite side of the THICK glass from the sharks……Yikes!

    December 30, 2010
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  3. Craig said:

    @Leif, yes I agree with you 100%. Actually strangely enough it is not glass, it is a fancy plastic compound.

    December 30, 2010
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