{"id":14794,"date":"2021-04-14T14:36:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T13:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saveourseas.com\/sosf-shark-education-centre\/?p=14794"},"modified":"2021-06-28T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T07:00:17","slug":"the-shark-smart-swim-challenge-at-fish-hoek-beach-a-win-for-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saveourseas.com\/sosf-shark-education-centre\/the-shark-smart-swim-challenge-at-fish-hoek-beach-a-win-for-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shark Smart Swim Challenge at Fish Hoek Beach: a win for sharks!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know that there are many different species of sharks found in False Bay? Some of these are residents, while others are seasonal visitors and other species have only been recorded through rare sightings. On the 27th March 2021, the Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Education Centre in collaboration with the Shark Spotters hosted an educational event at Fish Hoek beach to celebrate the 13 most common shark species we find in the Bay.<\/p>\n

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Sharks of False Bay. Image \u00a9 Marc Dando<\/p><\/div>\n

These include the following species:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bronze whaler<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spotted sevengill cowshark<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 White shark<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spotted gully shark<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spotted spiny dogfish<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Soupfin shark<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Common smoothhound<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tiger catshark<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pyjama catshark<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leopard catshark<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Puffadder shyshark<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dark shyshark<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St Joseph shark (actually a chimaera, not technically a shark!)<\/p>\n

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Swimmer Leigh de Necker with the Sharks Spotters crew. Image \u00a9 Ray Chaplin<\/p><\/div>\n

The amazing Leigh de Necker committed to swimming 1 km inside the shark exclusion net for each of these sharks to raise awareness of the shark diversity in our local waters. She swam a whopping 13 km in 4.5 hours in very chilly waters! The Shark Spotters Fish Hoek net crew also swam several lengths each to support Leigh. In addition to raising awareness, the aim was to raise funds for the Shark Spotters to enable them to continue providing non-lethal shark protection to water users in False Bay.<\/p>\n

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Shark Spotters crew deploying the shark exclusion net. Image \u00a9 Ray Chaplin<\/p><\/div>\n

While the swims were underway, the education teams from both the Shark Education centre and the Shark Spotters ran a jam-packed schedule of activities, including a colouring competition, a shark sand sculpture competition, and an amazing race game.<\/p>\n

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Competitors hard at work sculpting sharks in the sand \u00a9 SOSF Shark Education Centre<\/p><\/div>\n

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Judges and competitors \u00a9 SOSF Shark Education Centre<\/p><\/div>\n

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Young competitor and his shark sculpture \u00a9 SOSF Shark Education Centre<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sand sculpture \u00a9 SOSF Shark Education Centre<\/p><\/div>\n

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Save Our Seas stand \u00a9 SOSF Shark Education Centre<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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