Jacques-Yves Cousteau

For adrenalin junkies planning a visit to South Africa, a close encounter with a great white shark is a bucket list adventure not to be missed. Several locations in the Western Cape offer guided cage diving trips that allow you to come face-to-face with the ocean’s most legendary apex predator without compromising your safety. In this article, we explain how to cage dive with great whites in a way that ensures a positive experience both for you and the sharks, which are now listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.