Very Big Fish.

Sorry, Mom. I did it. I went cage diving with great white sharks today.

There are no words for how incredible it is to see these creatures up close - they're so beautiful and graceful... and only a little big ginormous and pee-in-your-pants worthy.

9:00am - Up and at 'em. Champions' breakfast of an omelette with toast.

9:45am - Van picks up the Lover's.

11:30 - Van drops the Lover's at White Shark Projects in Hermanus.

Hermanus

11:45am - Lunch at the dock house. These people fed us well.

All the cool kids have done it.

12:45pm - Board the boat and head out!

1:15pm - We anchored off of Dyer Island, and immediately see some "baby" white sharks

1:30pm - First five divers went down in the cage.

Apparently this guy was still a "juvenile"

2:00pm: First girl ralphs overboard.

2:30pm - Next group dives.

2:50pm - My turn!

This thing was so tight. Kept me warm though!

During my turn, I saw a shark breach - meaning it came up out of the water to attack the bait - which is pretty rare to see! Occasionally they would come after the bait violently, but for most of the twenty-or-so minutes that I was in the cage, they just floated and glided around the boat.

Brian, Me, CJ and Allison (missing Charlie and Dave)

3:00pm - Some guy gets seasick.

3:10pm - The next guy throws up.

3:15pm - Pretty chilly by now, I get out of the cage with Allison and Brian.

3:16pm - Allison pukes overboard.

3:30pm - We pull up the anchor, and head across Dyer Island to see shark bait - aka seals

The reason for all the sharks.

4:00pm - Return to the dock. Eat more food (since half the people on the boat left lunch somewhere near Dyer Island). Buy sweet tee-shirts (obviously).

5:00pm - So tired (but full), we head home!