Volunteer Experiences

Shark marine institute, its been an honour, a privilege and an absolute pleasure to have been as hands on and involved in conservation of Great whites then I could have ever hoped or wished for. [...]

I volunteered at White Shark Diving Company last year for two months, and just had to make sure that I returned! I have been back in South Africa for 6 weeks now, and the differences between this [...]

So I have made it 2/3rds of my way through the White Shark Volunteer Program; just about long enough for me to have seen what life is actually like in the industry. I can’t even begin to express [...]

My month in South Africa has been one of the best of my life and with certainly the most special moment of my life. I haven’t felt this happy and fulfilled in a very long time. Being face [...]

I struggled putting into words what my two weeks with White Shark Diving Co meant to me. I thought about it for a while and realized I was at a lack of words, not because I didn’t know what [...]

As my time here in South Africa comes to an end I am still in disbelief that I was able to help out in the Great White Shark Capital of the World. I remember the exact moment my shark obsession [...]

10 years ago, if you told me “Trey, in 2017, you’re going to be spending a month in South Africa volunteering with a shark diving company,” I would probably laughed in disbelief, but here I am, [...]

A few short months ago I received an email from a coordinator at Coastal Carolina University about White Shark Diving Company looking for volunteers. I thought to myself there was no way I would [...]

First off, let me start by saying South Africa is such a beautiful country. My first two weeks volunteering here has been so memorable. It is like a ‘workcation’ for me. I cannot tell you how [...]

Monday (7/10/17): Today we saw some great white sharks!!! We woke up extremely early to travel from our backpacker’s campout to Mossel Bay at around 7:30am. As soon as we got to the cage site, it [...]