Alessandra’s experience as a volunteer

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 [...]

Jack’s experience as a volunteer

Hello! My name is Jack Cooper and I have spent just over two weeks in Gansbaai, South Africa, volunteering for White Shark Diving Company. I have come here from the University of St Andrews in [...]

Michael’s first week as a volunteer

Hello! My name is Michael Blanco and I am  from upstate New York in the United States. I first heard of the White Shark Diving Company last summer, when my university’s Marine Biology [...]

Donovan’s first month as an intern

The Great White Life – My first of two months! Hello, my name is Donovan Lewis and I am doing an internship with White Shark Diving Company. I am currently half-way through my internship of two [...]

Job shadowing a field biologist

This holiday I had the privilege of getting a glimpse into the life of a “shark girl” at White Shark Diving Company in Gansbaai. I heard about their volunteer program and was immediately [...]

Jena’s final thoughts

Now that I have returned home to the grey skies and chill winds of a late-winter Canadian climate, I can appreciate my time in South Africa as the impossibly vivid and mind-altering experience [...]