

As many as 500 great whites sharks were estimated to hunt in the bay.


What's Happened to the Great White Shark Population of False BayĪ great white shark hunting in False Bay before they disappearedįalse Bay in South Africa used to be one of the few places on the planet that divers safely protected by cages could reliably encounter great white sharks.Īlong with Guadalupe Island off Mexico’s west coast and around Port Lincoln in South Australia, False Bay developed a thriving shark diving tourist trade.īut in recent years the sharks have stopped turning up to feast on the still plentiful fur seals in the vast sandy bay just east of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape town.
