All you need to qualify to do the shark cage dive is to feel comfortable in a cage in water.

No previous diving experience is needed.  Divers take turns in the cage, each staying approximately 15-20 minutes. A diver can expect to make two to three dives per day if good weather, sea conditions, shark activity and visibility (between 4m – 6m and up to 15m on a clear day) prevails.

Great whites can smell the chum (used to lure the sharks closer to the boat) from a considerable distance and crew members use bait lines to lure the sharks even closer. 

Sharks are inquisitive and will often come right up to the boat, close enough that you can touch it.  Sharks may brush the cage, but to date an attack on the cage has not been reported.

The dive:
A lot of patience is required, as it can take anything from a few minutes to several hours for the first shark to appear.  The shark tends to be wary at first, but once the shark settles down the cage is put down the first four cagers come to the platform and prepare to go in the cage.  A bait line is drawn towards the cage to lure the shark closer.

In a typical session various individual sharks will be spotted.

Great White Shark Surface Viewing:
It is important to stress that you do not have to dive in the cage to see the Great White Sharks. The boat based viewing all year round is exceptional and there are many people who just take the trip to see the Great White Sharks from the boat.

Unfortunately there is no difference in price to just view the sharks from the boat.