Great White Shark Breaching Trips with Mike Rutzen

Definitely the best nature experience you can have. No other natural event even comes close to this. Seeing the true power of a Great White Shark is most probably the only experience that will stick in your mind for the rest of your life.
When a one ton shark projects out of the water with such tremendous speed and force that it clears the water by two metres you can’t help but feel small. Yet you only realize a few minutes later that you have just been a part the best experience this world has to offer.
It is common belief that White Sharks only breach around Seal Island in False Bay. This is not correct and only a marketing strategy followed by operators in the False Bay area.
We have at times had over forty breaches in one morning in Gansbaai around Dyer Island. Mike Rutzen was the first to capture this amazing spectacle from both underwater as well as from the air. This amazing footage can be seen in the “Great White Shark – A Living Legend” documentary.




A seal like decoy is pulled about 30 - 40 metres behind the boat. As the boat is cruising at a reasonably slow speed, everybody awaits anxiously for the moment of truth. With lightning speed a shark jumps out of the water, with great precision and accuracy it takes the decoy time and again.
This event should not be missed and these breaching trips are run between May and August every year. Great White Shark breaching trips can be combined with your Shark Cage Diving trip or run separately. A Maximum of 8 people can join Mike Rutzen and his team for this event, and should be booked well in advance.
Let Shark Diving Unlimited take you on an adventure of a life time. Come on a Shark Breaching trip and see what we are taking about.
Booking for a Great White Shark Breaching Trip is very easy and can be done in 3 ways:
- Call us
- Send us an Email
- Book online.









