Bathers who have swamped Plettenberg Bay’s pristine beaches this festive season will be happy to know they have an extra set of eyes in the water checking for shark activity.
After two fatal shark attacks in Plettenberg Bay in 2022, the Bitou municipality and key stakeholders are rolling out an awareness campaign and other measures aimed at educating the public about water safety.
The great white shark sightings confirm renewed threats in South Africa’s Plettenberg Bay. Great white sharks are known to be one of the most feared marine animals worldwide, including in South Africa, where a number of fatal attacks on humans have transpired in the waters off coastal towns and cities in recent years.
On Tuesday, the Plett Shark Action Group (PSAG) did an aerial survey on the coastline starting from the Robberg peninsula to the area of Grootbank past Keurboomstrand.Bitou Municipality says.