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I've always watched Animal Planet/Discovery Channel/Nat Geo and any other nature channel to see interesting nature destinations -- one of the best, bar none, was the Air Jaws special during Shark Week. Gaansbai is a great place to go to get into the shark cage but my preference was to try to observe the natural predations near Seal Island in False Bay -- a short half hour from Cape Town. It's the only spot on the planet where this behavior occurs regularly mostly in the early morning hours just after dawn. This compilation shows two breaches we were able to capture because we were towing a decoy shaped like a seal. We saw many other natural predations the first time we went but did not capture them on video (much harder when you don't know when and where they'll leap out of the water although gathering gulls are a good clue) Anyhow, it's an amazing sight and easy to reach from Cape Town --- weather can be dicey so leave a couple days available to do this in case its cancelled due to weather and rough seas....best during JUN, JUL and AUG. The last clip is of the seals nervously gathering in the shallows to make their way past the gauntlet of sharks....nature drama at its best! We booked with Rob Lawrence and the fine folks at African Shark Eco-Charters. Last but not least you see about 250,000 cape cormorants leaving Seal Island to feed --- another incredible sight...as an added bonus we saw dozens of dolphins porpoise-ing on the way out to the island----just a great way to spend the a.m. when in CT. (Not to mention the penguins at nearby Boulders Beach!