The NSRI are urging bathers, boaters, paddlers and surfers along the Southern Cape coastline, particularly around Knysna and Buffels Bay, as well as Plettenberg Bay, Sedgefield and Wilderness, to exercise caution following reports of increased shark activity in the vicinity of Buffels Bay, Knysna, following the beaching of a Brydes Whale carcass.
It appears that during the Municipalities efforts to discard the whale from the land-side has automatically resulted in a chum spill, from waste from the carcass, into the sea and fishermen and boaters are informing NSRI of an apparent increase in shark activity around the site.
It is normal behavior for sharks to forage on whale carcasses, when there are such, at sea and therefore common for sharks to be attracted to the overspill of waste from the carcass into the sea during the efforts to remove the carcass.
Increased shark activity can be expected along the Southern Cape coastline as a result and the public are urged to be aware of this and to be cautious.
While efforts are well underway, by the Municipality, to remove the carcass, by cutting it up and removal by road, until the site is well cleared (timeline not immediately known) this cautionary notice remains in place.
An earlier notice, with this regard, on Thursday 12th of April, by the local authorities, remains in force.
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