PICS & VIDEO: Shark exclusion net keeps Fish Hoek beach safe
A shark exclusion net is placed in the the ocean every morning during the summer season.
The net is utilised from spring to the end of summer every year, with full time daily usage from November until March and intermittently as needed for the rest of the time.The shark exclusion net, first deployed in 2013, weighs around 500 kilograms and is 350 meters in length. The net is contoured and touches the floor of ocean. It varies in depth from one meter to six meters at its deepest point.
It soon becomes apparent why Bok needed to “warm his muscles” as the operation is physically challenging. As soon as the net is in place bathers can be seen taking to to the ocean. A couple with snorkels and goggles swim along the perimeter of the net as if to maximise the safe ocean space available to them.
Prior to 2013, shark activity and isolated incident of shark encounters caused public concern, which prompted the renowned Shark Spotters programme and the City of Cape Town to develop the shark exclusion net as an additional safety measure.
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