Cape Town man becomes the first to swim to-and-from Dyer Isl
On Friday, October 22, Dewet du Toit from Stellenbosch became the first person to successfully swim the 7.7km to-and-from Dyer Island, Gansbaai.
If the name rings a bell, you’re not mistaken. Dyer Island is infamous. Locals have been whispering dark, cold tales of the spot for years. Cape Town’s very own urban legend.
The reason why this icy swim has never been done before is because, for over one-hundred-years, Dyer Island has been closely associated with great white sharks — the largest predatory fish on Earth that happen to love the Western Cape as much as we do.
But Dyer Island could soon be called ‘Dire Island’ with great white sharks disappearing off the coast of South Africa due to pressure from fishing industries, series ocean mismanagement by the government, and faulty scientific data.
Source: capetownetc.com
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