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Diving with hammerhead sharks is different from diving with any other shark. We have chosen South Africa as our venue for diving with hammeheads, as it has the highest likelihood of seeing these beautiful sharks and you also get a chance to see lots of other sharks aswell! You can also see hammerheads at Marsa Alam and Sharm el Shiekh in the summer.

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Hammerhead Sharks Sharks

Appearance
Large, with a broad, narrow-bladed head. Anterior margin of "hammer" is very broadly arched in adults, with a prominent median indentation. Somewhat falcate first dorsal fin with an origin over or behind the insertion of the pectoral fins. Free rear end of second dorsal fin nearly reaches caudal fin. With precaudal pit.

Coloration
Grey-brown (olive), with white ventral surface. Dusky to black pectoral fin tips. Juveniles can have dusky coloration on the tips of the pelvic fins, the lower lobe of caudal fin and the free rear end of the second dorsal fin.

Distribution
Nearly circumglobal in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate waters. Western Atlantic: New Jersey to Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Bahamas. Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Zaire. Mediterranean. Indo-Western Pacific: South Africa to Red Sea, Pakistan, India, Maldives, Thailand. Western Pacific: Indonesia, China, Japan, Australia, New Caledonia. Central Pacific: Hawaii, Tahiti. Eastern Pacific: Southern California to Equador.

Biology
Probably the most abundant hammerhead species in coastal waters. Can even occur in river mouths and estuaries. Found from the very surface down to about 275 m with juveniles living in shallow waters that serve as nursery grounds. Scalloped hammerheads can form seasonal aggregations or live solitary. Both migrating and stationary populations are known.

Feeding
Fishes (e.g. sardines, herrings, anchovies), invertebrates, mainly cephalopods), small sharks

Size
Average size between 250 cm and 300 cm, maximum total length about 370 cm to 420 cm.

Reproduction
Viviparous, with yolksac-placenta (gives birth to live young). Size at birth between 40 cm and 55 cm. Gestation period lasts between 9 and 10 months. Males reach sexual maturity at about 140 cm to 160 cm, females at approximately 200 cm. Pups are born in very shallow water (nursery grounds).

With thanks and acknowledgemnt to http://www.shark.ch/index.html - Shark Info / Dr. Erich K. Ritter - Shark Foundation. Diving withhammerheads, Diving with whales, Diving with hammerhead sharks.