Sewage spills
One does not exactly expect to be floating in poop along such a beautiful and pristine coastline as False Bay. But it is far from...
AfriOceans Diving with Sharks Lesley Rochat Ocean Travel Photography Sardine Run Travelling Whales
It’s Sardine Run Show Time! I’m here again, watching the greatest underwater show ever witnessed, the sardine run. Every cell in my body is wired...
AfriOceans Warriors Lesley Rochat Ocean Travel Travelling
Phew! That old adage, time flies when you having fun, is so true! Since my last post Lesley Rochat Adventures together with Shark Warrior...
AfriOceans Campaigns Conservation Diving with Sharks Great White Shark Lesley Rochat Photography Travelling
“This internship was more than I could have ever hoped for, we’ve done so much in a month, it has been and adventure of a...
Conservation Diving with Sharks Lesley Rochat Photography Sardine Run shark photography Travelling
The time has come to share more of my ocean adventures with others, to also impart my knowledge and skills to the next generation of...
Campaigns Conservation Diving with Sharks Rethink the Shark Shark Bites Shark Nets
WATCH VIDEO BELOW! Wow, what a way to celebrate Earth Day and launch our new shark awareness campaign! I’ve done some pretty extreme things for...
AfriOceans Warriors
When we heard that Western Australians Premier, Colin Barnett, aptly called Cullin Barnett, would be in Cape Town to attend a mining conference we realized...
AfriOceans Warriors Campaigns Conservation Diving with Sharks Great White Shark Lesley Rochat Rethink the Shark Shark Nets
[doptg id=”24″] WATCH 3MINUTE SLIDE SHOW FOR VISUAL SUMMARY OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS IN 2013! Wonder what AfriOceans and I got up to during 2013, where...
[doptg id=”19″] ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’ is an adage that rings very true of South Africa’s pristine looking natural environment and coastline....
AfriOceans Campaigns Diving with Sharks Sharks in Deep Trouble
[doptg id=”18″] Why do I swim with sharks? This is a question the media and people in general ask me all the time. Of course...
Awards Campaigns Diving with Sharks
My Dad use to say to me when discussing my career, “Les, you mustn’t worry my girl, you are very blessed because you do such...
AfriOceans Conservation Whales
[doptg id=”16″] I am writing this blog article to put on record my opinions of the whale stranding that happened on 24 March 2013 on...
AfriOceans Campaigns Lesley Rochat Shark Nets
I am writing this blog to give clarity to a misleading post on the Shark Angels website which claimed that the nets would be removed...
AfriOceans Warriors Deep Free Dive For Sharks Diving with Sharks Lesley Rochat Shark Nets shark photography Sharks
[doptg id=”15″] It’s time to get stuck in to 2013 and loads of conservation work, but before doing so I would like to reflect back...
Deep Free Dive For Sharks Diving with Sharks Rethink the Predator shark photography
[doptg id=”14″] “You’re living the dream Lesley!” was a comment on my Facebook wall when I announced I would be returning to the Tiger Beach...
AfriOceans Conservation
[doptg id=”10″] As I write I can hear the shark siren going off at Fish Hoek beach – summer is in the air and white...
Conservation Shark Nets
Soon after the loss of five tiger sharks and one white shark in the shark nets in the marine protected area (MPA) of the Aliwal...
For too long the shark nets of KwaZulu Natal have been killing our sharks and other innocent marine life. They are no more than indiscriminate...
Conservation Deep Free Dive For Sharks
Over the past decade a growing movement of conservationists have succeeded in stopping shark fishing and/or the trade in shark fins in certain parts of...
Conservation Rethink the Shark
I’ve just got to say it: I love my job, I really do. It’s not really a job in the normal sense of the word,...
