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Drowning in poop!

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...

14
Dec

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It’s Sardine Run Show Time!

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...

27
Jul

AfriOceans Warriors Lesley Rochat Ocean Travel Travelling

Join my adventures!

  Phew! That old adage, time flies when you having fun, is so true! Since my last post Lesley Rochat Adventures together with Shark Warrior...

25
Jan

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Awesome success! Photo & Writing Internship

“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...

15
Jan

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Shark Warrior Adventures with Lesley Rochat

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...

06
May

Campaigns Conservation Diving with Sharks Rethink the Shark Shark Bites Shark Nets

GET HOOKED ON CONSERVATION, BAN DRUMLINES!

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...

22
Apr

AfriOceans Warriors

#SharkWars & #NoSharkCull

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...

10
Feb

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Goodbye 2013, Hello 2014!

[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...

11
Jan
Lesley Rochat Photography - Saatchi & Saatchi, Cape Town

AfriOceans Warriors

National Marine Week 2013

[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....

11
Oct

AfriOceans Campaigns Diving with Sharks Sharks in Deep Trouble

Why I swim with sharks

[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...

03
Sep

Awards Campaigns Diving with Sharks

Do good and good follows you!

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...

23
Jul

AfriOceans Conservation Whales

Whale Stranding 24 March 2013

[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...

03
Apr
Lesley Rochat photography - Dive site shark net

AfriOceans Campaigns Lesley Rochat Shark Nets

Proposed removal of Shark Nets from Aliwal Shoal in South Africa

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...

09
Feb

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Goodbye 2012! Hello 2013!

[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...

05
Jan
Lemon sharks at night

Deep Free Dive For Sharks Diving with Sharks Rethink the Predator shark photography

Shark Photography at Tiger Beach

[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...

05
Dec
Lesley Rochat Photography Free Dive

AfriOceans Conservation

Life in the fast conservation lane!

[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...

16
Sep
Lesley Rochat Photography Anti shark net ceremony

Conservation Shark Nets

ANTI SHARK NET CEREMONY

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...

09
May
Lesley Rochat photography shark net

Conservation Shark Nets

CATCHES ANYTHING, KILLS EVERYTHING!

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...

03
May
Deep free dive for sharks

Conservation Deep Free Dive For Sharks

DEEP FREEDIVE FOR SHARKS – NEW CAMPAIGN!

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...

23
Apr
Rethink the shark: Meet Wilson

Conservation Rethink the Shark

Rethink the shark – Meet Wilson!

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,...

22
Feb

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