From a young age, Kim “Shark Lady” McLean had an affinity for the ocean. She worked for many years for the Department of Sea Fisheries, then became an aquarist and diver at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town. But Kim had a lifelong dream to pioneer shark cage diving tours, finally realising her vision in 1992, when she founded Sharklady Adventures in Kleinbaai, Western Cape. Kim and her team have taken thousands of people on shark diving trips, and her company is also the founding sponsor of Shark Bay Research, a trust dedicated to conducting ground-breaking research on Great White sharks.

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