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is a fishing village and popular tourist destination in the Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa. It is known for its dense population of Great White Sharks and as a whale-watching location.
Dyer Island is the largest of a group of islands about 5 miles (8.0 km) offshore from Gansbaai and less than that from Danger Point peninsula.
The shallow channel between the two islands is popularly known as "Shark Alley". Dyer Island is a nature reserve and cannot be accessed by the general public, but boat tours leave from Kleinbaai on Danger Point peninsula to watch whales, stop at a shark-diving-boat, to cross Shark-Alley and to go around Dyer Island.
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