The Indian Ocean on one side, imposing mountains rising up on the other – it is here, on the narrow strip of land along the Whalecoast, that the people of ‘Greater Hermanus’, a community made up of many small towns and villages, make their home. Not so long ago, Gansbaai was still considered a ‘sleepy’ fishing village. Today it is South Africa’s ‘mecca’ for divers who want to watch sharks up close.