THE KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board’s snorkel divers have recovered a ragged-tooth female shark at Zinkwazi more than 20 years after it was tagged by the board’s staff in January 1990 at Leven Point.

Mike Fliegelman treaded water until he spied Ryan Steindler on the beach, then held up his right hand, with his thumb and pinky extended to form a wide “Y.” In Hawaii, the gesture means “hang loose.” ...

Jason Smith can’t get the sight of those huge jaws out of his mind. “All I could see was a big white mouth opening up,” said Smith, who tussled with an alligator while snorkeling during the weekend.