Stunning sighting of a Humpback whale!
Every day at sea is very special and today was one of those days!
Written by June 11 2019

Trip Summary
What a beautiful day to be on sea! We started our trip searching for some humpback dolphins, unfortunately we didn’t have much luck and we headed to Slashfin to check out another species on our Marine Big 5 check list – a Great White Shark. And just as we came to our shark cage diving vessel, a beautiful male white shark made his appearance! Once we spent enough time with our shark friends, we made our way to Pearly Beach on our whale searching quest. Even though, we didn’t find any whales there we were fortunate enough to spot a beautiful Mola mola also known as a Sunfish basking in the sun and being very relaxed with us being so close. And just as we were heading to Dyer Island our crew spotted a raft of African penguins, they were a little bit shy, constantly diving so we left them be. We had some beautiful and close bird sightings including a Shy albatross and a couple of Giant petrels. As usual our visit to Geyser Rock was a blast, watching those cheeky Cape Fur seals on the rock and in the water. Just as we were making our way back to the harbour we noticed a spout in the distance, we immediately turned around and followed it. A young Humpback whale surfaced just next to Dream Catcher, giving us an incredible opportunity to see this stunning marine mammal so close! We spent a bit of time with him/her swimming around us until he/she was on its way. What an incredible and special way to finish our trip!
Daily snaps

FINtastic sighting of a great white shark named Shaun!

Run, birdie, RUN!

Kelp tasting on the board of Dream Catcher

Just smile and wave boys!

Some seals posing for us on Geyser Rock

Seal with a bit of wave action as a background

Very proud seal, or maybe just sunbathing

Cute baby seal being cute

Enjoying the sun and of course the seals

That seal was up to no good!

Sunfish doing what sunfish does best – enjoying the sun

An incredible sighting of thousands of Cape cormorants

And finally the star of today’s trip – a Humpback whale!

Coming very close to us!

Such a beautiful gentle giant!

And then coming even closer!

No words to describe how special it was!
What species did we see today?
Great white sharks Great white sharks
Gracious, beautiful, misunderstood - three words used by guests of Dyer Island Cruises after witnessing South Africa's most infamous marine species: The Great White Shark.
Humpback Whale Humpback Whale
One of the best-known whale species, they are renowned for their acrobatic behaviour and complex melodious song as well as extremely long flippers and are a special favourite of Dyer Island Cruises guests and crew alike.
African Penguin African Penguin
As one of only 17 penguin species left in the world (and the only one on the african continent), the african penguin often breed in offshore colonies, such as Dyer Island.
Cape Cormorant Cape Cormorant
One of the most famous species of Cormorant in the Western Cape, the Cape Cormorant is well known for it's beautiful turquoise eye and impressive size.
Cape fur seal Cape fur seal
With a local population of 60,000, it's no wonder our guests capture so many photographs of these wonderfully playful marine mammals.