A Beautiful Way To Start The Morning, 5 November 2019
Written by November 5 2019
A beautiful start to an early morning, the area was bustling with marine life from the sightings of our sharks and our gentle giants to the magnificent bird displays. We started the morning off at the cage diving vessels and before long, we had our first views of a Bronze Whaler. Just as we thought we got some great views of this amazing creature, we were surprised with a visit from an astonishing Great White shark! After moving off, we quickly spotted our Southern Right Whale mom with her calf, they were very calm and stayed at the surface for a little while before we headed off towards our Islands. Geyser Rock was a hive of activity today with the seals being in and out of the water and our African Penguins were seemingly having a meeting of sorts, all of them sitting around one boulder. Seeing all our marine wildlife is always a great way to start the morning.
Mom and Calf from the back
You can see the huge size of this mother Southern Right Whale
Both of them arching their backs before going on a dive
Our swarming colony of Cape Fur Seals on Geyser Rock
More big males are beginning to appear
A waddle of African Penguins sitting and having a meeting
A look at our beautiful Bronze Whalers
What species did we see today?
Bronze Whaler Shark Bronze Whaler Shark
The Bronze whaler (also known as Copper sharks) here in Kleinbaai are very curious and interactive. These sharks eat mostly fish, with sardines being one of their favourites.
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.
Southern Right Whale Southern Right Whale
Southern right whales attract thousands of visitors every year to experience these gentle giants off the South African coast.
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.
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.
