A Brindle of Joy! Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 6 August

Written by August 6 2022

A Brindle of Joy! Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 6 August

Whale Watching near Cape Town, South Africa Welcome to Gansbaai, home of the Marine Big 5.

Trip Summary 08 August 2022:

A fantastic day out at sea brought us numerous sightings of 4 of the Marine Big 5! Across both trips, we got some amazing looks at some Bronze Whaler Shark activity around the shark cage diving vessel. We witnessed the acrobatics of the Cape Fur seals on Geyser Rock and spotted some African Penguins on Dyer Island. Trip 1 had some breathtaking looks at two Southern Right Whale adults cruising along while trip 2 got some awe-inspiring sights of Southern Right Whales, a unique look at a mother and her brindle calf as well as Humpback Whales that were travelling with a calf as well! Not only did we have this Marine Big 5 activity, the bird life out at sea today was magnificent! With some looks at several Shy Albatross, Cape Cormorants, Black Oystercatchers, Crowned Cormorants, Subantarctic Skuas and various Tern species.

Trip 1:

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Shy Albatross

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Crowned Cormorant

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Oyster Catchers

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Egyptian Goose

Trip 2:

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins and cape cormorants

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Little Egret

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Subantarctic Skua

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Subantarctic Skua

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Subantarctic Skua

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Hartlaub's Gull

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Hartlaub's Gull

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Brindle Southern Right Whale

 

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