Daily Trip Update, 17 November 2019
Written by November 17 2019
An amazing day full of great views of our marine animals, our birds were fantastic, a large group of Cape Cormorants aggregated in one area to possibly be chasing after some fish. The Bronze Whaler Sharks were as beautiful as always, swimming around the shark cage diving vessels, we also got a great look at some of our African Penguins on Dyer Island as well as our Cape Fur Seals on Geyser Rock. On the last trip of the day, we had an interesting passenger on board; A Sub Antarctic Skua which needed to be released after being in rehabilitation at the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary. This was a lovely way to end the day and we had a great time out on our marine adventure today.
Bronze Whaler Shark
displays from our Cape Cormorants
The flight of Cape Cormorants
The Cape Cormorant
Geyser Rock
Cape Fur Seals
A seal swimming around in the water
A lazy Sunday
The endangered African Penguin
A White Breasted Cormorant on Dyer Island
Two little Penguins that had just come back from fishing
Releasing a Sub Antarctic Skua
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.
Bank Cormorant Bank Cormorant
Often enjoying a broad diet including klipfish, rock lobster and more, the increasing rarety of the Bank Cormorant makes every moment we see them even more special.
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.
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.
