Daily Trip Update, 19 November 2019
Written by November 20 2019
We had a great day of sightings today, Our marine animals were superb. We saw 3 of the marine big 5 on all our trips. Our Bronze Whalers were very persistent and gave beautiful passes alongside the shark cage diving vessel cage. The Cape Fur Seal, playful as always, showed off around our boat and were also lazing about in the sunshine after which we went on to see our smallest and most endangered of our marine big 5, the African Penguin. Due to it being moulting season, a lot of them are grouping together in the sun to keep warm. A beautiful sunny day at sea, with some great sightings of these marine animals.
The beautiful Bronze Whaler Shark
Our colony of Cape Fur Seals
Everyone rushing to the water
Just a little cool down
A look at our endangered African Penguin on Dyer Island
some Penguins on the white boulders
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.
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 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.
White-breasted Cormorant White-breasted Cormorant
White-breasted Cormorant is the largest African cormorant and they have an iconic white chest, it is a favourite for many of our repeat visitors, and professional wildlife photographers.
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.
