Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 04 March

Written by March 4 2024

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 04 March

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

Trip Summary 04 March 2024:

After not being able to head out to sea yesterday we are back and ready to head out to sea again. Even though we left Kleinbaai Harbour in quite a bit of an overcast and some light rain, guests and crew alike were excited to see what we might encounter! We headed straight towards Uilenkraal, the natural estuary of the area. As it is a quite popular hangout spot for several marine species we started our lookout from there. Luckily, shortly after we spotted one of the endangered Indian Ocean humpback dolphins and some rafts of the endangered African Penguins in the water! Cruising down the coastal area we made our way into an area called the Shallows. We stopped by Marine Dynamics Shark cage diving vessel Slashfin where we got to see the incredible Bronze whaler sharks. After spending some time with them we continued our tour through the reef system, De Clyde, and made our way towards Geyser Rock, the Cape fur seal colony. Being welcomed by numerous seals we entered Shark Alley, cruising up and down watching the seals laying on the island, playing and cooling down in the water. Once it was time to say goodbye we made our way into deeper waters for the rest of the trip.

 

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