Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 04 May
Written by May 4 2024
Whale Watching near Cape Town, South Africa Welcome to Gansbaai, home of the Marine Big 5.
Trip Summary 04 May 2024:
Heading out to sea rather early today, we left Kleinbaai Harbour behind as usual and headed towards deeper waters first. Targeting a few diving birds several Terns, Sooty Shearwaters and a raft of African Penguins in the water met us. We continued towards the island system where we entered Shark Aley, watching numerous Cape fur seals in the water and on Geyser Rock. After spending some time with the seals we went to Dyer Island to view some endangered African Penguins on the boulders and sitting on the beach. Making our way over into more shallow waters in the bay we spotted a Humpback whale! The whale stuck around for quite some time, spending a lot of time on the surface and left our guests in awe! Once again, thanks everyone for joining us today!
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What species did we see today?
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.
Humpback Whale Humpback Whale
One of the best-known whale species, they are renowned for their acrobatic behaviour and complex melodious song as well as extremely long flippers and are a special favourite of Dyer Island Cruises guests and crew alike.
