Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 11 June

Written by June 11 2024

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 11 June

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

Trip Summary 11 June 2024:

We got an early start ahead of us but that doesn’t hold our excitement back. Welcoming our guests on our whale-watching vessel we left Kleinbaai Harbour behind us. Throughout the tour we were accompnied by several different bird species such the Subantarctic Skua in shallows waters and a few pelagic birds in deeper waters. First, we headed to the natural estuary of the area before we made our way over to the Shallows. Stopping by our Marine Dynamics Shark cage diving vessel Slashfin we were able to get some nice views of the incredible Bronze whaler sharks. We continued our trip through the reef system into deeper waters. After quite a bit of time we successfully spotted two Humpback Whales! We did spend some time with the whales and even though they were moving around quite a bit one got quite curios and even came closer to investigate! Once we decided to let them be we moved towards, of course, the island system. The majority of the Cape fur seal colony was already wide awake roaming around Geyser Rock or cooling down in the cool waters of Shark Alley. The endangered African Penguins on Dyer Island were seen close to the beach enjoying the surprising warm temperatures. On our way back to Kleinbaai Harbour we were super lucky to have encountered several Penguins in the water close to the boat which allowed us some close up looks!

Whale watching, South Africa, Gansbaai, Bronze whaler shark

Whale watching, South Africa, Gansbaai, Bronze whaler shark Dorsal

Whale watching, South Africa, Gansbaai, Bronze whaler shark

Whale watching, South Africa, Gansbaai, Subantarctic Skua

Whale watching, South Africa, Gansbaai, Humpback Whale

Whale watching, South Africa, Gansbaai, Humpback whale

Whale watching, South Africa, Gansbaai, Cape fur seals

Whale watching, South Africa, Gansbaai, Cape fur seals

Whale watching, South Africa, Gansbaai, Cape fur seals

Whale watching, South Africa, Gansbaai, African Penguins on dyer Island

Whale watching, South Africa, Gansbaai, African Penguin raft

Whale watching, South Africa, Gansbaai, African Penguins

 

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