Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 12 September

Written by September 12 2022

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 12 September

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

Trip Summary 12 September 2022:

With two fantastic trips out around our Greater Dyer Island Area, we were so lucky to have encountered 4/5 of the marine big 5 on both our trips!

With Humpback Whales sighted on our first trip and Southern Right Whales on the second, we were able to enjoy a variety of marine life out at sea. Geyser Rock was bustling with seal activity and we witnessed a lot of them swimming about in Shark Alley taking advantage of the beautiful weather. Dyer Island gave us some incredible looks at our endangered African Penguin and the shark cage diving vessels were a hive of activity with Bronze Whaler sharks giving us a show around the cage. Not only were we able to encounter these animals but the bird activity was spectacular, we were able to spot various Tern species, White-Chinned Petrels, Giant Petrels, Albatross, Bank Cormorants, Cape Cormorants as well as some Sooty Shearwaters.

We’d like to extend a thank you to all that joined us on our trips today, it was a pleasure having you on board.

Trip 1:

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whales

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whales

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Various Terns

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, White Chinned Petrel

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whales

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whales

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whales

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Albatross

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Albatross

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whales

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whales

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whales

Trip 2:

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Kelp Gulls

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Kelp Gulls

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Copper Shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Kelp Gulls

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Copper Shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Copper Shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Copper Shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

 

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