Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 13 January

Written by January 13 2023

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 13 January

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

Trip Summary 13 January 2023:

A beautiful day on the sea with the sun shining and a slight west wind blowing through the bay. We worked our way through the shallow, coastal waters first keeping an eye out for any wildlife before making our way to the shark cage diving area to view some of the Bronze whaler sharks, we had some fantastic shark sightings as they had multiple Bronze whalers around the boat whilst we were there watching. We then made our way to the Islands where we had a closer look at the seabird colony of Dyer Island including a few Endangered African penguins before we crossed over the alley to the Cape fur seal colony on which we saw many of the pups along the water’s edge along with a few adults, many of which took to the water to cool off whilst we observed. The trip finished with some scouting in the deeper waters before making our way back to the harbour.

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