Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 15 August

Written by August 15 2022

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 15 August

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

Trip Summary 15 August 2022:

A fantastic day out at sea gave us some incredible wildlife sightings today! With 4 trips launching, we were glad to have been back out at sea after being landbound for a few days due to the weather. Our trips were fortunate enough to have some awe-inspiring views of a group of Southern Right whales visiting the bay. Trip two was even treated to some breaches! We had some spectacular sightings of the Bronze Whaler Sharks around the cage diving vessel and the acrobatics from the Cape Fur Seals were always a delight to behold.  Our African Penguins on Dyer Island were a bit tricky to spot today but we used our eagle eyes to spot a few individuals on the island.

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, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whlae

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whlae

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whlae

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whlae

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Albatross

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whlae

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whlae

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whlae

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, 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, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Terns

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Terns

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, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

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

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bank Cormorants

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Sunset

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Cormorants

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Cormorants

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, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Subantarctic Skua

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

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