Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 18 May

Written by May 18 2024

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 18 May

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

Trip Summary 18 May 2024:

The swell has calmed down and we headed into a day with perfect conditions. And to say the least, it was a successful day! Welcoming all our guests aboard Dream Catcher today we left Kleinbaai Harbour behind us and headed towards the natural estuary. On the first trip, we were lucky to have encountered a pod of the endangered Indian Ocean Humpback dolphins! Around the Marine Dynamics Shark Cage diving vessel, we got a glimpse of some highly active Bronze whaler sharks. After spending some time with them we decided to move on and headed towards the island system. First, we stopped by Dyer Island to take a look at the endangered African Penguins and headed over to Geyser Rock, where we were met by thousands of Cape fur seals. Once it was time to say goodbye to the fur seals we made our way into deeper waters where we on the first trip spotted a Bryde’s whale and a few rafts of Penguins. On the second trip, we encountered not one but two Bryde’s whales and a Humpback whale! Once again, thanks everyone for joining us today.

Trip 1

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Indian Ocean Humpback dolphin

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Indian Ocean Humpback dolphin

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Indian Ocean Humpback dolphin

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Indian Ocean Humpback dolphin

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Indian Ocean Humpback dolphin

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Indian Ocean Humpback dolphin

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Bronze whaler shark

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguins on Dyer Island

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Cape fur seals

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Cape fur seals

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Sooty Shearwater

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Bryde's whale

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguin raft

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguin raft

Trip 2

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Bronze whaler shark

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Bronze whaler shark

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguins on Dyer 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, Humpback whale

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Bryde's whale

 

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