Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 19 June

Written by June 19 2022

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 19 June

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

Trip Summary 19 June 2022:

With a little swell and some wind, we set out on our marine big 5 adventure this afternoon. We had another lovely day out at sea before tomorrow’s wind and rain pick up. At the shark cage diving boats, we had some really great looks at the iconic Great White shark, we were able to get some good glimpses before continuing our journey. Out in deeper waters, it was rather quiet at first with some bird activity and a short look at a Bryde’s whale but just before we reached Shark Alley, we spotted two Humpback whales giving us a splendid show, surfacing a few times before heading off. After a  visit to the Cape fur seal colony and African Penguins on Dyer Island, we started the journey back home to Kleinbaai harbour where we were surprised by another Bryde’s whale and her young one and also a large raft of African penguins!

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, humpback whale dorsal fin

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, humpback whale dorsal fins in the distance

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, humpback whale tail

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, humpback whale fluke

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, two humpback whales

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, cape fur seals

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, cape fur seal and kelp gull

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, cape fur seals and bank cormorants

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, cape fur seals on geyser rock

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, cape fur seals, kelp gull screaming

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, cape fur seals and black oystercatcher

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguins

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguins in the water

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Bryde's whale dorsal fin

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, whale rainbow

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguin raft

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Subantarctic skua

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, 3 Subantarctic skuas

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Subantarctic skua looking at the camera

Whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Great white shark

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