Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 2 August

Written by August 2 2022

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 2 August

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

Trip Summary 02 August 2022:

A total of four Marine Big 5 trips today, each one as amazing as the next! On our first trip of the day, we were incredibly lucky to sight the entire Marine Big 5; Humpback and Southern Right Whales, Bronze Whaler sharks, Humpback Dolphins, African Penguins and Cape Fur seals! Despite the seals eluding us on our other tours, our sightings were just as special. Across all trips today we had four sightings of Humpback Whales and three Southern Right Whales!

Of course, no Marine Big 5 trip would be complete without paying a visit to our Island Systems and shark cage diving boat! By Geyser Rock we were enthralled by our ever-playful, 60,000-strong Cape Fur seal colony and on Dyer Island, we were fortunate to spot some of the endangered African Penguins on land. By our shark cage diving boat, Slashfin, we witnessed some beautiful Bronze Whaler shark activity!

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whale & Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Kelp Gull

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, Sub Antarctic Skua

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Shy Albatross

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seals & Bank Cormorants

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, Kelp Gull & Little Egret

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Sub Antarctic Skua

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right Whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Tern

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

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