Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 20 July

Written by July 20 2022

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 20 July

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

Trip Summary 20 July 2022:

A beautifully calm day out at sea today paired with some phenomenal sightings! Across our two trips, we saw a total of 9 Humpback Whales. On our first trip we were incredibly lucky to witness some action from our endangered Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins and even some Bronze Whaler sharks. On trip number 2 we were thrilled with numerous Sunfish sightings! On both our trips we spotted groups of endangered African Penguins both on the water and on land and of course paid a visit to our 60,000-strong Cape Fur seal colony on Geyser Rock. All in all, a fantastic day out for the DIC team and our wonderful guests on board!

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur Seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seals on geyser rock

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, cape fur seals in the water

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, bank cormorant on geyser rock

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa,  African Penguins getting out of the water

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African penguins on dyer island

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, cape cormorants

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa,  African penguin on the island

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape cormorants on dyer island

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Short tail stingray

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, bronze whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, bronze whaler shark swimming

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Indian Ocean Humpback dolphin on its back

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Indian Ocean Humpback dolphin on its back

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Indian Ocean Humpback dolphin on its back

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Indian Ocean Humpback dolphin fluke

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 dolphin

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

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Indian Ocean Humpback dolphin with calf

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

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale tail

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Albatross

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Albatross

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape fur seals

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Terns

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, sooty shearwater

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, danger point lighthouse

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Humpback whale

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, subantarctic skua

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, african penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, african penguins

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