Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 20 September

Written by September 20 2022

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 20 September

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

Trip Summary 20 September 2022:

We had some amazing trips out at sea today, seeing 4 of our Marine Big 5 on all trips! We were fortunate to have encountered several cow-calf Southern Right whale pairs in the bay. The shark cage diving companies didn’t disappoint, giving us some lovely views of the Bronze whaler sharks before we headed over to the island system. The 60,000-strong Cape Fur seal colony gave us all a show over at Geyser Rock and Dyer island did not disappoint as we spotted a few African Penguins amidst the Cape Cormorants. The bird life certainly didn’t disappoint either with sightings of the endangered African Penguins out on the water, Giant Petrels, African Oyster Catchers, Egyptian Geese and Sub Antarctic Skuas.

Trip 1.

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, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Hartlaub's Gull

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, Kelp Gull

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

Trip 2.

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, African Penguins

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right whales

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right whales

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right whales

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Southern Right whales

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Trip 3.

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 & African Oyster Catchers

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Fur seal

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark & Kelp Gull

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Bronze Whaler shark

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Kelp Gull

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 Cormorants

Whale Watching, Gansbaai, South Africa, Cape Cormorants

 

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