Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 22 February

Written by February 22 2024

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 22 February

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

Trip Summary 22 February 2024:

Today has been overcast with a light breeze and some swell rolling into the bay. At the beginning of the tour, we were heading along the coast where we got to encounter a sunfish close to shore! We continued towards the shallows where we saw not just the Bronze Whale sharks at the shark cage diving vessel but also a Short-tailed stingray. After we passed a reef system we headed into deeper waters where we were lucky enough to have spotted Bryde’s whales! After spending some time with them we let them be, moved on and shortly after arrived at Geyser Rock we saw thousands of Cape fur seals, plenty in the water too. At Dyer Island, we had a closer look at the seabirds and tried to spot some penguins as well. It can be tricky some days especially when there are so many Cape Cormorants on the island. On our way back to Kleinbaai Harbour though, we did come across a small raft of Penguins!

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Sunfish

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Bronze whaler shark

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Bronze whaler shark dorsal

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

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, white-chinned petrel

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, juvenile cape gannet

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, cape fur seal on Prince Port

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whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, cape fur seal wave

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, african penguins in water

 

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