Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 23 January

Written by January 23 2025

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 23 January

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

Trip Summary 23 January 2025:

Our trip started bright and early today due to westerly wind picking up later in the day. Welcoming our guests aboard Dream Catcher we left Kleinbaai Harbour behind us and came to an immediate stop. Right outside the harbour, we came across a pod of the endangered Indian Ocean humpback dolphins! With the dolphins minding their own business, we got some great looks at this elusive but incredible species. Moving on we passed Danger Point before heading into deeper waters. A few pelagic birds such as Cape Gannets, a White-chinned Petrel and a Cory’s Shearwater passed our boat. Shortly after we spotted the spout of a Bryde’s whale in the distance. Unfortunately, we only spotted the spout one more time before the whale took a deeper and longer dive. After some time waiting we continued our trip towards the island system. Entering Shark Alley we could hear the Cape fur seals vocalizing on Geyser Rock. As the island was incredibly busy today we got to watch thousands of Cape fur seals relaxing on the island and cooling down within the channel. After it was time to wave goodbye to the Fur seals we paid the critically endangered African Penguins on Dyer Island a visit. A few of our beloved Penguins were taking in the sun breaking through the clouds. Our last stop led us to the Shallows, where the Marine Dynamics Shark cage diving vessel Slashfin was already waiting for us. After carefully watching the cage for a few minutes a Bronze whaler shark made an appearance. A few times we were able to watch the shark cutting the surface and investigating the divers in the cage!

 

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whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Humpback dolphins

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Humpback dolphins

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Humpback dolphins

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Humpback dolphins

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whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, White-chinned Petrel

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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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whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, European Storm Petrel

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