Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 24 June

Written by June 24 2024

Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 24 June

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

Trip Summary 24 June 2024:

We had a long day ahead of us but to say the least, the bay was rather active and we got some nice views of the marine life in the area. We welcomed our guests on either Wahle Whisperer or Dream Catcher and left Kleinbaai Harbour behind us. Shortly after the first trip left the Harbour we were quite lucky to have gotten some brief looks of some of the endangered Indian Ocean Humpback dolphins. Regarding the whale sightings, trips one and two spotted some Humpback whales in deeper waters whereas early in the morning we also encountered some Southern Right whales in shallow waters. On all three trips, we stopped by the local Shark cage diving boats where we got some nice views of the amazing Bronze whaler sharks. Heading over to the island system we of course got surrounded by numerous Cape fur seals in Shark Alley and being watched by the fur seals on Geyer Rock. Several of the endangered African Penguins both adults and little chicks were sitting on top of Dyer Island. On the first and last trip, we even encountered a raft close to the boat on our way back to Kleinbaai Harbour. Once again, thanks everyone for joining our Marine Big 5 trips!

 

Trip 1

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, Bronze whaler shark

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Cape Gannet

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Humpback whale

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Humpback whale

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Humpback whale fluke

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Humpback whale fluke

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Cape fur seals

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Cape fur seal

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Cape fur seals

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Cape fur seal

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguins

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguins

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguins

Trip 2

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Albatross

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, Cape Cormorants

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguins

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Bronze whaler shark

Trip 3

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Bronze whaler shark

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguins

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguins

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, Cape fur seals

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguins

whale watching, gansbaai, south africa, African Penguins

 

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