So many seabirds! Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 07 February

Written by February 7 2022

So many seabirds! Marine Big 5 Daily Blog 07 February

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

Trip Summary 07 February 2022:

Today we launched from Kleinbaai into a beautiful calm bay which was filled with lots of marine life. Along the coast, we spotted some of the endangered African Penguins, thousands of Cape Cormorants and even some Ostrich running on the dunes. After a stop at the shark cage diving boat, we were heading to deeper waters and were happy to find a Bryde’s whale and could get some fantastic looks at this usually shy species. Our next stop was at Dyer Island, home to the penguins and Geyser Rock, where all the Cape fur seals are. Throughout today’s trip, we also had a great variety of pelagic seabirds including Giant Petrel, European Storm Petrel, Sooty Shearwater and Arctic Skua.

Whale Watching South Africa Gansbaai Cape Cormornats on water

Whale Watching Gansbaai South Africa African penguin

Whale Watching Gansbaai South Africa Bronze whaler shark infornt of cage

Whale Watching Gansbaai South Africa Bryde's whale dorsal fin infront of South African coastline

Whale Watching Gansbaai South Africa Bryde's whale

Whale Watching Gansbaai South Africa African penguin on Dyer Island

Whale Watching Gansbaai South Africa Giant Petrel taking off

Whale Watching Gansbaai South Africa Cape Fur seals on Rock

Whale Watching Gansbaai South Africa two African Oystercatcher

Whale Watching Gansbaai South Africa Cape Fur seal in water

Whale Watching Gansbaai South Africa Cape Fur seal on Ship wreck

Whale Watching Gansbaai South Africa Sooty shearwater sitting on surface

 

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