Sunny Monday! Marine Big 5 Daily Blog
Written by August 23 2021
Today we launched this morning from Gansbaai harbour due to spring tide. Off Danger Point we encountered a southern right whale that turned out to be super curious and had a closer look at our boat while we were drifting in neutral. On our way to the coastline and Pearly Beach where we found more southern right whales, we stopped closer to Dyer Island and Geyser Rock. On our second tour we were slowly heading along the coast and past the shark cage diving boats where we had a brief look at a Bronze whaler shark. Arrived in Pearly Beach we have been lucky to find some southern right whales again who were travelling slowly next to our vessel. On our way back we also made a stop to see the Cape Fur seals on Geyser Rock and penguins on Dyer Island.
What species did we see today?
Southern Right Whale Southern Right Whale
Southern right whales attract thousands of visitors every year to experience these gentle giants off the South African coast.
African Penguin African Penguin
As one of only 17 penguin species left in the world (and the only one on the african continent), the african penguin often breed in offshore colonies, such as Dyer Island.
Cape Cormorant Cape Cormorant
One of the most famous species of Cormorant in the Western Cape, the Cape Cormorant is well known for it's beautiful turquoise eye and impressive size.
Cape fur seal Cape fur seal
With a local population of 60,000, it's no wonder our guests capture so many photographs of these wonderfully playful marine mammals.
