What a day! Marine Big 5 daily blog
Written by February 12 2020
As usual we were cruising past Uilenkraal along the coast to the shark cage diving boats. While the sharks have been scarce today, we got called by a shark cage diving boat passing a pod of common dolphins on the way back to the harbour. We quickly changed direction trying to catch up with the dolphins. As we don’t get to see common dolphins a lot, we all truly enjoyed it having them surfing in the wake and coming closer to our vessel Dream Catcher. Leaving the dolphins behind we were heading straight to Dyer Island where we released two african penguins, that have been rehabilitated in the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary here in town. After spending time watching the seals we moved into deeper waters and made our way around Danger Point to Gansbaai harbour.
What species did we see today?
Common Dolphin Common Dolphin
With an 'hourgalss' patch on either side and aerial activity the common dolphin is an agile and majestic species, that may easily reach a speed of 40km/h.
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 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.
