The Elephant seal is still here. The young male Elephant Seal is not injured or sick but rather just resting. They live in the Sub-Antartic region and are the largest of any seal on the planet. These behemoths can weigh up to 6000kg and grow to lengths of about 5m long. They are easily identifiable READ MORE
Although the sea was a bit choppy with wind yesterday we had the most amazing encounter on 4 Humpback whales. These whales were breaching and tail slapping, keeping us entertained for a while before they moved off.
Yesterday we had between 20 & 30 Humpback whales 3km off the Point of Robberg. It looks like we are going to have a great Humpback whale season this year as reports coming in from Transkei (east coast) are that there are up to plus minus 100 Humpback whales currently passing the coast, moving south READ MORE
How close are we allowed to the whales? This is a FAQ we get from the guests and towns folk. Each whale watching company has 1 permitted close encounter vessel. The vessel is allowed to be 50m from the whales and we are only allowed to spend 20 minuted with the whales. It is important to READ MORE
As was expected with the rough sea conditions over the past few days the whales have been a bit scares. These large marine mammals will move into deeper, safer waters until the weather passes. However, we are still having some great sightings. The Southern Right whales are still providing endless entertainment for guests on board READ MORE
The Elephant Seal is back. This giant visitor can be found at the Seal Colony a few times a year. As the largest Seal species in the world, he can only haul out at 2 places at the colony. The Orca crew has observed him for the last five years and established that it is the READ MORE
We’ve had a rather entertaining group of 6 to 8 Southern Right whales in the Bay for a week now. These whales have put up such a show for our guests. On one particular trip this weekend a Southern Right whale decided that the boat was a scratching post. Wow, after years of taking people READ MORE
On all 3 boat trips we managed to spot Brydes whales and Humpback whales today. We currently have shoals of bait fish (anchovies) off The Point of Robberg which these 2 species prey on. On our 12h00 trip we counted 6 Humpback whales and another 25 blows comprising of Humpback whales and Brydes whales.
Breaching whales are a sight to behold. In the 16+ years that Ocean Blue has been in operation it still amazes us to see these marine giants launch themselves out of the water. Let’s consider this for a moment, fully grown Southern Right whales is on average about 50 ton and about 14m long and they READ MORE
Today we had 5 Southern Right whales on our trips. On our 12h00 trip we had a male Southern Right whale which breached 3 times plus minus 200m from the boat. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; READ MORE