The first Elephant Seal of the year comes into Plettenberg Bay at the end of January, beginning of February. The normal question is, “what is it doing here?” The first one of the year comes to moult it’s fur. The photo shows how quick this process is and that they have dark, grey/black skin under READ MORE
We have a visitor in our bay, The Black Footed African Penguin sitting at Cannonball Cave at Robberg, busy molting his feathers.
The Bottlenose dolphin loves playing in the surf along Keurbooms Beach.
We still have Humpback whales passing on their southerly migration. According to records a Humpback whale was spotted off Margate on 14 November with shark netting and a buoy attached to it. All NSRI stations were notified along the coastline to keep a look out for this whale. This still shows that there are lots READ MORE
Today we had wonderful sightings with Humpback whale mothers and calves moving on their southerly migration from Madagascar down to Antartica.
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