Since last week one of the Elephant seals is back at the Robberg seal colony. The elephant seals come into the bay a few times a year. Why do they come in? The one in the middle of the year is hard to tell, it seems like it is there to rest, but it could READ MORE
Bioluminescence is a production and emission of light created by a living organism. It is a hybrid word coming from Greek and Latin. Bios means living and Lumen means light, so bioluminescence means living light. It is widely known in marine vertebrates and invertebrates, but it’s also found in fungi, microorganisms and terrestrial invertebrates. On READ MORE
When doing a township tour with Ocean Blue the money goes towards the township, especially the Siyakula pre-school and nursery school. It helps to keep up maintenance of the school, pay teachers salaries and feed the children. The children get 2 meals a day, breakfast and lunch. On Thursdays when the ORCA Foundation and Ocean READ MORE
Camouflage is a word used for animals in nature and humans in the military, when they are disguised. What does it mean to have camouflage? It is the use of any combination of materials, coloration or illumination for concealment. This has become one of the largest games between predator and prey. The prey will do READ MORE
On Sundays 9.30 trip we had a great sighting on a pod of Humpback dolphins at Keurbooms beach. Through photo identification our researcher concluded that it is the same pod that was spotted earlier in the week. En-route from the Keurbooms beach to the seal colony we spotted a Bryde’s whale. Bryde’s whales are the READ MORE
Corals are the lungs of the ocean. They have the most bio diverse habitat on the planet with most species in the water some way associated to it. The corals on the reef build their skeleton out of calcium as do the crabs, mussels, oysters, crayfish, prawns, starfish and sea urchins. Coral reefs are under READ MORE
Bottlenose dolphins are seen throughout the year, normally along the Keurbooms beach where they play in the surf. On our Marine Encounter trips we go down along that side of the bay to Keurbooms beach in our search for dolphins, before we head over to the Robberg Peninsula and the Cape Fur seal colony.
When joining Ocean Blue on a township tour during the week the highlight is to see Qolweni´s nursery school and Pre-school. The children are always happy to see new faces and get the chance to make someone smile with songs or just giving hugs to willing participants.
The sardine run, the largest biomass migration in the world, is even larger than the migration of the wildebeests. This is an annual migration of Pacific sardines (Sardinops sagax) from the Agulhas bank Northwards along the East coast of South Africa to the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) area in winter. The Pacific sardine is a small pelagic, READ MORE
The Humpback dolphin is an endangered dolphin and the species we see in small numbers. Humpback dolphins are not as active as the Bottlenose dolphins but sometimes surprise everyone on the boat by starting to jump and breach like crazy. This rare event is always precious to see, knowing that we might lose them in READ MORE