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.
The Bottlenose dolphin loves playing in the surf along Keurbooms Beach.
“Picture of the day” Today on our 09h30 boat trip we had Bottlenose dolphins playing in the surf at Keurbooms Strand. En-route to Robberg we encountered 4 Brydes whales.
“Picture of the day” Another fantastic day on the ocean!!! On Wednesday morning on our 09h30 boat trip we encountered a pod of Bottlenose dolphins on the other side of the Keurbooms River Mouth. En-Route to Robberg we encountered a Brydes whale at Robberg 5.
“Picture of the day” After not being able to get to sea for two days due to strong winds and rain, this did not affect our dolphins at all. On launching at 09h30 this morning, we picked up a group of 40 – 50 Bottlenose dolphins other side the Keurbooms River Mouth. We followed them READ MORE
“Picture of the day” In this picture, our vessel Damara beaching, after yet another fantastic trip on the ocean. Today we had many excited phone calls about Orca’s in the bay. Upon further investigation we were able to determine that the animals that caused so much excitement were in fact the offshore species of Bottlenose READ MORE
“Picture of the day” We had another exciting day on the ocean. We encountered a pod of Bottlenose dolphins playing in the surf at Keurbooms. They kept our clients on the boat entertained for 20 minutes, surfing waves and jumping through the back of the waves.
Picture of the day” Today on our 09h30 boat trip we encountered these Bottlenose dolphins playing in the surf and riding the waves at Keurbooms.
Yesterday on our 09h30 boat trip en-route to Keurbooms we encountered a pod of ±60 Bottlenose dolphins feeding in the surf line and just beyond. We’ve noticed large shoals of mullet (harders) congregating in the surf line all the way alongRobbergBeachandKeurboomsBeach. This should bring more dolphins into our bay.
“Picture of the day” These Bottlenose dolphins were playing in the surf at Keurbooms. We encountered a pod of ± 50 dolphins En- route to Robberg we encountered our regular visitor to the seal colony (The Elephant Seal)