Our home made video clips by our volunteers while they are here documenting some of the more exciting moments… Great white shark http://youtu.be/XhW6_xPP6jk

RESEARCH & MONITORING Bumper breeding season for Robberg seals? Between January-March volunteers assisted biologists with six boat-based counts of Cape fur seals that haul out on Robberg Peninsula. Apart from routine counts of adult seals, which have levelled off since 2012 despite seasonal fluctuations in their numbers, our biologists were surprised by the large increase […] Continue Reading...
Education- Siyakula Pre-School Education Once a week, volunteers visit young children at the local crèche to give a lesson on basic English words based on the theme of the week. All teaching is done in English (translated by the teachers into their mother tongue of isiXhosa) so that kids can learn a second language. It […] Continue Reading...
Conservation- Beach Clean-Ups We regularly hike along Plettenberg Bay’s beaches to remove marine debris. Unfortunately we live in a world where people still expose of their rubbish from vessels, in rivers or on beaches. This often causes deadly entanglement in marine animals. Tiny plastic particles (micro-plastics) are also known to end up in the ocean […] Continue Reading...
RESEARCH Overview The ORCA Foundation offers a unique learning experience for volunteers who are passionate about the marine environment. It will allow you to make valuable contributions to increased knowledge, awareness and conservation efforts while supporting applied marine research. As part of our comprehensive volunteer programme, you will regularly receive the opportunity to assist our […] Continue Reading...
The origins of marine mammals Although all marine mammals evolved from land mammals, it may surprise some that each group of marine mammals has its own unique ancestry. There are three groups of marine mammals: the cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), the pinnipeds (fur seals, sea lions, walruses and seals) and the sirenians (dugongs and […] Continue Reading...
Our home made video clips by our volunteers while they are here documenting some of the more exciting moments… Great white shark http://youtu.be/XhW6_xPP6jk
On the weekend I had the opportunity to go swimming with a cape fur seal colony. The conditions were great and the seals were really playful in the warm weather. We had a surprise visitor, when all of a sudden a huge elephant seal appeared just a few metres in front of me. While initially […]
Bunging jumping Bloukrans Bridge, a 216 meter drop was terrifying and exciting all at the same time.
This weekend we went to do white shark diving in Mossel bay (1,5 h from plett) it was one of the most amazing things to do. They are massive beautiful, graceful, gigantic and scary. The adrenalin is on max and something you will never forget to have seen.