Magic Moment of the Week: Start of the Whale Season
A tail slap by a Southern Right Whale signals the start of the whale season in Plettenberg Bay.
Magic Moment of the Week: There a comin’
Soon to be arriving are the Southern Right Whales. We have already had some confirmed sightings of them coming through the bay but none have come to stay as yet!
Magic Moment of the Week: How Majestic
What a beautiful sight when I left for the Foundation this morning, a grey heron standing majestically above us all, peering down his great bill at the world.
Magic Moment of the Week: Missile Ahead Captain
Wow, it was like watching a missile coming to the boat. The Bryde’s whale was swimming in our direction when he surfaced and blew, then dived and turned behind the boat to surface on the other side.
Magic Moment of the Week: Bryde’s Whale
One of my favorite moments during the program was finally being able to see a whale. In the picture you can see a Bryde’s whale swimming along the front of our boat one afternoon. After going out a few times before on the boat and seeing only dolphins and seals, it was a gift. It […]
Magic Moment of the Week: Two Species at Play
One of my favorite moments during the program was watching both the humpback dolphins and bottle nose dolphins swimming together and playing in the surf. In this picture you can see the bottle nose dolphins swimming along the back of the waves. After going out several times before on the boat and not seeing anything, […]
Magic Moment of the Week: Shark Attack!
After working at Ocean Blue for nearly eight years, I thought I had seen it all! But yesterday’s, excursion will stay with me forever. After having a brilliant encounter with a pod of approximately 200 bottle nose dolphins near Dune Park, we motored over to the seal colony for what one would consider a normal […]
Magic Moment of the Week: Habitat adaptation
This morning we saw how nature carries on regardless of what us humans do. A little Rock Hyrax found itself a safe haven and a ray of sunshine behind one of our sign boards, amongst all the noise from construction around him. You go little guy!
Magic Moment of the Week: The Splendour of Nature
We were out on the boat, skimming across an emerald green sea along a beautiful coastline of wide, yellow beaches at the foot of dark green hills. All of a sudden someone cried out and we looked to where the extended arm was pointing – it was dolphins! Humpback dolphins, three of them, making their […]