On 01/06/2019 at 12:30 pm, Kyle skippered the Algoa Bay Marine Vessel and excited Guests on a Whale and Dolphin spotting trip to Cape Recife, leaving from GQDSAC at 12:30 pm. Most of our guests today are volunteering at United Through Sport - Nick Mould and his team are doing a sterling job with our youth and the wonderful volunteers who assist with his programme. In the briefing I remarked to our Guests that the Algoa Bay Data Mapping Project and the NMU's Seafari App were most interested … [Read more...] about 01/06/2019 Trip – The Seafari App will be happy with our Humpback Dolphin Sighting
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An Emotional Trip
On 14/05/2019 at 08:45 am, Kyle skippered the Algoa Bay Marine Vessel and excited Guests on a Whale and Dolphin spotting trip to Cape Recife, leaving from GQDSAC at 08:45 am. Today was a special trip. We started the conversation with Bea last year who wanted a special trip with a lifelong friend. Of course the pressure was on to make this special. Bea and Martine have been travelling across the country seeing the wildlife of South Africa and share a special affinity for cetaceans. Tuesday … [Read more...] about An Emotional Trip
3 May 2019 Trip
On 03/05/2019 at 08:30 am, Kyle skippered the Algoa Bay Marine Vessel and excited Guests on a Whale and Dolphin spotting trip to St Croix, leaving from GQDSAC at 08:30 am. We proceeded out of the Port and headed for New Brighton Beach. Then on past Swartkops to Jaheel Island where we spotted a pod of feeding Bottlenose Dolphins. On to St Croix where many penguins were in the water feeding. Sailing past we spotted uncharacteristically large numbers of birds on Brenton Island. Then, it was a … [Read more...] about 3 May 2019 Trip
On Workers Day, We Did THIS:
On 01/05/2019 at 08:30 am, Kyle skippered the Algoa Bay Marine Vessel and excited Guests on a Whale and Dolphin spotting trip to St Croix, leaving from GQDSAC at 08:30 am. On Workers Day 1 May 2019 we exited the Port of Gqeberha and travelled south of the Oyster Farm in the direction of New Brighton Pier. Close to Algorax we spotted a large pod of Bottlenose Dolphins cruising towards the New Brighton Pier. Many photo opportunities as the dolphins leaped in the air - of course every … [Read more...] about On Workers Day, We Did THIS:
Dolphins and Dolphins on 29 April 2019
On 29/04/2019 at 09:00 am, Kyle skippered the Algoa Bay Marine Vessel and excited Guests on a Whale and Dolphin spotting trip to St Croix, leaving from GQDSAC at 09:00 am. We left the Port of Gqeberha in a mild North Easterly. Guests onboard requested to see penguins. On our way through the anchorage area we spotted a Brydes Whale on a mission towards Cape Receife. Approaching St Croix we spotted Bottlenose Dolphins close to the shoreline cruising for food. Not too many penguins on the … [Read more...] about Dolphins and Dolphins on 29 April 2019
If needed we go up in the air to find Whales!
On 05/02/2019 at 12:15 pm, Rainer skippered the Expert Tours Vessel and excited Guests on a Whale and Dolphin spotting trip to St Croix, leaving from GQDSAC at 12:15 pm. After a quick morning trip in a light aircraft to spot bait balls, whales and dolphins we left the Port of Gqeberha to the area off St Croix where we had first spotted activity. On board was a team from the German Magazine, GEO, along with two other guests (GEO is a family of educational monthly magazines similar to the … [Read more...] about If needed we go up in the air to find Whales!
On This Trip we Spotted Something even More Unique than Killer Whales…
On 31/01/2019 at 08:45 am, Kyle skippered the Algoa Bay Marine Vessel and excited Guests on a Whale and Dolphin spotting trip to St Croix. The following cetaceans were spotted: Time Latitude Longitude Species Code Adults Calves Behaviour 10h35 33:51.281 25:46.432 BRY 1 Feeding Legend: SRW - Southern Right Whale | HBW - Humpback Whale | BRY - Brydes Whale | COM - Common Dolphin | BOT - Bottlenose Dolphin | HUMP - Humpback Dolphin | ORCA - Killer … [Read more...] about On This Trip we Spotted Something even More Unique than Killer Whales…
