Monday, 22 August 2011

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Tuesday, 9 August 2011

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Tuesday, 14 June 2011







Decoys are rubber cutouts in the shape of a seal. Looking up from under the water against the sky, the shark only sees the dark outline and then grabs the decoy . It is released almost immediately. No harm is done to the shark in any way.
Seals hunt for fish... sharks hunt for seals... there is always one that does not get away... they become the ROAD KILL... in shark alley

Two Orcas were spotted by Dyer Island Cruises near Danger Point Lighthouse on the Cape Whale Coast of South Africa.
 Orcas are the natural predators of the Great White Sharks who reside in this area.


 
Elephant Seals are rare visitors to the Southern Cape coastal waters.

Monday, 6 June 2011

10 Southern Right Whale males mate with 1 female


As many as 6-10 male Southern Right whales might try to mate with one female. They are not so gentle with each other as they are with humans, scratching each other with their callosities, especially the bonnet.When the female has had enough, she will signal this by rolling over on her back as if to say " Not tonight, dear...", as she slaps her flippers on the surface, trying to avoid the males.

Humpback Whales vs Southern Right Whales

The cape whale coast is fortunate to have 3 species of whales visiting its waters:  Brydes Whales and two other species  that  are very similar and yet so different! Southern Right Whales annually visit this coast to mate and to calve while Humpback Whales only pass through on their way to warmer Mosambiquan waters for their calving.

Brydes whales are difficult to spot, because they're very shy. When they do surface, they are often mistaken for a dolphin; look carefully though, that pointy fin may look like it belongs to a dolphin but the creature it's attached to is much, much bigger.

A Southern Right whale is easily identified by its v-shaped 'blow', and by its curious nature; you'll often see a Souther Right poking its nose out of the water, an action called 'spyhopping'. No-one know exactly whay they do that, but it really does seem as if they just want to take a peep at the two-legged creatures on the shore.

First Southern Right Whales of the season spotted in Hermanus


Southern Right Whales were called the "Right " Whale because they were the right whales to hunt. They are slow swimmers, which float when dead due to the huge amount of blubber they carry around with them.They are also naturally curious, and would approach the boats that harpooned them. Their insulating blubber provided a great deal of oil which was used for a multitude of things.

Thursday, 2 June 2011

The Birkenhead shipwrecked near Dangerpoint in 1852


The horses that were on board The Birkenhead swam to the shore and local folklore has it that they roamed free as a wild herd in the plains of the "Strandveld" until well into the 20th century. Even today, there is a herd of wild horses living in the Rooisands nature reserve, near Kleinmond. Nobody knows where they came from, but it is assumed that they either came from the Birkenhead, or from one of the other ships that were wrecked along this treacherous coast.                                    

Sunday, 29 May 2011

On 10 March the Prince Port was on her way from Calcutta to New York. She ran aground on a reef at "robklip" - seal rock- the local name for Geyser Rock. In 1889 a Northwestern storms broke up the the wreck completely and lifted the only remaining piece to the opposite side- Shark Alley- of the island. The crew all came aboard in life boats, no lifes were lost

Cape Gannets plungedive for fish close to Dyer Island



Thursday, 26 May 2011

Day 3 for the penguin waddlers

       39 640 steps ouch!


the "Penguins" waddle into Hermanus on day 2


The penguin promises campaign is to get people to commit to an action that will assist with saving the penguin.  Awareness of the plight of the African Penguin is the first step.
To generate awareness of this campaign, Hayley and Gabby are going to be walking just over 100kms over a week from the 23rd of May.
They will start their journey from Gansbaai. Just off Gansbaai is Dyer Island, where there is a penguin colony.  The week will take them through the coastal towns of (among others) Hermanus, Kleinmond, Betty’s bay, Pringle bay, Gordon’s Bay(in Strand), Muizenberg, and they will end at another penguin colony - Boulders Beach in Simonstown on the 28th May.