Seals & Dolphins

We took a boat to Duiker Island to see the Cape Fur Seals. The “island” is really just some granite boulders where adult males wait until they reach breeding age, which is around 8 to 12 years old.

The seas are too rough for the seals to use the area as a breeding colony. When we visited, waves were knocking them around and seals were diving right into the waves. It looked like rowdy seal fun to me!

On our way back, a huge school of dolphins surrounded our boat. I’ve never seen so many at once; we guessed that there were around 200 of them.

In fact, there were so many dolphins that from a distance it looked like white caps creating a rough patch of sea.

Back at the docks, I finally got a nice photo of a cormorant. Soon after, as we rounded a corner along the waterfront, I was startled by the sight of a large seal in the middle of a crowd.

Some locals had lured him ashore by feeding him fish. I don’t think this is safe or legal, but that didn’t stop several people from posing for photos with the beautiful animal.Les mer