Guest Comments:
” What an amazing trip! We love the work you are doing to save the environment!”
– Jaclyn & Stephen
” Great guide and tribulation team. Thanks for taking care of us but the most important thing,
thanks for taking care of nature! <3″
-Rocio
” Thank you so much for everything! It has been a pleasure to contribute to your
initiative and to be educated about these amazing animals! Thank you for this important job !! “
– Castano
13/10/2023
Location: Gansbaai, South Africa
Dive site: Joubertsdam
Water temp: Moderate
Visibility: Poor
Sightings: African penguins, Short-tail stingrays, Bronze whaler sharks, Cape fur seals + Whales
Summary: Today, all of our guests were thrilled to go out on the water. They were also excited to be a part of such an important day as we celebrate African Penguin Awareness Day this weekend. We had an amazing time today with Bronze Whaler shark activity on all of our trips, and bonus sightings of Cape Fur seals, Short-tail stingrays, whales, and a feeding raft of African penguins. We would like to thank all of our guests for joining us!
The African penguin is on the brink of extinction. If the population numbers continue to plummet at the same alarming rate, they are destined to become functionally extinct by 2030.
Saturday 14 October is African Penguin Awareness Day. Staff and guests of Marine Dynamics Shark & Whale Tours together with the Dyer Island Conservation Trust will be joining the biggest ever worldwide waddle and penguin protest march, as part of the #NotOnOurWatch African penguin survival campaign.
If we want our children to see African penguins in the wild, the time for action is NOW. If we wait, it will be too late…
The public is invited to visit the African Penguin & Seabird Sanctuary on Saturday 14 October. They can pick their own protest poster and do a protest march around the APSS garden. Make a donation of R50 and receive a very special crafted Penguin Cupcake at the coffee shop on site. Gansbaai Tourism has invited people that will be visiting the Gansbaai market on Saturday to come dressed in black in white to show their support for the African Penguin.
Additional information:
Dyer Island Conservation Trust: www.dict.org.za
Penguin Pledge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjJAwrQGLaM&t=58s
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