Ocean Adventures
Tours in Plettenberg Bay

Ocean Adventures / Ocean Safaris / Ocean encounters / Boat based whale watching / Sea kayaking / Township Tours.

These otters belong to the Mustelid family, which includes carnivores such as weasels and badgers. Cooperative feeding comes about when two or more individuals effectively capture more and/or bigger prey items and suffer fewer costs together than alone. Although the Cape Fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) is southern Africa’s only endemic pinniped species, we do get a number of vagrant pinniped species that visit our shores. In Plettenberg Bay, we see both Subantarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus tropicalis) and southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) on occasion. It can often be seen on Lookout Beach and other coastal areas in Plettenberg Bay, but ranges from Luderitz in Namibia to Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The red roman Chrysoblephus laticeps is a species of seabream endemic to southern Africa and found from Namibia to Port St. Johns in the Eastern Cape. These marine mammals actually only rest one half of their brain at a time when sleeping, in what is known as unihemispheric slow-wave sleep. While one hemisphere of the brain rests, the other remains alert. The killer whale is a cosmopolitan species, which means that it is found in all the oceans of the world. foundation through proactive research focusing on the practical application of results and the gathering of currently available information and base line data will build the foundation’s of the proposed model. Together with their enthusiasm they also contribute much needed funding, necessary for running the Orca Foundation. These are our leaders of tomorrow & the exposure to our marine life has helped promote beach clean-ups, greater awareness of pollution & of course a love for where we live. Stocks of most linefish species in South Africa have collapsed due to over fishing. Recent work in Plett has shown that the status of reef ecosystems in the Bay is poor, and that areas of limited resource use are necessary to allow for the recovery of these fish stocks. Increased numbers of fish in these areas will not only revive the reefs but also promote ecotourism by attracting more divers to the region. Currently ecological indicators (species diversity, species relative abundance and length-frequency distributions) of fishery important reef fishes are being measured by means of SCUBA-based underwater census and research angling, to monitor the health of marine ecosystems in the Bay. This provides information on the state of the reef ecosystems within the Bay, which will be compared with results obtained from Tsitsikamma Reserve. The project also aims to determine whether Red Roman is able to return to its home range after relocation to a nearby isolated reef, to assess the feasibility of artificial enhancement of numbers in limited use areas. Current management measures do not allow for recovery of the species, and as stocks are still declining, alternative measures must be investigated. Assess the economic and environmental feasibility of stock enhancement. Make recommendations for the use of stock enhancement as a management tool in South Africa. The study is the first of its kind in South Africa and will hopefully lead the way to recovering our depleted fish stocks. One of the major causes of the decline in fish stocks in South Africa is a lack of compliance by the resource users, often a result of a lack of knowledge regarding fishing regulations. Information displayed on these boards is intended for the benefit of all recreational, subsistence and sport fishermen, to help increase awareness of the need to conserve natural resources and increase compliance with fishing regulations.