Killer Whales in a row - Baby, Mommy and Daddy. Seen in Algoa Bay on Saturday 26 May 2018 from the AB Marine Whale Watching Vessel. More: http://abmarine.co.za #orca #killerwhale #abmarine #alanstraton #straton #sharethebay #algoabay - Taken by the Editor whilst wandering aimlessly about pretending to be in the know. … [Read more...] about Killer Whales in a row
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Killer Whales in Algoa Bay
On Saturday 26 May 2018 we cruised out of the Port of Port Elizabeth onboard the AB Marine Whale Watching vessel - the prognosis for seeing Whales and Dolphins was not good as Killer Whales and Red Tide had been spotted in the bay. These apex predators are highly elusive and the result of dolphins and whales 'hiding away' whilst the red tide chases the fish away - meaning less food and less chance of a sighting. BUT, we were rewarded with the very rare sighting of a family pod of Killer Whales … [Read more...] about Killer Whales in Algoa Bay
Little did we know what we would see when we went to sea
Off to sea to see. Whales, dolphins and more.... See: www.abmarine.co.za #abmarine #whale #dolphin #sharethebay #alanstraton #portelizabeth - Taken by the Editor whilst wandering aimlessly about pretending to be in the know. CLICK HERE to see what we saw in Algoa Bay … [Read more...] about Little did we know what we would see when we went to sea
Dead in the Water – Dolphins and Orcas
Algoa Bay has a high concentration of dolphins, leading to the recent claim of being the Bottle Nose Dolphin Capital of the world. It goes to show then that if we have a high concentration of dolphins then we will attract a high concentration of predators who prefer to snack on dolphins - Orcas. Orcas (Killer whales) are actually members of the dolphin family. Some feed exclusively on fish, while others hunt marine mammals such as seals and dolphins. They have been known to attack baleen … [Read more...] about Dead in the Water – Dolphins and Orcas
Orcas vs Dolphins – YouTube
The 'holy grail' of dolphin spotting is to come upon a huge pod being hunted by Orcas. The large amounts of sardines present within Algoa Bay ensure that many predators such as gannets, penguins, sharks and dolphins call the bay home. In turn the large amounts of dolphins attract Orcas to the bay on the hunt for a tasty dolphin morsel. Marine tour operators keep their ears firmly to the ground up and down our coast waiting for their informants to tell them of pods of Orcas moving … [Read more...] about Orcas vs Dolphins – YouTube
Killer Whales Supporting the Handicapped
On Saturday 27 April 2013 in the Aghullas current off of Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, Expert Tours guide, Rainer Schimpf and a German Film Crew witnessed two firsts as a pod of 7 Killer Whales (Orcas) hunted a Brydes Whale and then demonstrated that their complex social structures also seem to extend to caring for the handicapped. In waves of 3.5 metre in height and in pursuit of a bait-ball sighting Schimpf observed large splashes ahead of his boat which were quickly established as Orca's … [Read more...] about Killer Whales Supporting the Handicapped
Killer Whales in Port Elizabeth
I saw my first group of killer whales near Bird Island in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth on 20 February 1999. It was a group of four (three adults and a calf) spotted near a Bryde's whale. They had captured a baby bottlenose dolphin and were "flicking" it to each other using their large flippers. The cries of the baby dolphin were quite unnerving but still necessary for this top predator's survival. In this case the killer whales were honing their skills just like when a cat plays with a mouse. Since … [Read more...] about Killer Whales in Port Elizabeth
