Bronze Whaler Shark
Let’s Talk About It…Bronze Whaler Shark ASEC is now diving with these beautiful Bronze Whalers. The trips are very exciting and the sharks are interactive around the boat. This makes for a great shark cage diving trip. The Bronze Whaler Shark is also known as Copper Shark, or Narrowtooth Shark. Why the “Bronze Whaler” perhaps […]
The Hound Shark
Let’s Talk About It… The Hound Shark Found in False Bay waters through to Angola and the temperate waters of the East Atlantic, this shark doesn’t look anything like any hounds I know…they do not try to disguise themselves either, with their greyish – brown colouring, they can be found swimming at varying depths of […]
Facts about Cape Fur Seals
Seal Blog: Team Seal Here are some Cape Fur Seal Facts I bet you didn’t know about! Here in the Southern Peninsula, our resident seals are the Cape Fur Seals. We do find other seal Sub-species along our coastline, such as the Leopard Seal, Elephant Sea and Sub-Antarctic Seal, however the Cape Furs are the […]
ASEC and Orca’s
On Thursday the 26th of March we were among the many few people to witness the majestic beauty of the Orcas in False Bay. We got to the jetty in the morning bright and early and were greeted with a spout of rain and the day was looking rather miserable but spirits were high and […]
Pufferfish
From Sharks to Pufferfish – the ongoing adventures of a former ASEC crew member Over the years ASEC has welcomed a variety of biologists and shark enthusiasts to their crew, but what happens to these folks once they go on to seek new adventures? Watch this video to see how former crew member, Naomi […]
Common dolphins of False Bay
Common dolphins are frequently seen on our Great White Shark trips and are widely distributed in the offshore waters along the entire coast of South Africa. There are two species of common dolphin, the long-beaked and short-beaked common dolphin. The main species that we see on our trips is the long-beaked common dolphin. Physical Description […]
Boulders Penguin Colony
Boulders Penguin Colony During our Great White Shark cage diving and breaching trips, we frequently see a number of bird species, including the African penguin. Situated just around the corner from the seaside village of Simon’s Town, the Boulders area has become world famous for its thriving colony of African penguins, formerly called Jackass Penguins […]
Cape Fur Seals at Seal Island
Cape Fur Seals at Dawn Cape Fur Seals at Seal Island Cape Fur Seals are intensely curious animals, using their large, well developed eyes and sensitive mouths to investigate virtually everything in their environment. But when White Sharks are about, such curiosity is abandoned and all eyes search anxiously beneath the surface. Seal Islandis populated […]
Dolphins in False Bay
On the African Shark Eco-Charter Great White Shark trips to Seal Island, Common Dolphins are often seen. People love dolphins and they are held in high regard, it is a common seafaring legend that to kill a Dolphin will bring bad luck to your ship, but spotting a Dolphin riding in the Ships wake is […]