Cape Town Pelagic Birding: Best Months, Species & Trips Discover the best time for pelagic birding in Cape Town with Trevor Hardaker’s Hout Bay trip statistics, seasonal seabird sightings and 2026–2027 charter dates. ( report by Trevor Hardaker ) Good afternoon everyone, I would like to share two documents with all [...]
Good day ALL With Spring Having Sprung and things looking like were a month or so early with our seasons, here is a reflection of our WINTER MONTHS and what to look forward to. Weve had a somewhat mild winter except for those early storms BUT have managed to keep our clients busy with [...]
2 x Yamaha Outboard Boat Engines For Sale We are selling 2 x 300HP - 4.2l V6 Yamaha Boat Engines With Controls. Condition & Servicing: Engines are in immaculate condition and have been serviced religiously, every 100 hours, by Magson Marine who were also the initial installers. Controls: Full Controls included worth R100 000. [...]
Well good day all With WINTER in FULL SWING and NO OFFSHORE, DEEP SEA TUNA or BIG GAME FISHING till end SEPTEMBER or early OCTOBER it’s time to reflect of what’s been achieved, what’s available and what to look forward to. After a world class TUNA SEASON one of the longest seasons I can [...]
Date: 18 July 2026 Departure point: Hout Bay Birds seen on the trip: Northern Royal Albatross Shy (White-capped) Albatross Black-browed Albatross Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Northern Giant Petrel Southern Giant Petrel White-chinned Petrel Spectacled Petrel Pintado Petrel Wilson’s Storm Petrel Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Cape Gannet Cape Cormorant Crowned Cormorant White-breasted Cormorant Hartlaub's [...]
A quick report back on the pelagic trip that went out yesterday… Date: 12 July 2026 Departure point: Hout Bay Birds seen on the trip: Shy (White-capped) Albatross Black-browed Albatross Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Northern Giant Petrel Southern Giant Petrel White-chinned Petrel Great-winged Petrel Pintado Petrel Blue Petrel Antarctic Prion Wilson’s Storm Petrel [...]
A quick report back on the pelagic trip that went out on Saturday… Date: 27 June 2026 Departure point: Hout Bay Birds seen on the trip: Northern Royal Albatross Southern Royal Albatross Shy (White-capped) Albatross Black-browed Albatross Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Northern Giant Petrel Southern Giant Petrel White-chinned Petrel Spectacled Petrel Pintado Petrel Antarctic Prion Wilson’s [...]
Good day all From SUMMER to WINTER and nothing in between, that's what's happened in the CAPE of STORMS and these cold fronts have come with vengeance!!!!!!! However, the TUNA are still here for how long, is anyone's guess but with good weather forecast after the STORM we will find out. This season has been [...]
Good day ALL It’s been an EPIC SEASON so far and something we have not seen for many years with Yellowfin Tuna being available since OCTOBER last year. Traditionally they disappear from mid-December till end March but this year it’s been flat out with smaller class fish and NOW the BIG BOYS. Tuna Nationals [...]
Well Good day all From screaming reels, it’s been an EPIC few months. The Tuna just seem to hang around with plenty of that younger 30kg fish and a few 65-70kg fish in-between. As usual we have been very busy on both the FISHING and PELAGIC BIRDING Charters. Traditionally for this time of year [...]
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