40 Sea Miles out into the deep off Hout Bay, another Pelagic Birding charter with Hooked on Africa skipper Grant Schotz, birding experts from Zest For Birds, Trevor Hardaker, Cliffy Dorse, and Videography with thanks to Alex Aitkenhead.
Some of the species identified among thousands of birds spotted, black-browed albatros, shy albatros, giant petrels, spectacled petrels, Tristan’s albatros, Indian yellow-nosed Albatros, White-chinned petrels, cape pintado petrels, shearwaters, great shearwater, sooty shearwater and many more. Book a pelagic birding charter to experience your own pelagic birding experience.
Also spotted on the charter, loggerhead turtle, dolphins and a Sunfish, a strange fish in appearance often spotted sunbathing just below the surface of the water. The sunfish, is one of the world’s largest boney fish, also known as Mola Mola, strange in appearance as it, has no tail but instead, it folds into itself as the enormous creature matures, creating a rounded rudder called a clavus.
The biggest Sunfish ever weighed being over 2.7 tons, growing to over 3m long and 4m from fin to fin!, Sunfish are the ultimate sunbathers – they can spend a lot of time on their sides on the water’s surface soaking up the sun’s rays. They do this to regulate their body temperature – after a deep dive into icy waters, they spend time on the surface to warm up. There are 5 different species of sunfish, learn more about these on Two Oceans Aquarium website here.
