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Rooiels - which has Bryde's* whales year round - and where Southern Right whales visit between June and December, Humpback whales from time to time and Orcas (Killer) whales from time to time.
Dolphins pass by - sometimes stretching several nautical miles across the horizon and if you are really lucky you may even get to swim with a dolphin. From time to time Rooielsers have saved beached dolphins. There is a seal roost on the Roman Rocks point and you can often spot them out at sea thrashing an octopus or crayfish - the cray fisherfollk find them a pest! The otters - Cape Clawless Otter - live mainly up river but sometimes you see them at the "otter pool" in our Nature Reserve and occasionally frolicking in the waves along the beach. |
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Info still to be gathered and written up and links to be added on Marine Mammals: whales, dolphins, seals, and link to otters
*Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera edeni) The Bryde’s is a baleen whale average weight 16 to 20 tonnes and 12–15 metres. Unlike other baleen whales, which eat krill in polar waters, the Bryde’s feeds on fish. The correct pronunciation of Bryde’s is ‘brewdus’. This whale is named after Johan Bryde, the Norwegian consul to South Africa, who built the first whaling stations in Durban. |
Seals on Roman Rocks, Rooiels
Go to a Blog on the Seal Walk to see photos of the Walk with Wolfgang Steinbach - part of the Christmas Programme in Rooiels.
