Dolphins, Whales and Game Fish
While sharks play the biggest role at Apex, there are a number of other marine species inhabiting our rich coastlines in South Africa. Here is where you can discover everything you wish to know about a range of marine animals including dolphins, whales and game fish. To access the guides, simply choose the animal that you wish to learn more about, and click the link to open the information page.
By collecting research data and whale pictures on all the whale and dolphin sightings we have been able to see over the last twelve years we have been able to identify certain times and seasons for seeing the different species. On our offshore trips we have seen the following species Humpback whale, Sperm whale, Pilot whale, False Killer whale, Brydes whale, Melon headed whale, Pygmy Sperm whale, Southern Right Whale, Minke whale and several species we have not been able to get a positive ID on.
Yellowfin tuna and Longfin tuna (also known as albacore) are the two species we most commonly dive with. Yellowfin tuna fishing is very popular off Cape Point. Catching yellowfin tuna is no doubt a challenge and we do offer tag and release game fishing, however we spend most of our time diving with these magnificent game fish which can grow upwards of 100kg in our area. On some occasions we have had more than 50 yellowfin tuna (all over 100lbs) around our boat for more than 4 hours while we dive within an arms length of them. Although they do on occasion come close they are always moving fast and photographing yellowfin tuna is testing to say the least.
