Seal Island, False Bay The first month of our peak season has past already and it certainly has been a tough one for Great White Shark viewing in all aspects, whether for predation photography, cage diving or even just general surface viewing fro...

Currently underway aboard Apex Shark Expeditions White pointer II is a ID project to document as many sharks seen at the boat as possible during the season. This is the start of an on-going study of the numbers and individual animals visiting Seal...

At a very young age I had such a passion for all animals. Whether it be a snake or bat at our holiday house at the Breede River, or the many animals we harboured at our house in Cape Town. As I grew older I had a great urge to save and rehabilitat...

I have recently had the great privilege of spending time with Dr Ingrid Visser, an orca researcher and conservation campaigner from New Zealand. Ingrid is an inspiring woman who is extremely knowledgeable not only on her favourite subject, orca, ...

After a long period of no shark sightings at Seal Island, we are happy to report consistent sightings over the last 7 days. Whoop! I think we can safely say they are back for the remainder of the season. One of our trips on a chilly wintery mornin...

No day is the same when at sea. Not everything that happens in nature has an answer. The past month has reminded us that this is a phenomenon that takes place frequently when working with nature. It's as though someone sent out an evacuation si...

Most people think that when you go and photograph marine wildlife you need to get wet. Well in many cases this is not true, especially in False Bay off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. The beauty about shooting in the bay is that many of t...

One species you are guaranteed sightings of every single trip to Seal Island, South Africaare of course the seals themselves. When approaching Seal Island, the sight (and smell!) of 65,000 of these curious pinnipeds clinging to a rock amazingly is...

End of March heading into April was a trying time for the Apex Team, as many of our trips were unfortunately cancelled due to strong wind and unfavourable conditions in False Bay. After completion of my Zoological practical for my BSc degree, I wa...

10 April Finally the weather forecast that we had been watching and waiting for came true and with zero wind and virtually non-existent swell we rounded Cape Point for a day of adventure. There have been few days as flat as this one and the se...