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The ultimate ocean adventure, the best "seafari" by far."
Ocean Safaris holds an official boat-based whale watching permit allowing us to conduct up-close and personal encounters with the majestic animals in our bay. We are committed to providing quality and informative cruises with highly qualified guides and skippers.
Due to the seasonal occurrence of certain species, Ocean Safaris offers a choice of two different marine tours.
Throughout the year, we offer the Discovery Cruise. On this cruise we typically look for dolphins and other marine life and visit the seal colony on the Robberg Peninsula.
The Premium Cruise is primarily conducted in Whale Season (July to November)
The main difference between the Close Encounter and the Discovery Cruise is that we offer passengers the opportunity to get within a couple of feet of some of the largest (and thankfully most docile) creatures on the planet. As such, the main focus will be finding whales, then dolphins, with a visit to the seal colony if time permits.
Plettenberg Bay is blessed to be one of the easiest places in the country to see whales and we are often with whales within minutes of getting onto the water. The bay is protected from most prevailing sea and weather conditions by the spectacular Robberg Peninsula. This means that we can go to sea more frequently than any other operator in the country.
The trip is preceded by a briefing by the guide/skipper at the shop after all passengers have checked in. Once all have been equipped with lifejackets, we take a short walk to the boats. There are no harbour facilities in the bay, we have come up with a unique and exciting method of launching our boats called Dolly Launching. Essentially this entails a boat being loaded onto a trailer on the beach, facing the sea. The trailer is attached to a powerful four-wheel drive launch vehicle. At the Skippers signal, the launch vehicle pushes the boat rapidly down the beach and into the surf. While there is sometimes a bit of spray, this is without a doubt the most exciting way to get to sea. Our exit from this ocean is a drive straight from water back onto the beach.
Each and every trip is different, and there is no defined route that we follow in search of cetaceans. This will be decided by the crew in consultation with other vessels in the area, recent sighting and prevailing weather conditions. On one trip we may not venture more than a mile offshore, while the next may see us heading over the horizon in search of passing Humpback Whales.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
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Address : 1 Hopwood Street, Central Beach, Plettenberg Bay
Booking numbers: +27 (0)44 533 4963 / +27 (0)82 784 5729
Tour operator and group enquiries: +27 (0)82 926 6664
Email : info@oceansafaris.co.za
Website : www.oceansafaris.co.za
GPS: 34°03' 34" S 23°22' 34" E
  
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