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Trip Reports

By Year
Cape Town Pelagics Trip Reports

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Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

2025 - Trip Date & Highlights


5 January 2025 – 4 species albatross, Spectacled Petrel, Great-winged Petrel, Sabine’s Gull, Long-tailed & Parasitic Jaegers & more!
6 January 2025 – 4 species albatross, Spectacled Petrel, Great-winged Petrel, Great Shearwater, Sabine’s Gull, Parasitic Jaeger
11 January 2025Spectacled Petrel, 4 species albatross, Great-winged Petrel, Green Turtles

Shy Albatross © Nick Fordyce
Humpback Whale © Mike Krzychylkiewicz
Subantarctic Skua © Martin Oosthuizen

2024 - Trip Date & Highlights


6 January 2024 – 4 species albatross, Manx Shearwater, all 4 species coastal cormorant
15 January 2024 – 4 species albatross, Spectacled Petrel
28 January 2024 – 4 species albatross, Spectacled Petrels, Manx Shearwater, Parasitic Jaeger & Sabine’s Gull
10 February 2024 – 4 species albatross, Spectacled Petrel, Red Phalaropes, Parasitic Jaeger
12 March 2024 – 3 species albatross, Sabine’s Gull
23 March 2024 – 4 species albatross, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Skua, Grey Phalarope, & Sabine’s Gull
20 April 2024 – 4 species albatross, Wilson’s & European Storm Petrel, Cape Petrel, Common Dolphin
11 May 2024 – 4 species albatross, including Atlantic & Indian Yellow-nosed, Cory’s Shearwater, Great Shearwater, Great-winged Petrel, Brown Skua.
26 May 2024 – 4 species albatross, Spectacled Petrel, Black-bellied Storm Petrels
8 June 2024Blue Petrel, Manx Shearwater, Antarctic Prion
30 June 2024 – 3 species albatross including Indian Yellow-nosed, Cape Petrel, Antarctic Tern, Brown Skua,
4 Humpback Whales
6 July 20245 species of albatross including a Southern Royal, a Southern Fulmar, white morph Southern Giant Petrel, Great Shearwater, Cape Petrel, Antarctic Prion
21 July 2024 – 4 species of albatross, Soft-plumaged Petrel
3 August 20246 species of albatross including both Southern & Northern Royals, white-morph Southern Giant Petrel, Southern Fulmar
7 August 2024 – Southern Royal Albatross, Manx Shearwater, Great Shearwater, Soft-plumaged Petrel, Cape (Pintado) Petrel
31 August 2024Peter Ryan (Hout Bay) – 3 species albatross, Soft-plumaged Petrel
31 August 2024 – Vince Ward  (Hout Bay) – BA2480 Birding Africa tour group
31 August 2024David Swanepoel (Simon’s Town) – 4 species albatross including Southern Royal, Sperm Whale
31 August 2024Luke Goddard (Simon’s Town) – 4 species albatross including Southern Royal, Humpback & Sperm Whales
7 September 2024Garret Skead – 3 species albatross, Southern Fulmar, Soft-plumaged Petrel, Humpback Whales
7 September 2024David SwanepoelSouthern Fulmar, Soft-plumaged Petrel, Ocean Sunfish
15 September 2024Joel Radue – 3 species albatross, Soft-plumaged Petrel, Humpback Whales
15 September 2024Vince Ward – 3 species albatross, Soft-plumaged & Great-winged Petrels, Great Shearwater, & whales
26 September 2024 – Boat 1 : Dalton Gibbs  |  Boat 2 : Nick Fordyce  5 species albatross incl. Southern & Northern Royals, Southern Fulmar, Cape Petrel, both Giant Petrel species
5 October 2024 – 4 species albatross, Sabine’s Gull, Cape Petrel, Northern Giant Petrel, Humpback Whales
12 October 2024Gabriel Jamie – 3 species albatross, Manx Shearwater, Sabine’s Gull, Great Shearwater, Cape Petrel & 3 whale species
12 October 2024Vince Ward – 3 species albatrosses, Spectacled Petrel, Cape Petrel, Great Shearwater, Sabine’s Gull, Brown Skua
16 October 2024 – 3 species albatross incl. Indian Yellow-nosed, Great Shearwater, Wilson’s Storm Petrel, Brown Skua, Parasitic Jaeger, African Penguins
2 November 2024 – 4 species albatross, Great-winged Petrel, Great Shearwater, Parasitic Jaeger, Humpback Whales
17 November 2024 – Flesh-footed Shearwater
18 November 2024 – 4 species albatross, Parasitic Jaeger, Red Phalarope, Spectacled Petrel, Sabine’s Gull
23 November 2024 – 4 species albatross, Parasitic Jaeger, Humpback Whales, Dusky Dolphins
30 November 2024 – 100’s of Shy & Black-browed Albatross, Northern Giant Petrel
7 December 2024 – 4 species albatross, Spectacled Petrel, Great-winged Petrel, Loggerhead Turtle
14 December 2024 – 4 species albatross, Spectacled Petrel, Sabine’s Gull

Spectacled Petrel © Helmo van der Schyff
Cape Gannet © Mayur Prag

2023 - Trip Date & Highlights


21 January 2023 – 3 albatross species, Manx Shearwater, large flock of Sabine’s Gulls
11 February 2023 – 3 species albatross, Manx Shearwater, large pod Dusky Dolphins
18 March 2023 – 2 species albatross, Manx Shearwater, Sabine’s Gulls, Humpback Whale
9 April 2023 – 4 albatross species, Dusky Dolphins, Ocean Sunfish
6 May 2023 – Boat 1 – 4 albatross species, Northern Giant Petrel, Common & Bottlenose Dolphins, Ocean Sunfish
6 May 2023 – Boat 2 – 4 albatross species, Northern & Southern Giant Petrels, Great Shearwater
1 June 2023 – 4 albatross species, incl. Indian & Atlantic Yellow-nosed, Northern & Southern Giant Petrels, Cape Petrel
10 June 2023Manx Shearwater, Shy Albatross
6 August 2023 – 4 species albatross
12 August 2023 – 4 albatross species, Cape Petrels, Southern Giant Petrel, Soft-plumaged Petrels & Humpback Whales
19 August 2023 – 4 albatross species, Northern & Southern Giant Petrel, Humpback Whale, Common Dolphins
4 September 2023 – Boat 1Southern Royal Albatross, Great-winged Petrel, Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Brown Skua, Arctic Tern
4 September 2023 – Boat 2 – 4 species albatross including Southern Royal Albatross & Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Brown Skua, Arctic Tern.
4 September 2023 – Boat 3 – 4 albatross species including Southern Royal Albatross, Great-winged Petrel, Northern & Southern Giant Petrels
12 September 2023
22 September 2023 – BA2365 Cape to Kruger pelagic trip
2 October 2023 – Boat 1 – Shy & Black-browed Albatross, Risso’s Dolphins, Sei Whale, Humpback Whales
2 October – Boat 2 – BA2360 Cape to Kruger pelagic trip
11 October 2023 – 3 species albatross, Great-winged Petrel, Parasitic Jaeger, Humpback Whales, Common Dolphin
24 October 2023 – Shy Albatross, Black-browed Albatross, Northern & Southern Giant Petrel, Great Shearwater, Sabine’s Gull, Brown Skua
4 November 2023 – Shy Albatross, Great Shearwater, Brown Skua, Bank Cormorant, Humpback Whales
8 November 2023 – Shy Albatross, all four species coastal Cormorants, Humpback Whales
11 November 2023 – 4 species Albatross, all four species coastal Cormorants, Great Shearwater,
Northern Giant Petrel, Humpback Whales
25 November 2023 – 4 species albatross, Great-winged Petrel
17 December 2023 – 3 species albatross, Spectacled Petrels

Northern Royal Albatross © Cliff Dorse

2022 - Trip Date & Highlights


15 January 2022 – 2 species albatross, Manx Shearwater, Parasitic & Long-tailed Jaegers, Humpback Whales
23 January 2022 – 3 species albatross, Parasitic Jaeger, Spectacled Petrel & Sabine’s Gull
5 February 2022 – 3 species albatross, Parasitic Jaeger, Common & Dusky Dolphins
20 February 2022 – 3 species albatross, Manx Shearwater, Spectacled Petrel, Red Phalarope, Sunfish, Humpback Whale

 

Cape Fur Seal © David Swanepoel

2021 - Trip Date & Highlights


30 May 2021 – Southern Fulmar, Spectacled Petrel
23 May 2021SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS
2 May 2021 – Black-bellied Storm Petrel

Northern Giant Petrel © David Swanepoel

2020 - Trip Date & Highlights