A deep dive into the Dolphins of the Cape Coast – Part 2

A deep dive into the Dolphins of the Cape Coast – Part 2

By Jax Bath

This week’s ocean story is a continuation of last week’s deep dive into the dolphins of the Cape Coast. Dolphins are among the most famous of ocean creatures and perhaps the most adored. We’re very lucky to have several different species frequent our shores, each with their own adaptions to living in our oceans. In the last piece, we took a look at 3 of the 6 dolphin species commonly found along the Cape Coast.

The Common Dolphin was the first species covered, with their golden markings and transient nature. We then moved on to the largest of the dolphins, the Orca, before finishing off with South Africa’s rarest coastal cetacean, the Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin.

This week, we will take a look at the remaining 3 species, all of which may be sighted in the Western Cape. Of the 3 species, only the Bottlenose Dolphin is a common sight in the Overstrand, so we’ll begin our deep dive with our famous, friendly neighbors.

Click on the newspaper below to read the full story (see page 19).