The Dyer Island Conservation Trust Marine Month competition has become an eagerly anticipated event for Overstrand schoolchildren aged 7 to 14. They enter not only for a chance to win a Marine Dynamics Marine Safari but also to let their creativity shine, inspired by the beauty of our oceans! This was the 8th year the schools competition took place, raising awareness [...]
Artificial nests can increase breeding rates of critically endangered African penguins, a Nelson Mandela University-led study has found. The international team of researchers from South Africa and the UK found that artificial nests outperformed natural nests and increased breeding output by 16.5%. Did you know that these artificial penguin nests, was invented right here in Gansbaai by CEO of Marine Dynamics and [...]
On 17 August, our marine wildlife rehabilitator, Xolani Lawu, received an urgent call from Arniston about a special visitor—a Subantarctic fur seal—found weak along the coast. Knowing that this young seal had traveled an extraordinary distance and needed immediate care, Xolani drove the 100 kilometers to Arniston. By 20:00 that evening, they arrived safely back at the African Penguin and Seabird [...]
On Heritage Day, the Marine Dynamics and Dyer Island Conservation Trust teams had the honor of releasing two adult African Penguins and seven penguin chicks back onto Dyer Island. The Trust works closely with our conservation partners at CapeNature, who manage the Dyer Island Nature Reserve. Colleagues joined us for a special trip to the island to share in this memorable [...]
The Marine Dynamics Team had the honour of meeting Dion George, Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Fisheries, today. It was a great opportunity to gather around the table and share the important conservation work we do at the Dyer Island Conservation Trust. We showcased our non-consumptive marine eco-tourism operations, such as boat-based whale watching and diving with bronze whaler sharks. Additionally, [...]
Don’t feel BLUE about Plastic Free July There are many things that Kleinbaai, in Gansbaai, can be proud of – being the preferred place for whales to mate and calve yearly, having our very own colony of endangered African Penguins on Dyer Island, being one of the top places in the world for diving with sharks, watching the Marine Big 5 [...]
Kruger and Shannon du Plessis from the KruShan Foundation are two friends of the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary. They have assisted with numerous previous donations towards the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary, including buying two gas fridges to keep the penguin meals frozen during heavy load-shedding in 2023. Now, they have warmed our hearts again! This time, they secured funds [...]
Mayoral Committee Member, Alderman James Vos, and his family visited the team at Marine Dynamics, the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary and the Dyer Island Conservation Trust, during the winter school holidays. After a visit at APSS, Adl Vos said: "Had a heartwarming day with my family at the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary in Gansbaai! Thanks to the Dyer Island [...]
The Dyer Island Conservation Trust was very fortunate to receive a call from South African surfer, Natasha van Greunen, to film at our African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary, as part of her Shining Light Series. We invited her to also be our speaker at the monthly Marine Evenings at the Great White House Restaurant. Natasha shared her passion for ocean conservation [...]
Marine Dynamics and the Dyer Island Conservation Trust support the findings in the below, recently published, paper. As an ecotourism operator working in the Gansbaai area for more than 20 years, we acknowledge that there is much more to the decline in white shark numbers than previously suggested by marine biologists. The KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board’s “lethal shark control program” as well [...]
