Tour
Cape Town Pelagic Seabird Trip
Outside protected areasby Cape Town Pelagics
Scheduled deep-sea day trips from Simon's Town harbour, rounding Cape Point and running 25 to 40 nautical miles south-west to the edge of the continental shelf, often meeting trawlers attended by hundreds of albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters at close range. Led by experienced seabird guides; profits go to seabird conservation.
Details
- Feeding not stated
- Baiting not stated
- No captive animals
- Led by
- Vincent Ward, Dalton Gibbs, Garret Skead, David Swanepoel and Vanessa Stephen
- Route
- Starts and ends in Simon's Town
- Visits
- Cape Point and Continental shelf off Cape Point
- Length
- 1 day
- Language
- English
Months
- January, open
- February, open
- March, open
- April, open
- May, open
- June, open
- July, open
- August, open
- September, open
- October, open
- November, open
- December, open
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Light and conditions
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Light through the year
Golden hour is when the sun is low, between the horizon and 6° above it: soft, warm light. Times are for the 15th of each month, in Johannesburg time (with summer time where it applies).
| Month | Golden hour | Daylight | Sun at noon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning golden hour | Evening golden hour | |||
| Jan | 05:55– | 19:25– | 14h 11m14 h 11 min | 77° |
| Feb | 06:25– | 19:05– | 13h 18m13 h 18 min | 68° |
| Mar | 06:49– | 18:31– | 12h 19m12 h 19 min | 58° |
| Apr | 07:13– | 17:49– | 11h 14m11 h 14 min | 46° |
| May | 07:36– | 17:16– | 10h 21m10 h 21 min | 37° |
| Jun | 07:55– | 17:05– | 9h 53m9 h 53 min | 33° |
| Jul | 07:54– | 17:17– | 10h 5m10 h 5 min | 34° |
| Aug | 07:30– | 17:41– | 10h 50m10 h 50 min | 42° |
| Sep | 06:50– | 18:05– | 11h 52m11 h 52 min | 53° |
| Oct | 06:09– | 18:26– | 12h 55m12 h 55 min | 64° |
| Nov | 05:38– | 18:53– | 13h 54m13 h 54 min | 74° |
| Dec | 05:33– | 19:17– | 14h 25m14 h 25 min | 79° |