Ocean Wildlife Encounter in Cape Town: Experience Marine Life with Ocean Wonder
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Cape Town

Embark on an unforgettable Ocean Wildlife Encounter in Cape Town with Ocean Wonder. Explore the rich waters, interact with amazing marine creatures, and experience the beauty of the ocean.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Oceana Power Boat Club - Besides the amazing animals that we encounter, it’s a really fun boat ride in an incredibly beautiful environment. The views of Table Mountain and Robben Island are amazing too.
What's Included
  • 2-hour ocean wildlife encounter
  • exhilarating boat ride
  • professional guide and skipper
What's Not Included
  • Tea and coffee
Additional Information

Ocean Wonder is an owner run service that offers boat based Ocean Wildlife Encounters. These intimate trips don’t follow any set route. Instead, I’m guided by my understanding and ongoing observation of this environment, the creatures in it, and the ever changing water and weather conditions.
These trips are all about finding and, where possible and…

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Location
Oceana Power Boat Club
Haul Road
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Passenger42154588747
Nov 3, 2025
Beautiful Experience - Loved our trip! Dolphins jumping around the boat was magical! Beautiful weather- we saw penguins, seals, jellyfish and just about saw a whale. Paul worked hard to ensure we could see as much as possible and was happy to answer all questions and teach us about local marine life. As someone who can get seasick, he checked in and made sure we didn’t ’bob’ for too long so I was fine.
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Alexc6505
Nov 3, 2025
Great small group wildlife trip - Great trip and despite not seeing whales we saw lots of other things and enjoyed the boat trip and knowledge of our guide. Communication was also great from the company.
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Allisonwt674nn
Oct 28, 2025
No ordinary trip! - Paul was a fantastic and informative guide and his enthusiasm was contagious. We were lucky to see hump backed whales breaching and feeding and it was an experience we will never forget and have not stopped talking about since.
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Ryan
Oct 25, 2025
Whale and Dolphin watching - Paul was an excellent host and truly enjoyed the experience. Would definitely recommend this. Amazing experience and beautiful views of Cape Town and sea life.
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Rbhtlange
Oct 19, 2025
Close spectator of sea life - Had a great time being on the water and learn on Cape Town’s sea and bird life. Want to avoid the crowd and do something different on the water, I highly recommend this trip with the Ocean Wildlife people.
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Robert
Oct 11, 2025
Fantastic private tour to see dolphins in the wild - Great boat tour, Paul was very knowledgeable, welcoming, friendly and most importantly very good at finding dolphins! The booking process was very easy and, great communication from Fran via WhatsApp and accommodated us at very late notice. I very highly recommend!
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Katie_s
Oct 6, 2025
My all time favorite - This is my all time favorite experience in Cape Town. I live in CPT and this is a must do whenever I have visitors. Paul is amazing. I’m disabled and super wobbly. I feel very safe and secure on this ocean safari. Penguins swimming! Whales. Sea birds. Silly seals.
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683jenniec
Sep 29, 2025
Perfect trip out to sea - As the westher can change do rapidly in Cape Town we couldn't be sure the trip would go ahead but Fran kept in touch and reserved a time slot for us. The night before the weather for following day was confirmed as good so payment went through. Great customer service throughout. Paul met us at 9am and took us out. The sea was flat calm and the sun warm. Perfect conditions. We had moments of exhilaration and speed as we headed out, fabulous views of Table Mountain behind us. Then engines cut and total silence as we sat and watched the sea come to life around us. Dolphins, seals, sea lions and penguins. We also saw the very strange Sun fish. Paul is very knowledgeable and passionate about what he does. Its absolutely worth doing and so much better than a regular tourist trip.
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Judyhh1554jp
Sep 27, 2025
A fantastic trip - Paul was super knowledgeable and a great guide. We got to see Dusky dolphins, seals, African penguins, terns, cormorants, compass jellyfish and breaching humpback whale. Paul also taught us about sea kelp. A fantastic couple of hours. Do wrap up warm though, it’s cold out there!
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Fangyiz6
Sep 23, 2025
We do enjoy this tour and surely want to come again. - We took a speedboat cruise with our guide Paul on September 1st. We saw fur seals, penguins, and a large group of playful common dolphins. The most exciting thing was that we encounterd a pod of Risso's dolphin west of the Table Mountain, a very rare and lucky sighting in South Africa.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).