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The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation is joining forces with The Little Optimist Trust to raise funds for a number of initiatives, through the sailing of Optimist dinghies. On Sunday 4 October starting at 10h00 three little dinghies will be “sailed” on the Two Oceans Aquarium’s I&J Ocean Exhibit for 24 hours. The dinghies will be captained by Maryke Musson (CEO, Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation), Greg Bertish (Little Optimist Trust founder) and Dr Cleeve Robertson (CEO, NSRI).

At the heart of the Two Oceans Aquarium are our people. You're our family. You're where everything we've accomplished stems from. And, you're forever part of our heritage!We could not imagine a better way of celebrating today than by teaming up with the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation to take up the President's Jerusalema Dance Challenge!

There's a common notion that sharks need to swim continuously or they will drown. This myth has certainly become an overused trope when it comes to motivational quotes, but is there any truth to it? Can a shark actually drown if it stops swimming? Let’s investigate!

There is a general consensus among marine scientists that sharks have an exceptional sense of smell. This is definitely very true and absolutely necessary for their survival. The idea though that sharks have super sniffers that they use to sniff out the minutest amounts of blood in vast bodies of water is, for the most part true, but greatly embellished.

There’s no better setting for an enchanting dinner than the breathtaking exhibits of the Two Oceans Aquarium. To celebrate our reopening, and to give our fans and friends a different way to experience the magic of our underwater world, we are opening our doors to let you in on a truly spectacular experience…

The Two Ocean Aquarium has teamed up with Professional Emergency Care (PEC) to offer certified training to schools, industry and corporates on how to best manage the risks of Covid-19 in the workplace. We provide the incredible setting - with a view of the I&J Ocean Exhibit from The Avenue at the Two Oceans Aquarium (our new, versatile venue) - while PEC’s qualified trainers (all registered healthcare providers) will guide you and your team through everything you need to know about the risks of the coronavirus and how to build into your lives and places of work all those essential practices that keep ourselves and those around us safe.

On 20 August 2020 the African Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions held its first virtual conference. Following hot on the heels of five successful in-person conferences, this year was as innovative, informative and intense as previous years and did not disappoint – although we did, of course, miss getting together face-to-face with friends and colleagues from across the country and globe, all of whom are in the attractions industry in some form or another. Nonetheless, #AAVEA2020 delivered a diverse line-up of local and international speakers, some of whom may not have had the time to visit Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day conference.

"Bubble butt" is a semi-official term that's used to describe a condition in turtles where the back of their body becomes too buoyant, making their butts float. Often this is the result of a build-up of gas inside the turtle's carapace caused by an infection or injury - often from ingesting sharp bits of plastic. Unfortunately, despite its relatively innocuous name, bubble butt, or the condition that causes it, can be potentially deadly to a sea turtle. So why does Anette, a.k.a. Annie, the loggerhead turtle at the Two Oceans Aquarium have bubble butt?

On Thursday 3 September 2020, reports reached the several Cape Town-based animal welfare organisations of an unusual-looking, distressed seal on Clifton 4th Beach. Upon closer inspection, it was identified as a young female Subantarctic fur seal - which would later come to be known as Daisy, because she was found at the beginning of spring.

With lockdown restrictions slowly being lifted and people having more freedom to leave their homes and travel, Yoshi the loggerhead sea turtle seems to have found her home range along the Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia and is certainly choosing to travel less. Over the past two months, she has covered an average of 12km a day, much less than the 42-48 km/day she was cruising at before her arrival at Eighty Mile Beach. All this leads us to the belief that Yoshi is now comfortably in familiar waters and awaiting the Western Australian loggerhead mating season.

It's been a long five months, but it's finally the moment - the Two Oceans Aquarium is reopening! In line with the Alert Level 2 regulations that were recently announced, the Aquarium will be reopening its doors on 1 September 2020, but members will be able to enjoy exclusive early access.Active members of the Aquarium will have four exclusive days to rediscover the magic of the Aquarium and to say hello to all their favourite animals – Friday 28 August, Saturday 29 August, Sunday 30 August and Monday 31 August - ahead of its reopening to the general public on Tuesday 1 September.

The Two Oceans Aquarium is open again! Visitors are already returning to their favourite underwater experiences, so we thought we'd share a few "favourites" that you may have missed during lockdown: