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Celebrate World Cleanup Day with the Two Oceans Aquarium at Monwabisi Beach!
In support of World Cleanup Day, join the Two Oceans Aquarium Trash Bash team at Monwabisi Beach and do your bit for the ocean! This is your chance to unite with individuals and organisations around the world who are grabbing their gloves and buckets with the mission of cleaning up plastic from our beaches.
Everything you need to know about green turtle season
Around this time of the year, our team at the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Turtle Conservation Centre starts preparing for the “green season”. Just like turtle hatchlings tend to strand more frequently at particular times of the year, we experience a similar phenomenon with subadult green turtles.
Let’s learn all about green season, and what it means for our turtle team.
How to spend a whole morning with the penguins at the Two Oceans Aquarium
At the Two Oceans Aquarium, we are proud to house two species of penguin: The iconic African penguin and the charismatic Northern rockhopper penguin. Visitors to the Aquarium may be familiar with the African penguin feeding times, but did you know that you can actually spend an entire day with our penguin colonies?
Tracking our turtles: What have Bheni and Nobomvu been up to?
In the last month, our satellite-tagged turtles at the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation’s Turtle Conservation Centre have been making waves! While both Bheni and Nobomvu were released around the same time in 2023, they’ve had very different journeys…
Our Marine Wildlife Management team rescued 15 seals from Robinson Dry Dock!
Our Marine Wildlife Management Programme undertook a massive seal rescue out of Robinson Dry Dock last week!
When a staff member at the Robinson Dry Dock called the Marine Wildlife Management Programme (MWMP) about several seals being trapped inside the dry dock, our team leapt into action to rescue them.
Posters for the penguin-supporters!
Are you excited to Waddle for the African penguin on Saturday 12 October? We are, too!
Check out these awesome A2/A3 posters that you can print at home to bring to the waddle!
We launched our Ocean Campus on World Teachers' Day!
On World Teachers’ Day, 5 October 2024, the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation launched its new Ocean Campus with a celebration of teachers and the ocean. Given the multiple threats facing the ocean and the importance of protecting its health, the Foundation’s Ocean Campus launch has come at a critical time to oversee the expansion of its educational work across the country and the continent.
Why are we waddling for the African penguin?
On African Penguin Awareness Day, we will be waddling for the African penguin. Why? Because this charismatic seabird is threatened with extinction, and we need to act now.
Cape Town is synonymous with the iconic African penguin – they are one of the most recognisable features of the Western Cape coastline. Not only are they the only penguin species found on the African continent, but they are also an incredible eco-tourism drawcard! Unfortunately, estimates state that their species will be functionally extinct by 2035.
PADI Scuba Diver Course
Want to learn how to scuba dive and take up this exciting hobby for life? The Two Oceans Aquarium Dive School is a certified PADI Dive Centre and your go-to option for scuba training and experiences in Cape Town. Join our PADI-certified Dive Instructors on an underwater adventure that will bring you joy for the rest of your life… Take on the PADI Scuba Diver course!
PADI Scuba Diver Upgrade to Open Water course
Are you a certified PADI Scuba Diver looking to upgrade to an Open Water Diver? The Two Oceans Aquarium Dive School, a certified PADI Dive Centre, is your go-to destination for all things scuba in Cape Town. Join our PADI-certified Dive Instructors for an incredible underwater experience that will bring you lifelong joy. Enroll in the PADI Open Water upgrade course today!
You can help save the critically endangered African penguin
With its distinctive donkey-like bray and plumage resembling a tuxedo, the African penguin is a charismatic seabird native to the coastlines of South Africa and Namibia. Tragically, its populations are now endangered as only 1% of African penguins remain from pre-industrial times, plummeting from over 1 million breeding pairs in the early 1900s to less than 10,400 pairs today. With such low numbers, the birds are projected to be functionally extinct by 2035.
From ocean to plate: Driving sustainable seafood on the V&A Waterfront
Seafood is indispensable to the Western Cape. It serves as a major economic driver in the region, with the fishing industry employing over 50,000 people and contributing billions of rands to the economy each year. However, our current seafood consumption habits are depleting global fish stocks and harming ocean ecosystems.