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During the recent summer school holidays, the Save Our Seas Shark Centre (SOSSC), supported by the South African Shark Conservancy (SASC), ran a marine awareness camp for high school learners selected from six Cape Town secondary schools. The camp provided learners not only with an awareness-raising and knowledge-building programme, but…

Today, the Save Our Seas Shark Centre in Kalk Bay announced plans to increase outreach to local youths for marine education workshops in 2012. “This is a remarkable local community in a very special marine environment” stated Heidi Thormählen, Shark Centre manager. “The Centre’s goals in 2012 are to give…

Recently the Save our Seas Shark centre worked closely with some of our partners in taking the message of conservation to disadvantaged communities, as part of our contribution to National Marine Week. First, we teamed up with Iziko Meuseums as part of their schools outreach programme at primary schools in…

This past weekend saw the Shark Centre represented at 4 local events, to foster awareness of the plight of sharks. Many questions from the public were related to the recent shark incident in Fish Hoek, with most people being grateful for the work we are doing. Inevitably there are the…

Saturday 17 September saw the International Coastal Cleanup taking place around the world, with the Save Our Seas Shark Centre participating in two local events: an underwater cleanup at Simon’s Town, and a beach cleanup from Muizenberg to Kalk Bay. Divers among the yachts. About 50 divers, mostly from the…

Luca Bazzea, a grade 5 learner, together with Jarryd Meyer, submitted a business plan to the Mzansi Magic Market Day for youngsters and his entry was selected as being worthy of a stand at the Canal Walk Shopping Centre in Cape Town, on Saturday 3 September. They were given a…

Every year at this time white sharks start to move away from aggregating around the Cape fur seal colonies in Cape Town and some of the sharks start to spend more time closer to shore. As part of our ongoing shark safety strategy in partnership with various organisations including the…

The Save Our Seas Foundation was privileged to give a talk to a group of students at Westerford High School recently on the plight of sharks, and the oceans in general. Paul Millar, marine educator at the Save Our Seas Shark Centre in Kalk Bay, addressed the Animal Rights Advocates…

Incredibly calm conditions in False Bay yesterday, with light Northerly winds and very little swell it was a pleasure to be on the water. During the course of the day the marine big 5 (white sharks, seals, dolphins, southern right whales and the African penguin) were observed. Water temperature (14°C)…

My name is Hanae, I am from Reunion Island and I am currently doing an internship at the Save Our Seas Shark Centre. I could not have wished for a better placement as I have always been interested in environmental issues. On the 15th of July, I had the exceptional…

After running successful holiday programmes for kids over the past few summers, we decided that it was time to do something similar in the winter school holidays. We would have been happy with a few gaps in the icy winter weather, but we got more than we could ever have…

The staff of SOSSC and EnviroEds (a Cape Town based environmental education organisation) together with a small but committed group of school teachers led a wonderful, fun-filled day along the False Bay coastline. The teenagers who participated in the outing were drawn from various township and Cape Flats schools, and…

Recently the Save Our Seas Shark Centre hosted learners from the nearby township of Masiphumlele, through the Ekamva Youth Project. While most of their classmates were enjoying the school holidays in the usual manner, these young men and women used the break to further their education. Because these learners had…

The Save Our Seas Shark Centre recently headed inland to The Cape Winelands Environment Expo and Youth Conference which ran from 30 June to 1 July. We weren’t too sure how our message would be received by people who have little or no contact with the coast, but as it…

We had a late start yesterday morning, only arriving at Seal Island at 11:30. We anchored immediately upon arrival. There was a small swell with light winds blowing from the South West. Water temperature measured 14°C and vertical visibility was 6 meters. Within 10 minutes of dropping anchor we had…