{"id":7932,"date":"2012-02-14T02:03:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T00:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/wildlife-up-close-in-a-sea-kayak-off-cape-town\/"},"modified":"2012-02-14T02:03:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T00:03:59","slug":"wildlife-up-close-in-a-sea-kayak-off-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wildlife-up-close-in-a-sea-kayak-off-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife up close in a sea kayak off Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Ed Stoddard<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">CAPETOWN<\/span> Feb 13 (Reuters) &#8211; A pair of African<br \/>\npenguins glide over the water while a pod of dolphins approach<br \/>\nin the background.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Such an encounter might make the bucket list of many a<br \/>\nwildlife enthusiast, but the experience takes on a whole new<br \/>\ndimension from the vantage point of a sea kayak bobbing in the<br \/>\nswells off Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the best way to see marine wildlife. A lot of wildlife<br \/>\nis scared of motors but not of kayaks,&#8221; says Marc de Vos, 21, a<br \/>\nkayak and diving guide.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At other times of the year, kayakers can get up close to<br \/>\nmigrating right or humpback whales on these waters and Cape fur<br \/>\nseals are a frequent sight.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ocean sun fish, curious creatures which resemble a gigantic<br \/>\nfish head, can also often be seen, though sadly not on this<br \/>\nparticular day.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Incentives abound to keep your kayak upright. Even under a<br \/>\nblazing summer sun, the water temperature on a recent outing was<br \/>\n14 degrees Celsius, chilled by the icy Benguela current.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Great white sharks are another reason to stay dry. The<br \/>\nwaters around here literally teem with predators and while they<br \/>\nare more concentrated to the east of here in False Bay and other<br \/>\ninlets, you might not fancy your chances.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sea kayaking in these parts is not for the faint-hearted.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ed Stoddard CAPETOWN Feb 13 (Reuters) &#8211; A pair of African penguins glide over the water while a pod of dolphins approach in the background. Such an encounter might make the bucket list of many a wildlife enthusiast, but the experience takes on a whole new dimension from the vantage point of a sea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-7932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}