Seal Swimming Activity in Plettenberg Bay: An Intimate Encounter with Cape Fur Seals
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Plettenberg Bay

Swim with Cape Fur Seals in Plettenberg Bay for an intimate and immersive experience. No cages or distance, just you and the seals in their natural habitat. Free photos and videos included!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Plett Seal Adventures offers you a 1,5-hour guided Seal Swimming trip in the Robberg Nature Reserve

  • a marine protected area in Plettenberg Bay. A fun outdoor activity for the whole family, where no experience is needed.
    We meet 30 minutes before departure. Our office is located on Hobie Beach at the bottom of Meeding Street (adjacent to the parking…
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What's Included
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
Additional Information

Truly one of a kind.
This experience is truly unlike any other animal encounter you’ll experience in South Africa. No cages or distance will separate you from these animals - making it a fully immersive and interactive experience that will bring you right into the Cape Fur Seal’s natural habitat. Observe, interact and engage with the seals - you’ll find…

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Location
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Meeding Street
We meet at our adventure kiosk on Hobie beach, next to the showers. Bottom of Meeding street, Plettenberg bay.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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L3013nyjohna
Feb 13, 2025
Well worth doing - Excellent organisation and kit was all provided, full and informative briefing so knew all of the dos and don’ts. The swimming with the seals was an amazing experience and felt safe throughout as the guides were excellent and you have plenty of time to interact and you also get free photos, excellent value for money and what an awesome experience
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Katewb903uf
Feb 9, 2025
Great experienced - Great fun. So many seals. Well worth the experience. Well organised and lovely team running the event. Recommend this experience.
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Caroline
Jan 31, 2025
Suitable for all - a must do - This was an amazing experience. I would recommend to anyone. Being an older & larger couple we were concerned, but with the support from Ash it was a once in a lifetime experience, even with a little sea sickness 🤦‍♀️!Thank you so much for everything!
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Dan-t-1987
Jan 9, 2025
Amazing 5* experience - Amazing 5* experience. Jade & Chris explained everything, all equipment was provided and the experience of swimming with these seals in the Indian Ocean is not one I’ll forget. Highly recommend booking this.
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Scenic09927982584
Dec 13, 2024
I will definitely come agin - The guides were amazing they took fantastic pictures of the seals and super friendly, the diving stuff was clean and tidy.
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Flamingkiki
Dec 12, 2024
An experience you’ll remember - Fantastic once in a lifetime experience! Truly beautiful time with the seals, and a lovely quick boat ride there and back. Excellent care in the hands Jade and Mark! Will definitely come back for more!
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L
Nov 18, 2024
Great outing! - We did t know much about seals or Plett, but this looked like fun. From the start we were very impressed with the care the staff took to get us fitted with equipment and in instructing us how to use it. They all knew a lot about the seals and it was obvious that they care for the seals and the environment in general. The ride to the seal area is about twenty minutes, and you have about half an hour with the seals. They are very curious and we enjoyed being in the middle of them. One member of our group was not a strong swimmer and the guide ensured he had a floatation device and checked in with him often. Two bonuses - the guide takes a load of photos which are freely shared. The other was the appearance of a group of bottlenose dolphins that swam across our bow on the way back. It was great luck to see them and I was very impressed that the captain didn’t chase them! I highly recommend this trip.
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Phil_b
Oct 23, 2024
Brilliant Experience - Brilliant trip with Plett Seal Adventures, Chris and Ash are real pros and ensured we had a great and safe experience. Ideally you need to be confident swimming in the ocean & love being out on the sea.The guys provide flotation aids which allow weaker swimmers to enter the water. The boat journey is quite rough but exhilarating - you can just come and watch others swim and you will also see plenty of wildlife from the boat. No need to worry about the cold water, wet suits enabled to stay lovely and warm as Ash says” it’s like your own jacuzzi!!”. The actual swim with seals is incredible and all captured on a go-pro by the guide. We downloaded all the images the same night! Great service, they treat you like VIPs… Avoid the bigger seal trips they just have too many on board. Plett Seal Adventures provide a totally amazing experience - get ready for the beach landing on the way home!!! Great Fun Well Done Guys … Phil & Andrea Manchester ❤️
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Boswell48
Sep 27, 2024
The stuff that life long memories are made off - My husband wasn’t keen when I booked this - but hasn’t stopped talking about it since and was the last out of the water .loved every minute and would happily do it again .Ash was an incredible guide and made the whole experience very special and memorable
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H6644wiliams
May 6, 2024
Amazing experience! - Such a fun and wild experience - swimming with seal pups! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and Jade our guide was great and informative. Highly recommend!
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