Chapman's Peak Drive - Boat Trip to Seal Island - Hout Bay, South Africa - National Scenic Byways on Waymarking.com

Seal Island, also known as Duiker Island, is this small and rocky island which is the resting ground for thousands of Cape fur seals and birds in Hout Bay.

About 93% of the Cape Fur Seals live on the West Coast of South Africa and the remaining 7% live on the South and South East coast. Cape Fur Seals have external ears and have no hair on the palms or soles of their flippers. The seal is brown in colour and appears black when wet, the pups are born black. The bulls can grow to the size of 2.5m – 300kg and the cows to the size of 1.6m – 75kg, they have also been recorded to reach the ages of 30 – 40 years. The mother will select a small, rocky off-shore island as preferred breeding sites. When pups are born, they weigh 5-6kg, being fully furred and able to move around within a few hours, but they are unable to swim for the first 3-7 weeks of age. Seals are very graceful in the water but very clumsy on land.

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