South Africa offers world-class pelagic birding from Cape Town and other coastal cities, with trips venturing into the productive waters where the cold Benguela and warm Agulhas currents meet. The region is renowned for spectacular albatross diversity including Shy, Black-browed, and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, as well as sought-after species like Spectacled Petrel and Antarctic Prion. Peak season runs from May to October when subantarctic species move northward.
Raggy Charters
Bustards Birding Tours
Birding Ecotours
Cape Boat Charters
Cape Town Pelagics
Zest for Birds
South Africa has 6 pelagic birding trips listed in the directory, spanning 3 sub-regions.
Pelagic trips in South Africa depart from Cape Town Harbour, Western Cape, Hout Bay Harbour, Western Cape, Nelson Mandela Bay Yacht Club, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Simon's Town, Western Cape, Wharf Street, Simon's Town, Western Cape, and Wilson's Wharf, Durban Harbour, KwaZulu-Natal.
Birding Ecotours, Bustards Birding Tours, Cape Boat Charters, Cape Town Pelagics, Raggy Charters, and Zest for Birds operate pelagic birding trips in South Africa.
South Africa's pelagic trips are spread across Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Western Cape.
A guide to South Africa's top pelagic trips, from the Benguela Current albatross runs off Cape Town to the warm-water Indian Ocean pelagics out of Durban.
Read article →A seasonal guide to pelagic birding in South Africa: when albatrosses peak off Cape Town, the Eastern Cape's winter shearwater season, and Durban's spring Barau's Petrel window.
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