The conditions were good for day’s adventure out to Dassen Island.
The Island lies 10km off shore of Ysterfontain on the West Coast. The Island has a lighthouse and a small jetty with a few houses but is mostly home to colonies of penguins, cormorants, and seals. There are a number of shipwrecks strewn across shore line making this a foreboding but exiting place to dive.
The fist creatures we encountered were the tiny and playful Heaviside dolphins as well as hundreds of cormorants all chasing bait fish. We moved behind the island and there we found the yellowtail and snoek, with both Tai and me having hook-ups. I quickly jumped in the water and shot a few yellowtail as tai threw a spinner over my head.
Later I explored the deeper pinnacles looking for big hottentot but really only found playful seal.
Lighthouse, penguins and rock scape of Dassen
It was a great day of fun
