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DOLPHIN FRENZY OFF ROBBEN ISLAND

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10 years ago
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How incredible is this – roughly over a thousand dolphins chasing bait fish off of Robben Island.

Cape Town Youtuber Robbie Ragless was there to capture this breathtaking moment from a boat.

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  • Lorraine Shoolman Zive
    Lorraine Shoolman Zive
    June 10, 2015 at 8:51 am

    What a wonderful sight to see.!!!!!! Never seen so many dolphins at once. Stunning

  • Fallon Cowie
    Fallon Cowie
    June 10, 2015 at 9:07 am

    Lauren CowieMargie Cowie

  • Tamara Stelma
    Tamara Stelma
    June 10, 2015 at 9:07 am

    Amazing….how lucky we are to live in this country

  • Azwa Najaar Elloker
    Azwa Najaar Elloker
    June 10, 2015 at 9:09 am

    S’fiso Shoko

  • Liz Maclachlan
    Liz Maclachlan
    June 10, 2015 at 9:23 am

    What an experience. Stunning Guys Stunning.

  • Roxanne Carmen Wildey
    Roxanne Carmen Wildey
    June 10, 2015 at 9:24 am

    Sifiso Buthelezi

  • Carissa Bosman Schikkerling
    Carissa Bosman Schikkerling
    June 10, 2015 at 9:24 am

    Pieter Schikkerling how cool is this!!!!!

  • Dianne Hanekom
    Dianne Hanekom
    June 10, 2015 at 9:26 am

    Wow! What a fantastic sight!

  • CPTBookings
    CPTBookings
    June 10, 2015 at 9:36 am

    CapeTownEtc It just went live, crediting you, on my RebelMouse http://rbl.ms/1Ig7aVq

  • Michele Van Moerkerken
    Michele Van Moerkerken
    June 10, 2015 at 9:36 am

    ive experienced this one day whilst fishing off houtbay and it was absolutely awsome

  • Nick Parsons
    Nick Parsons
    June 10, 2015 at 9:42 am

    Amazing thing to catch on camera. Slight bemused as to why they would chase them near the end of the video, with so many in the water surely running over some with your propeller is a possibility?

  • Nina Kost
    Nina Kost
    June 10, 2015 at 9:47 am

    Christine Allenspach falscher zeitpunkt würde ich sagen ??

  • Rafif Tika Tika
    Rafif Tika Tika
    June 10, 2015 at 10:02 am

    Ali Teka

  • Marlene John
    Marlene John
    June 10, 2015 at 10:12 am

    AWESOME.

  • Lollie Rheeders
    Lollie Rheeders
    June 10, 2015 at 10:15 am

    Jy kry maar net nie die Kaap uit jou sisteem nie ne? xxxx

  • Timothy Govender
    Timothy Govender
    June 10, 2015 at 10:32 am

    Avikar Somaroo Soraya Patel

  • Candice Norma Schroeder
    Candice Norma Schroeder
    June 10, 2015 at 10:50 am

    How freakin beautiful, love my city!

  • Christine Allenspach
    Christine Allenspach
    June 10, 2015 at 11:06 am

    In Jahr zu spät… Das musste ja uns passieren 😉 stell dir vor das wäre an dem Tag gewesen als wir in den sonnenuntergang gesegelt sind, das wäre es gewesen 🙂

  • Gillian Price
    Gillian Price
    June 10, 2015 at 11:19 am

    wow!

  • Arthur Low-Shang
    Arthur Low-Shang
    June 10, 2015 at 11:25 am

    WOW ! ! ! Absolutely awesome. To the guys who filmed this scene – WELL DONE ! ! What you guys have witnessed, millions have heard of this, millions think of this, millions talk about this, millions have read about this. You guys have actually SEEN this, Consider yourselves blessed. But, please heed Nick Parsons’ last part of his comment.

  • Nuhraan Sinclair Fredericks
    Nuhraan Sinclair Fredericks
    June 10, 2015 at 11:28 am

    Lindsey Fredericks how cool is this???U0001f601

  • OntheCorner DayCare
    OntheCorner DayCare
    June 10, 2015 at 11:43 am

    Wow…awesome:-)

  • Sonia Bloch
    Sonia Bloch
    June 10, 2015 at 11:56 am

    Just too wonderful to watchU0001f40b

  • Lisle Carolissen
    Lisle Carolissen
    June 10, 2015 at 12:09 pm

    Awesome!

  • Rhona Martin
    Rhona Martin
    June 10, 2015 at 12:11 pm

    Amazing!

  • Stacey Paul
    Stacey Paul
    June 10, 2015 at 12:16 pm

    #awesomeguys WOW!

  • Sinead Du Plessis
    Sinead Du Plessis
    June 10, 2015 at 12:25 pm

    Justin, how freakin awesome?!

  • Lindsey Solomon
    Lindsey Solomon
    June 10, 2015 at 12:26 pm

    That’s so scary and cool at the same time!

  • CapeTownEtc
    CapeTownEtc
    June 10, 2015 at 12:36 pm

    allcapetown Thanks for the tweet! 🙂

  • allcapetown
    allcapetown
    June 10, 2015 at 12:38 pm

    CapeTownEtc as always – we love your work 🙂

  • MbaMzo
    MbaMzo
    June 10, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    allcapetown BaileyDalecape CapeTownEtc

  • Sanra Chambers
    Sanra Chambers
    June 10, 2015 at 12:43 pm

    Awesome!

  • Natalie Amy Williams
    Natalie Amy Williams
    June 10, 2015 at 12:45 pm

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  • Moenieb Gamieldien
    Moenieb Gamieldien
    June 10, 2015 at 1:10 pm

    Blia Yang Roschan Franks Kareem Khouja Hamouda Mreish

  • Roxy Wisdom
    Roxy Wisdom
    June 10, 2015 at 1:21 pm

    Ross Butler Sharon Butler Warren Blomeyer Andrew Wisdom

  • Humayra Garda
    Humayra Garda
    June 10, 2015 at 1:31 pm

    Raoul Maag

  • Delene Schulein
    Delene Schulein
    June 10, 2015 at 1:32 pm

    Everybody should watch this amazing video

  • Rosa Speers
    Rosa Speers
    June 10, 2015 at 1:49 pm

    Mind blowing

  • Jennifer Parvess
    Jennifer Parvess
    June 10, 2015 at 1:51 pm

    Beautiful!

  • Nina Naude
    Nina Naude
    June 10, 2015 at 2:16 pm

    My thoughts exactly…..Why not sit in silence and watch the awesomeness?? Maybe injuring some while going over them? Thanks for sharing anyway…. U0001f603

  • Lorraine Rover
    Lorraine Rover
    June 10, 2015 at 3:06 pm

    Wow, beautiful.

  • Eileen de Kock
    Eileen de Kock
    June 10, 2015 at 3:15 pm

    amazing!

  • Brett Buckley-Fawcett
    Brett Buckley-Fawcett
    June 10, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    nope, dolphins are too clever like that…have cruised amongst many a pod of dolphins and they know what they`re doing down there;-)

  • Brett Buckley-Fawcett
    Brett Buckley-Fawcett
    June 10, 2015 at 3:17 pm

    here we go Robbie Ragless

  • Anette Du Preez
    Anette Du Preez
    June 10, 2015 at 4:43 pm

    my thoughts exaclty

  • Candice Medlin Strachan
    Candice Medlin Strachan
    June 10, 2015 at 4:52 pm

    Alison Matthews, you and Clifford might enjoy this.

  • Lorin Amy Galloway
    Lorin Amy Galloway
    June 10, 2015 at 5:33 pm

    Richard Moses

  • Catherine van Heerden
    Catherine van Heerden
    June 10, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    Horea…

  • Charlyn Wessels Dyers
    Charlyn Wessels Dyers
    June 10, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    So long, and thanks for all the fish.

  • Jillian Solman
    Jillian Solman
    June 10, 2015 at 7:18 pm

    Just hope the chaps in the boat didn’t injure any of the dolphins racing along with the propeller spinning right in the middle of the pod!!!!!!!!!

  • Ahmed Ebrahim
    Ahmed Ebrahim
    June 10, 2015 at 7:22 pm

    Zaakira Ebrahim

  • Chivaun Ness
    Chivaun Ness
    June 10, 2015 at 8:40 pm

    Marina Vigliotti Domenica Vigliotti

  • Domenica Vigliotti
    Domenica Vigliotti
    June 10, 2015 at 8:48 pm

    Amazzzzzzzing!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Tessa Daisy Sumner
    Tessa Daisy Sumner
    June 10, 2015 at 9:18 pm

    Charlotte Ellis why did this never happen when we were there!?

  • Darryl Moses
    Darryl Moses
    June 10, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    Amy Collop

  • Charlotte Ellis
    Charlotte Ellis
    June 10, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    Tessa Daisy Sumner ahhhhh this is amazing !!!!

  • Amy Collop
    Amy Collop
    June 10, 2015 at 9:25 pm

    Oh this is amazing!

  • Marcus Grove
    Marcus Grove
    June 10, 2015 at 9:40 pm

    http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2015/06/10/cape-town-a-different-universe

  • Gail Anne
    Gail Anne
    June 10, 2015 at 9:51 pm

    While over in False Bay the Orcas were feeding on the dolphins there!

  • Gail Anne
    Gail Anne
    June 10, 2015 at 9:52 pm

    Also wondered why they started their engines and took off possibly injuring some who happened to be under boat at time!

  • Chris Van Der Spuy
    Chris Van Der Spuy
    June 10, 2015 at 10:01 pm

    While this a lovely sight it is not a rare event, shoals of porpoises are seen every few weeks.

  • sylviad1971
    sylviad1971
    June 10, 2015 at 10:14 pm

    GavinGrierson this was Epic!!! ❤️❤️❤️

  • Jennifer Ferrão
    Jennifer Ferrão
    June 10, 2015 at 11:50 pm

    Wendy Van Gool

  • Lynette Petersen Warr
    Lynette Petersen Warr
    June 11, 2015 at 6:39 am

    What a wonderful sight. Also worried about the propeller though.

  • Diane Muller Saad
    Diane Muller Saad
    June 11, 2015 at 7:21 am

    Same sentiments…

  • Melanie Van Der Spuy
    Melanie Van Der Spuy
    June 11, 2015 at 7:23 am

    Beautiful

  • Avril Carollisson
    Avril Carollisson
    June 11, 2015 at 7:44 am

    Yep….a little annoyed there with those propellers running ….thanx anyway for sharing….

  • Rita Suy
    Rita Suy
    June 11, 2015 at 7:44 am

    Mooi!

  • KenWhalemanMoore
    KenWhalemanMoore
    June 11, 2015 at 8:48 am

    Hi Chris these are Common Dolphins and not Porpoises. There are no Porpoises found along the South African coast.

  • Mariska Hasi Muller
    Mariska Hasi Muller
    June 11, 2015 at 11:14 am

    Evolution! Very very sad to think about but it’s how it’s suppose to happen!

  • Gail Anne
    Gail Anne
    June 11, 2015 at 5:50 pm

    Totally agree where I live I see Orcas regularly passing by in our sea on way up North and hunting seals if they can!

  • KirstyWilliams
    KirstyWilliams
    June 12, 2015 at 11:46 am

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi4_cQQF0p4&feature=youtu.be

    I was there too… BEST BIRTHDAY SWIM EVER!

  • KirstyWilliams
    KirstyWilliams
    June 12, 2015 at 11:47 am

    ps inboard motors 🙂

  • DeonaKruger
    DeonaKruger
    June 12, 2015 at 9:12 pm

    We see this regularly next to the ferries in BC Canada and next to the cruise ships

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