PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - Sixteen Killer Whales visited Plettenberg Bay on Wednesday 22 March - and Ocean Safaris skipper Ash Baartman was lucky to be close by to witness the spectacle.

Earlier reports from CBS news revealed that up to 20 sharks were found dead near Gansbaai after a “surgical feeding frenzy “ on 6 March.

While it is unsure if this was the same group that visited Gansbaai, the size of the Plett group, 16, was the same as the number recorded at Gansbaai.

Said Baartman: “I’m really sure they were feeding on shark, because the birds that surrounded them picked up chunks out of the water as the orcas were staying down for quite a while.”

Thanks to the skill of Ash Baartman and Ocean Safaris owner Marlon Baartman, a group of tourists from Britain and Germany were treated to the experience of a lifetime, getting up close to these magnificent sea creatures.

“They’ll all be smiling when they come off the boat, “ said Marlon, who monitored and directed the sightseers from his vantage point at the lookout point on Plett’s Signal Hill.

The group of tourists were indeed all smiles and commended skipper Ash on providing them with the thrill of a lifetime.

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