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We'd love you to join us on Saturday 30 July 2022, from 10h00 to 11h30 at Dalebrook Tidal Pool, part of the Table Mountain National Park MPA. Bring the family for a fun morning of ocean adventures and enjoy a rocky shore treasure hunt with expert teams from the Two Oceans Aquarium, I AM WATER, SOSF Shark Education Centre, and OceanHub Africa. Bring your camera and join us in finding as many of Dalebrook's iconic species as you can.

We'd love you to join us on Saturday 30 July 2022, from 10h00 to 11h30 at Dalebrook Tidal Pool, part of the Table Mountain National Park MPA. Bring the family for a fun morning of ocean adventures and enjoy a rocky shore treasure hunt with expert teams from the Two Oceans Aquarium, I AM WATER, SOSF Shark Education Centre, and OceanHub Africa. Bring your camera and join us in finding as many of Dalebrook's iconic species as you can.

Thanks to the support of SPAR, another junior biologist course has come and gone, and as always, it was a blast! Our highly popular junior biologist course is aimed at kids between the ages of 10 and 12, that are interested in the ocean and its beautiful plants and animals.

We're incredibly pleased to officially welcome Dr Judy Mann-Lang to the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation as its newly appointed Executive for Strategic Projects, where she will be overseeing research and adult training programmes. Many members of the South African ocean community will recognise Judy as the former Conservation Strategist for the South African Association for Marine Biological Research (SAAMBR) in Durban, and we are overjoyed to be able to welcome such a well-known and well-respected figure within marine conservation education and communication circles to the team.

It is that time of the year, when the endemic and endangered western leopard toads migrate from their garden homes to various water bodies to breed.

For nine months, the seal welfare and monitor team of our Marine Wildlife Management Programme in the V&A Waterfront has been trying to rescue a particularly elusive Cape fur seal, which had become entangled with multiple nooses of improperly discarded fishing line and other litter items. This little seal happened to be particularly stubborn, refusing to rest on the platforms and isolated areas preferred by other seals (and where our team is usually able to reach them), and instead preferring to sleep on top of the bulbous boughs of ships docked in the Port of Cape Town. After months of failed rescue attempts, Marine Wildlife Specialist Claire Taylor and her patrol team decided to take direct action and grab the sleeping seal directly!

You've been waiting patiently, but we're very pleased to announce that applications are open for new Two Oceans Aquarium volunteers! To become a volunteer at the Aquarium, you'll need to complete a short training programme - applications below!

Making a contribution for a good cause doesn't have to cost you anything. Now you can help make environmental education accessible to children in Cape Town's communities and support active conservation and welfare of vulnerable marine life, like Cape fur seals and endangered turtles, in our waters - simply swiping your MySchool | MyVillage | MyPlanet card with your purchase can help us continue to make a real difference.

Behind the Aquarium's closed doors, the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation is hard at work developing a growing research programme, both through primary science and by supporting the academic work of local and international students. Laila Conti is an international student that has been part of our Turtle Rehabilitation Team for several months. Laila is studying aquatic eco-technology at HZ University of Applied Sciences.