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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.

Pan, Donny and Caddy are three sea turtles that were recently released off different parts of the South African coastline, after successful rehabilitation under the care of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation. Each of these turtles has been fitted with a satellite tracking tag, which will allow us (and you to follow their ocean journeys and see where these three incredible animals go - providing valuable information for the conservation of this species in South Africa.

In celebration of Mandela Day 2022, the Two Oceans Aquarium team took to Red Cross Children’s Hospital to bring much-needed joy and sunshine to the cold and rainy morning! "Mandela Day is a day of giving without expecting anything in return and giving to Red Cross Children’s Hospital was an honour for us. All of us had the same intention of cheering up everyone, especially the kids," said Marketing Coordinator Phumza Jongihlathi, who organised the day's activities.

Teamwork makes the dream work (cheesy, but true)! The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, uShaka Sea World and Bayworld (with assistance from East London Aquarium) teamed up for the release of three rehabilitated juvenile loggerhead turtles. Due to adverse weather conditions, we couldn't release all three turtles at the same, but over the past week, all three of these endangered rescues were successfully returned to the ocean. Swim well Pan, Donny and Caddy!

Turtles live most comfortably in warmer water. Being reptiles, they regulate their body temperature according to the ambient water temperature. So, when the weaker hatchlings find themselves in cold water for too long, they become cold-stunned. Many of the weak turtles are also injured and fighting illness. This combined with the cold water leads to them being washed up onto the shore. These turtles need to be rehabilitated to ensure that their injuries and ailments do not prevent them from functioning properly when they are released back into the wild.

Legend has it that the John Dory is named after the ballad in which a pirate captain, named John Dory, was pardoned by the French king. Another legend has it that the black spot found on the fish’s side is the thumbprint of St Peter himself, who is said to have set one of these fish free in the Mediterranean Sea. The John Dory is truly a fish of legend!

Want Ocean Superheroes? We have a whole army of them! From the small and obscure like anemones to the large and imposing sharks. But Oceans Superheroes come in a whole range of shapes, sizes, and colours. Let’s look at three of these Superheroes that you will find in the I&J Ocean Exhibit, and discover their hidden talents.

Turbo is a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) that was rescued on 22 September 2021 at De Hoop Nature reserve by members of Spill Tech, who initially thought she was dead. De Hoop rangers rapidly helped get Turbo into the hands of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's Turtle Rehabilitation Team.

Bright and early on the morning of 2 July 2022, the Two Oceans Aquarium team, together with members of the public, headed to Mouille Point Beach to collect plastic pollution as part of our regular Trash Bash beach cleanups.

It's Plastic Free July, a month where people around the globe are challenged to say "no" to single-use plastics, and be part of reducing the plastic pollution that enters our ocean. Cutting out plastic might sound like a big commitment, but there are plenty of small changes you can make to your daily life that have a large overall effect - especially if we all make these changes together!

If you've never dived before, but want to see our I&J Ocean Exhibit from the inside, then the PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience is for you. This short course takes you from having no underwater experience at all, to having the skills needed to safely dive with supervision, and is the perfect opportunity for any intrepid ocean explorer from ages 10 and up!

Sharks are absolutely amazing - we all know this! They are certainly some of the greatest superheroes in the ocean. With incredible swimming, hunting and camouflage capabilities, not to mention amazing vision and sensory abilities, sharks are everything extraordinary, rolled into one animal. But did you know that sharks have the little-known, but much-needed superpower of keeping ecosystems in balance?