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We're on TV! Spunky Sea Stories is a fresh, interactive show for kids aged 3 to 7 and their parents, filled with puppets, clay, exercise and ocean animals - the perfect weekly adventure for any child who loves fishy fun!Watch "Spunky Sea Stories" every Friday at 15h30 on Cape Town TV!

You've just completed your PADI Open Water Scuba Diver course at the Two Oceans Aquarium Dive School and are looking to get your own diving equipment (or are dropping hints about what you'd like for a gift). While some of the big-ticket items like cylinders, BCDs and regulators are easy enough to rent, many divers like to own their own basic gear items for the sake of comfort and convenience - particularly those items that serve double duty for snorkeling.

With the upcoming debut of Saving Seals, a short film by wildlife photographer and ecotourism champion Steve Benjamin all about the Cape fur seal disengagement and welfare work taking place in the V&A Waterfront, we thought it would be a good opportunity to introduce the man behind the camera.

We are excited to announce the hatching of a northern rockhopper penguin chick on the rockhopper beach in the Aquariums Penguin Exhibit. The chick was welcomed into the world on 2 October 2021 and is growing fast and furiously. This is the fourth chick hatched by parent birds Roxy and Grommet.

Cape fur seals are playful and curious animals. Because of this, they are prone to becoming tangled in loops of plastic pollution or discarded fishing line, which they find interesting, or which may smell like food. Over time, these nooses work their way down a seals neck, becoming tighter, incising into their skin and flesh, and ultimately resulting in severe infections and death.

The Two Oceans Aquarium is located on the V&A Waterfront, which is a leisure and commercial property situated in the heart of a working harbour. The harbour is home to a diverse range of wildlife from marine and terrestrial birds, to seals, otters and on occasion, also visited by other marine mammals, such as dolphins. The Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) that live in the harbour and around the jetties of the Waterfront, are endemic to the southern coast of Africa, ranging from Algoa Bay to northern Namibia, with their population numbers estimated at around two million. They feed mostly on fish, and are the most muscular members of the fur seal family.

Saving seals that have become entangled in plastic waste - box bands, fishing gut, cords - isn't easy, but there's a community of passionate people around Cape Town's harbour who are driven to action when the need to rescue a seal arises. The Two Oceans Aquarium invites you to join us for a special evening on 25 November 2021, where we'll meet the people working to save seals and dive into the history and future of seal disentanglements in the V&A Waterfront and beyond.

The Oceanographic Research Institutes Cooperative Fish Tagging Project (ORI-CFTP) is long-term citizen science project in which anglers voluntarily tag and release the fish they catch. By monitoring and recording the information every time a fish is tagged or recaptured, ORI is able to collaboratively gather information about the fish and help inform conservation and sustainability decision making.

We're proud to announce the official opening of Shark Alley, the latest addition to our Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Exhibit.

Oceans In Motion is an outreach programme offered by the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, with the support of AVI, that brings lessons about marine life to under-resourced schools throughout the greater Cape Town area. Outreach teacher Thabo Sabeko brings a mobile aquarium to Grades 4 to 6 learners, with exciting CAPS-aligned lessons about the ocean's wonders.

The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation, in partnership with DHL Africa, is offering free visits by the Aquarium Foundation’s Smart Living Outreach teacher and vehicle, to under-resourced schools until December 2021.