Sunset Cruise Cape Town

Sunset cruises and private charters, Simonstown & Kalk Bay, Cape Town

Book a private Sunset Cruise Cape Town with Oceans Africa and experience False Bay in all it’s spectacular glory. Join us on our boat Sea Otter as as we search for the gold light on a sunrise or sunset charter. Oceans Africa is a dive tour and boat charter company operating from Simonstown where we run scuba diving, freediving and sundowner boat trips around Cape Town’s Southern Peninsula.

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"Great evening out with Oceans Africa. Magnificent sunset, nice freedive, great full moon rising. Bonus was the flysurfing, trying to find hunting squid and the bioluminescent algae! Recommended this to friends to try out and will certainly be going out again in future."

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"This was the best sunset ride I’ve ever been on, the skipper was so knowledgeable and passionate it was contagious! ....dolphins and bioluminescence, took us to all the best spots, couldn’t recommend it more!!"

"I am grateful for the wonderful service [Oceans Africa] provided to make my proposal to my now fiancé amazing. Highly recommended!"

"... you can go with your friends, for a morning or sundown trip! Got to go to the famous seal island and was fortunate enough to see a sunfish doing 3 jumps! Don’t miss out on the sundown trip which ends with looking at the chokka!"

" The evening boat trip with Graeme was definitely the highlight of our trip to Cape Town."

Sunset cruise departs Simonstown

Cape Town is famous for sunsets over the ocean, with a backdrop of bays and mountains we are truly blessed! Toast the setting sun from our boat Sea Otter and enjoy a spectacular sunset from the sea.

Sunset cruises in False Bay are simply magical as you are surrounded by ever changing light reflecting off the sea, sky and mountains.

This is without doubt the best time to be on the water, to experience wild places and make deeper connections with the world and each other.

This exclusive sunset cruise departs from Simonstown on Cape Town’s southern peninsula at approx 4 30pm, depending on the season and lasts 2.5 hours allowing plenty of time to stop and enjoy the changing light with some drinks and snacks.

Champagne Sunset Cruise Cape Town

Romantic Sunset Cruise

Treat the special person in your life to a private sunset cruise, in False Bay – a private boat charter with champagne and flowers!

Seal Island Sunset Cruise

Seal Island Sunset Cruise Cape Town

This is the ultimate sunset cruise Cape Town option. Seal Island in False Bay is teeming with life and is simply spectacular in the early morning or late afternoon light.

Seal Island is one of our favorite places for sundowners in False Bay as all the birds are coming home to roost and the island is full of noise and bustle. This sunset cruise is especially suited to photographers looking for wildlife shots in the golden hour. Join us for the best sunset cruise Cape Town can offer!

Exclusive Seal Island Sunset Cruise

Seal Island Sunset

Book this amazing experience with Oceans Africa in Cape Town and enjoy a private sunset boat charter to Seal Island, False Bay.

Extra Special Sunset Cruise Options

Make your Cape Town sunset cruise extra special!

At Oceans Africa we like to do things a little differently as our aim is always to offer exceptional ocean experiences to our guests. Make your private Sunset Cruise Cape Town with Oceans Africa extra special with some of these ideas below. Just drop us a message to find out the latest info on moon rise times, wildlife sightings, bio-luminesence!

Sunset and Moonrise

Fullmoon rise and sunset cruise

Every month there are two evenings where the moon-rise coincides with the sunset. This is the night before and the night of the full moon, when guests on our sunset cruises are treated to the extra special experience of seeing the full moon rise over the mountains of False Bay.

Oceans Africa are the only company in Cape Town offering this amazing sunset cruise experience to our clients, so don’t miss out on the next opportunity!

Bio-luminescence

Bio-luminesence at sea

Sometimes conditions in False Bay are just right to encourage blooms of Red Tide – a plankton dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans that is prone to population explosions under the right conditions.

During the day, it can form thick slicks on the surface similar in appearance to tomato soup, that is sometimes mistaken for pollution.

At night these tiny organisms emit a cold blue light when agitated and the collective glow from billions and billions of them can be spectacular lighting up the boats wake with with an almost neon glow.

Night Swimming

Snorkeling under the stars

Step out of your comfort zone and do something that very few people get to experience. Swimming at night from our boat Sea Otter is fun, perfectly safe and exhilarating!

Float under the night sky and connect mind body and spirit to the stars. Dive down beneath the surface to explore an inner space where you can find connection with nature and celebrate the beauty of the underwater world!

The rhythmic motion of the waves and the weightlessness in the water, helps to quiet the mind and provides the perfect way to end a day in the Mother City.

Snorkeling at night after your sunset cruise opens up a whole new world of possibility to explore. Although it’s possible all year round, this activity is best during the summer months when the evenings are balmy and warm, water temperatures are warmer and the resulting plankton blooms make for more bio-luminescence in the water. Oceans Africa are the only company in Cape Town offering this amazing sunset cruise option to our clients, so don’t miss out on this life affirming experience!

"Nothing will ever beat looking up from the depths and seeing bioluminescent algae intermingle with the stars."

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