Regular Noonsite contributors Brent Crack and Mary Bevan sent the following as they sailed towards Cape Town leaving False Bay.

Last night was one of those epic nights that only come along ever so rarely.

We departed Gordon’s Bay Yacht Club and were immediately into brilliant blue bioluminescence. The water churning along the hulls lit up the surrounding area like a spotlight was on us.

About ten miles from the Cape we were joined by a large pod of dolphins, streaming through the phosphorescence as they swam and jumped. They left trails in the glow as they went and were visible a long distance from the boat, 500 meters or more, just by the glow as they swam.

And then we went through many huge schools of small fish. The whole sea was glowing, and the dolphins were hunting. The fish were jumping all around us, boiling as they were being chased and eaten. The smell of fish in the air was abundant, just from the shear numbers jumping at one time. Every now and again, larger fish would join the dolphins and dart past, completely visible in the bioluminescence.

Words do not adequately describe it. Pictures would not capture it. Memories are all that exist

Now we are stuck in drizzly foggy gloom as we slow motor our way up the coast towards Cape Town.

Before coming to False Bay, we had never seen dolphins in the bioluminescence, and now we have seen it twice – once on approach to the bay and again on departure