Basher said..
Seems like the key part of the story is that it was seal breeding season.
This is the first ever story of a seal attacking a human - and it's highly unlikely it will happen again.
Most people, visiting Cape Town for the first time, will be more concerned about the bigger fish. And again, we don't get shark attacks on Cape Town windsurfing beaches.
There are however more shark sightings on the (warmer) Indian Ocean coastline.
I don't think that your assertion is correct, that there are no seal attacks on surfers / swimmers in the last year around Cape Town. I have been warned before by locals that seals are actually more of a thread to water activists in the Cape Town area then sharks.
iol.co.za/capetimes/news/2025-11-05-how-surfer-escaped-vicious-seal-attack/capespca.co.za/wildlife-news/unfounded-rabies-reports-in-seals/you just need to google to find plenty of reports...
