Cape Town’s Kelp Forest one of Bloomberg’s New Seven Wonders of the World - thanks to ’My Octopus Teacher’

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Kelp is a form of large, brown seaweed, also known as algae, which grows from the ocean floor toward the surface reaching heights of up to 45 meters.

They can grow rapidly with some species sprouting 45cm a day. They thrive in relatively shallow, clear water close to cold coastal areas very much like the Capes Atlantic coast.

Cape Nature’s Nicole Horn said: “Unlike many other kelp forests in the world currently, South African kelp forests are doing extremely well due to the south-easterly winds we experience on the west coast which causes an upwelling of cool nutrient-rich waters that kelp forests thrive off.”

 

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