A group of about 30 determined open-water swimmers have taken on a challenging 11km crossing from Robben Island to Granger Bay, in Cape Town all in support of endangered sea turtles.
Their aim is to raise vital funds for the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundations Turtle Conservation Centre, which rescues, rehabilitates, and releases stranded and injured turtles along South Africas coastline. Organisers of the event say turtles often wash up on the coastline after being preyed upon by predators and ingesting plastic that pollutes the oceans.
Granger Bay is the future site of the Foundations expanded Turtle Conservation Centre.
