It is thought that historically the Cape Fur Seal population occurred on most, if not all, the coastal islands off South Africa and Namibia. However, uncontrolled seal harvesting and habitat modification resulted in shifts in the distribution of the breeding population, with the bulk of the population currently breeding at mainland sites while colonies at many former breeding islands are extinct (Kirkman et al. 2007). Since the 1970s there has been range expansion and a considerable increase in the number of breeding colonies from 23 to 40 (Kirkman et al. 2013). While the eastern-most extent of the breeding range has remained at Algoa Bay in South Africa, the northern limit has recently extended from northern Namibia to Ilha dos Tigres in southern Angola. Angola has one breeding colony of Cape Fur Seals forming the northwestern limit of the population's breeding distribution with Algoa Bay forming the eastern limit. Cape Fur Seals also occur at several non-breeding colonies or temporary haulout sites throughout their range, while vagrants have been sighted as far afield as Gabon (Thibault 1999) and the Prince Edward Islands (Kerley 1983).