Dive in Hibiscus Coast

Along the East coast of South Africa, just south of Durban lies a subtropical stretch of coastline known as the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. Visitors to the coast are greeted by warm, welcoming waters of the Indian Ocean and fine stretches of sandy beach set against a backdrop of rolling sugar cane…

Kingfish, sea pike, hammerhead sharks and Zambezi sharks to name but a few are often out and about. The reef is very interesting and is a fossilized sand dune with many caves, gullies and pinnacles.

Current on this dive may just pick up - hence hold tight on the anchor line

Swimming with huge schools of sharks is the main attraction. Due to depth restraints, the reef is largely unexplored with divers tending to concentrate on a small stretch that is 4 km and 200m wide. Starting at the Northern Pinnacles, a site only for the experienced, divers move south, following the…

The Nebo lies upside down in 18-27m of water. Her stern is fairly intact but the bow and midships is quite broken up. The propeller was damaged in the grounding and the blade can still be seen on the Shoal in the Pinnacles area. The stern is home to a large variety of fish and also has a swim…

Cathedral Rock, in Aliwal shoal, is an impressive dive, with 30 Ragged Tooth Sharks all swimming in and out the natural rock auditorium. The Shoal has lots soft coral, large schools of pelagics and great macro diving. Swim throughs, caves and crevices give the dive sites character and are great fun…