Dive in South Africa
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Stringer Sodwana Bay, South Africa
Stringer is a bit closer to Jesser Point than the main portion of 2 Mile Reef. It's is home to many different species and is a fantastic place to practice photography. Many Tomato Rock Cod, cleaning stations and paper fish can be found here as well as ghost pipefish. -
The Maori Wreck Cape Town, South Africa
The Maori (British cargo ship) wrecked on 05th August 1909 in fog after colliding with a rock.Kelp and crayfish are in abundance and the wreck is in fairly good condition.Railway lines still lie in her aft.China and porcelain have been found on the wreck. -
The Nebo Wreck Hibiscus Coast, South Africa
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… -
The Oakburn Wreck Cape Town, South Africa
The Oakburn (a British Cargo steamer), was wrecked in bad weather in 1906.Interestingly, in 1994, the Boss, a crane barge, snapped its towline and happened to land right on top of the Oakburn. An interesting dive and fascinating to imagine the heap remaining was once a mighty ship!Railway lines,… -
The Paquita Wreck Knysna, South Africa
The Paquita - a German iron barque - sank in 1903, after running ashore and filling with water.She now lies on the eastern side of the famous Heads in Knysna.The wreck is in beautiful condition with anchors clearly visible and many other things to discover. The reefs boast beautiful corals… -
The Romelia Wreck Cape Town, South Africa
The Romelia wrecked on the rocks at Llandudno on the 29 July 1977. A very popular diving spot but only to be dived in very good conditions due to the strong surge. -
The SS King Cadwallon Wreck East London, South Africa
The British screw steamer, the King Cadwalloncollided with rocks in off the Esplanade on the 11th September 1929, and finally rested on shore after burning out.Interestingly, she caught alight approx. 11 km's off Durban and was abandoned.She continued drifting for 41 days in total until resting in… -
Thesen's Jetty Knysna, South Africa
After wading through the garbage, the beautiful delicate sea horses under the jetty make this dive well worth while. -
Uniform Reef Sodwana Bay, South Africa
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Vetchies Pier Durban, South Africa
Vetchies Pier is an artificial reef that was created some 80 years ago. Today it is teaming with corals and fish, espacially plenty of eels & scorpionfish.Take a buoy along since a lot of boat traffic is around. -
Windmill Beach Cape Town, South Africa
The entry and exit points are both very sheltered, gently sloping sand beaches.This site is almost always sheltered and the entry is probably the easiest on the entire South African coast. Wave action is normally not more than an inch or two and is rarely more than 30cm high. There can be a little… -
Windmill Beach Cape Town, South Africa
The entry and exit points are both very sheltered, gently sloping sand beaches.This site is almost always sheltered and the entry is probably the easiest on the entire South African coast. Wave action is normally not more than an inch or two and is rarely more than 30cm high. There can be a little… -
7 Gill Cow Shark Dive Simon's Town and Seal Island, South Africa
This is one of the only places in the world you can dive with these animals. Near a harbor in False Bay we can find these creatures. We where swimming in a dense kelp forest. I didn't even had the time to reach bottom, at 10m, before I saw my first Seven Gills Shark. It really look like an ancient… -
7 Gill Cow Shark Dive Simon's Town and Seal Island, South Africa
This is one of the only places in the world you can dive with these animals. Near a harbor in False Bay we can find these creatures. We where swimming in a dense kelp forest. I didn't even had the time to reach bottom, at 10m, before I saw my first Seven Gills Shark. It really look like an ancient… -
7 Gill Cow Shark Dive Simon's Town and Seal Island, South Africa
This is one of the only places in the world you can dive with these animals. Near a harbor in False Bay we can find these creatures. We where swimming in a dense kelp forest. I didn't even had the time to reach bottom, at 10m, before I saw my first Seven Gills Shark. It really look like an ancient… -
Sardin Run Port Elizabeth, South Africa
South Africa also have the famous Sardine Run, where millions of sardines follow the cold winter currents moving north toward the warm Indian Ocean. A band of cold water gets pushed up the coast by changing weather patterns. This band funnels massive shoals of sardines up the East coast of South… -
Cathedral Rock Hibiscus Coast, South Africa
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… -
Great White Sharks Dive Simon's Town and Seal Island, South Africa
The great whites of Seal Island are now world famous for their highly athletic breaches that they make in pursuit of Cape fur seals which they hunt in the area.Best seasons is May to Sept (95% of chances), Intermediate season April & Oct (65%) Low season Nov till March (55%) .Dive trips to do… -
Great White Shark Cage Diving Gansbaai, South Africa
South Africa is best known for big action, shark diving and it's the most popular place to encounter the enormous, elusive and intimidating Great White Shark is Gansbaai. We recommend cage diving with this fellow, but they have been known to make an occasional presence here and there while free… -
Sandy Cove Simon's Town and Seal Island, South Africa
A shallow sheltered cove at Oudekraal, suitable for open water training exercises, refresher courses and testing equipment when depth isn't that important. Also serves as entry area for several other sites.
