The very first Cape Town Dive Festival will take place on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 August 2012, at the Cape Boat and Ski Boat Club at Miller’s Point. Organisation is being spearheaded by Grant… Continue reading…

I never get tired of these creatures. If you are, forgive me. Here’s a giant specimen we saw the day before my birthday (early in March) at Long Beach, Simon’s Town. Beautiful, yes? All this… Continue reading…

Harbour Island is where you’ll typically go to launch to dive the eastern side of False Bay by boat. There is a slipway right next to the Gordon’s Bay Boat Angling Club, with perhaps the… Continue reading…

The poet is grappling with rejection! Want to read a bit more (with the usual Wikipedia caveat)? Click here. Sonnet 135 – William Shakespeare Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy ‘Will,’ And ‘Will’ to… Continue reading…

The Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA) project was launched in mid-March, having been funded by the Danish government (masters of wind farming), and the United Nations Development Program-Global Environment Facility (UNDP-GEF). The atlas shows… Continue reading…

Hi divers The last few weeks have been eventful for the marine world in Cape Town. For some thoughts about chumming, which has been very much in the news lately, you can click here and here,… Continue reading…

The vast majority of new divers in Cape Town know where Long Beach in Simon’s Town is. Irrespective of the dive school you choose for Open Water training it is in most cases quite likely… Continue reading…

Following on from my post on Saturday regarding the scientific studies done on the effects of chumming elsewhere in the world, a study done in False Bay in 2004 has been brought to my attention… Continue reading…

The events of the last few weeks are still very fresh and raw, and I am sure that there will be many more statements, comments, theories, opinions and findings following the public relations debacle of… Continue reading…

On Thursday a young man in his youthful prime was bitten by a shark in False Bay, and lost his life. Coincidentally, in addition to the usual (limited – three operators only) cage diving activities… Continue reading…