We love a good shipwreck. Witness our obsession with the Seli 1, which ran aground at Blouberg a couple of years ago. It is thus with interest that we discovered that a Japanese-built, Chinese-run fishing… Continue reading…
Positioned at the end of the Twelve Apostles mountain range (and thusly named), 13th Apostle reef is a distinct mass of granite boulders surrounded by a sandy bottom. Waves have long been observed to break… Continue reading…
The poetic title is not mine – it’s the work of Chris Fallows of Apex Predators and author of Great White and Eminent Grey, who wrote a wonderful article on False Bay that appeared in… Continue reading…
… for the Cape Town Dive Festival? It’s going to be held at the Cape Boat & Ski Boat Club at Miller’s Point. Don’t miss it!
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…
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…
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…
