Hi divers As the weekend approaches we are glad to see favourable weather for the long awaited first ever Cape Town Dive Festival. The first date was a weather disaster and the decision to postpone… Continue reading…

Hi divers The weather has really been out of whack recently and I have not found the predicted conditions matching the actual conditions more than once over the last two weeks. Despite the cold, wet… Continue reading…

Hi divers So, finally the south easter stopped blowing and we had a taste of winter winds blowing hard and softly this past week. The results, cleaner but not too much colder water. We dived… Continue reading…

When I started diving with Tony, I was wearing a mask that looked like this: It was not pretty, particularly when I needed to clear it. That took several minutes and several breaths. In this… Continue reading…

Hi divers It has been close on two weeks that we have not dived. At this time of year the wind is meant to blow from the north and west, during winter yet we are… Continue reading…

Hi divers Weather, always a difficult topic and sometimes difficult to understand. Last weekend we took the boat out on Saturday unsure of the conditions, and had quite respectable diving at Atlantis and Outer Castle with mist,… Continue reading…

Hi divers The pictures today are all from our Mozambique trip, as Clare hasn’t taken any new photos since we got back. I hope it’s not too much hardship to look at turtles and potato… 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…

Hi divers What a windy week, or weeks we have had. Last weekend a bunch of us braved the rain… I don’t mind getting wet but there is just something unpleasant about kitting up in… Continue reading…