It’s been a while since I’ve anthropomorphised sea creatures in print… So here’s a collection of encounters to entertain you (and if you haven’t dived in the Cape, to show you who lives here)! I… Continue reading…
To those of our readers (or, as I often suspect, to our lone reader – who may or may not be my mother) who celebrate Christmas, we wish you a very special day of rest… Continue reading…
The Living Shores of Southern Africa – George & Margo Branch It took me a while to get my hands on a copy of this classic volume by Margo and George Branch, with photography by… Continue reading…
Caravan Reef is an infrequently-dived, simply enormous granite reef that lies very close to the slipway at Miller’s Point. Its northern reaches are close to the SAS Pietermaritzburg, but as can be seen from the… Continue reading…
Atlantis Reef was discovered in September 2011 by Steven Benjamin of Animal Ocean. The site was named for the lost city which is (according to legend) submerged now, but was also known as the Pillars… Continue reading…
It’s actually ridiculous that I haven’t written anything about Windmill Beach yet for the blog. It’s probably one of the three most popular shore entry sites on the western side of False Bay, and it’s… Continue reading…
I’ve dived the SAS Pietermaritzburg once before, as part of the Wreck Specialty course I did along with Tami and Kate. The water then was distinctly green, and I was armed with a slate trying… Continue reading…
We found the marine life of Malta strikingly different to what we are used to at home. I like to think that we are pretty good at finding things, because diving in Cape Town sometimes… Continue reading…
If you’ve ever driven to Simon’s Town along the False Bay coastal road, you’ll have passed the wreck of the SS Clan Stuart on your left. The engine block sticks out of the water at… Continue reading…
At the corner of Sodwana Bay is Jesser’s Point, where the dive operator we use in Sodwana, Coral Divers, has a gazebo and launch spot. There’s a little reef here that is completely covered at… Continue reading…
