Hi divers We launched in Hout Bay on Tuesday and had good viz, lots of seals and did some “myth busting” underwater with eggs and golf balls. It has been reported that there is currently… Continue reading…

False Bay is home to two seal colonies/haul out areas: Seal Island, which is inhabited by up to 70,000 seals, and the much smaller (a couple of hundred seals at most) Partridge Point haul out… Continue reading…

Hi divers It has been a hectic period and we have dived almost every day for the last two weeks. Gary, Oscar and Dineo are doing their Divemaster course and the weather has not been… Continue reading…

During the windy summer Cape Town diving season, it’s advisable to become familiar with the nautical charts pertaining to Cape Town’s Atlantic seaboard. Here Mini cat demonstrates how to combine study with leisure activities.

On the same evening as Alison Kock delivered an update on the Shark Spotters program, we listened to Masters student Kay Welz speak about her analysis of the reams of data that the Shark Spotters… Continue reading…

It seems that it’s only on magnificent days that we end up launching from Oceana Power Boat Club. While my colleagues were having an end of year function just above Clifton Beach, I was floating… Continue reading…

Hi divers So, 2012 draws to a close and we can look back on some good diving and some really bad weather. Hopefully the southeaster has blown to its limits and has no more to… Continue reading…

The Save Our Seas Shark Centre in Kalk Bay held another marine speaker series this November, and Tony and I attended a couple of the talks. One which we enjoyed was given by Alison Kock,… Continue reading…

Hi divers When I first arrived in Cape Town a few years back I was told the southeaster is called the Cape Doctor. “Why?” I wondered… The local explanation was it clears the air and… Continue reading…

Christo brought this special Windfinder forecast for Muizenberg to our attention a couple of weeks ago. Given the strength of the wind we’ve had since then, it seems the predicted wind speed of the pink… Continue reading…