Everything ocean related, with a special focus on scuba diving the rich coastal waters of Cape Town, South Africa.
On the rocky shore between Muizenberg and St James (accessible via this walk), there are many nooks and crannies, bursting with life that a young marine explorer would derive great enjoyment from discovering. We did the walk close to high tide, on a day with a large swell and the corresponding big waves. I wouldn’t recommend rockpooling in these conditions.
There is a walking route between the railway line and the ocean, running from Surfers Corner at Muizenberg to St James beach. It’s beautiful – you’re right next to the waves – and a flat, easy stroll of only a couple of kilometres. More information here.
Taken on the same day as this photo, this picture of Surfers Corner clearly shows the large swell that was pounding Muizenberg at the time. This corner of False Bay – close to its northernmost reaches – often has very murky water.
I took this photo while a large swell was pushing into False Bay. The sea at Muizenberg was an appetising (Appletising?) green colour and despite the large waves, there were not many surfers in the water – too messy?
Fish Hoek valley is a narrow saddle of low lying land approximately thirteen kilometres across, with False Bay on one side and the Atlantic ocean on the other. It looks beautiful from above, too. Here are some clouds at sunset, over the dunes at Fish Hoek beach.
I think this gap in the dunes takes one to the Fish Hoek Seaside Cottages, but I could be wrong. It looks like a portal to somewhere amazing, though.
This is last week’s photograph, but with people. I liked the symmetry.
Fish Hoek beach can be the most peaceful place in the world to watch the sun go down. We do this quite often. Here is an empty, kelp-strewn stretch of beach, with a negligible swell running and some beautiful clouds for depth.
Tony and I ate an ice cream and watched the sunset at Fish Hoek beach one Sunday evening. The colours cycled through a range of pinks to blue. Can you see the mountains on the other side of the bay? I think even Hangklip is visible in the middle of the image.
This mysterious, flimsy green boat shed is being used (according to rumour) for the construction of an “eco-friendly catamaran”. It has, remarkably, survived some very stormy weather, so it is more strongly built than it looks. On the other side of the roof is the URL of the Twin Dragons Yachts website, which is singularly uninformative at this stage but which will probably be the best place for more information as it becomes available. The boat shed is right on the edge of the slipway we use to launch the boat at False Bay Yacht Club.
