The coastline offers a diverse and rich biodiversity. The reefs are beautiful and the quiet azure blue of the ocean will tantalise every diver no matter the weather top side.

The dive resorts offer rustic accommodation with the focus being on diving. You can expect comfy beds, helpful staff, experienced dive masters, mosquito nets and kitchen facilities for self catering. Most offer a hearty fry up for breakfast.

Its not compulsory to stay in a resort if you want to dive as the resorts accommodate all divers. Its important to let the dive charter of your choice know you intend diving with them. They have morning meetings where you can put your name down for your dive site of choice.

The dive charters all have first grade equipment which is available to hire.

Dive Charters:

• Dolphin Encounters – www.dolphin-encountours.co.za
• Simply Scuba – www.simplyscuba.co.za
• Scuba Adventures – www.scubatravel.co.za
• Planet Scuba – www.planetscuba.co.za

Reefs:

• Atlantis – 38m to 47m – 300m long, 3km offshore. Experienced Divers. Currents and visability not predictable
• Doodles – 15 to 17m – variety, eels, mantis shrimp, octopus, potato bass and rays. 10 minute boat ride. Most dived reef, zambezi and bull sharks can be spotted
• Blacks – 15 to 18m – seagrass, spot the little things like nudibranchs, lion fish and the slightly bigger potatoe bass too
• Checkers – 15 to 18m – rays and a huge variety of fish species to tick off
• Brents Ridge – 36m to 52m – better suited to technical divers.
• Steps – 14m to 16m – narrow reef running for 4km. A good dive choice when the current is strong due to the length of the reef. Lots of cracks and overhangs to investigate.
• Creche – 10m to 12m – good choice for novice divers. Lots of juvenile fish can be seen. A sandy bottom with boulders and rocks. Best to dive when there is no swell.
• Fingers – 12m to 14m of gullies and cracks and sand. You can see lots of eels, rays and lion and scorpion fish.
• Molangane Ledge – A deep reef of more than 50m suitable to experienced divers only.
• Aquarium – 25m – A large hollow boulder with large openings to look into. Black Coral can be seen inside the hollow. This is the prettiest of the reef because of the large schools of colourful fish.
• Rianna’s Arch – 18 to 24m – A dive site rich in sealife with a spectacular arch to swim through.
• Pinnacles – 28 to 40 – A 30 minute boat trip from Ponto do Ouro will reward you with a dive on the edge of the continental shelf. Best experienced during the summers months when you’ll see shoals of game fish.
• Paradise – 12 to 18m – Absolute paradise, coral, gullies, moray eels and rocks to swim under. Spot the red fang triggerfish and a huge variety of reef fish.