Umzimayi wall & Fern Coral Sunday 20th Feb

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The most spectacular dive was had at Umzimayi Wall!!!!! As if the large shoals of tropical amberjacks (Sangora”s) were not enough, the round ribbon tail rays in formation on descent and whilst on the dive, finding the longnose hawkfish nestled in it’s hidey hold and the juvenile clown triggerfish, along comes Mrs Tiger shark gliding […]

This weekend

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Despite the ongoing presence of the beasterly easterly wind and the on/off viz that we hve been experiencing of late, we enjoyed a fantastic dive to Hammer this weekend.  2 dives were done here with 1-19m depth viz of around 2m (serious) and then below 19m, it opened up to the most incredible viz of […]

“Out of this world” shark dive

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We had the most spectacular baited shark dive over the weekend.  Ocean conditions surprised us totally as we had expected reasonably poor visibility, which has been linked to our rivers opening up to accommodate the recent inland rains. We arrived at our usual spot to find at least 15m on the surface and all the […]

Lesser guitarfish sighted last day of 2010

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An absolutely amazing dive was had today at Butchers, which has not been dived in over 8 years by anyone!!!!!! Such hidden treasures all over this site, what a joy to dive here!!!!!! Sighted the lesser guitarfish ((Rhinobatos annulatus), huge nudibranches, baardman (tassel fish) and many more………………………………..We will be back…………………… It is such an amazing […]

Outstanding shark dive today

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What outstanding conditions for our shark dive today.  Top to bottom visibility with a water temperature of 26 degrees C.  In some places we had a thermocline with a 1 degree C temperature drop.  A strong current saw us cover a 6km area on the drift.  We had at least 20 blacktip sharks with us […]