The magic of False Bay
False Bay is home to a variety of unique and wonderful dive sites just waiting to be explored. The beauty of the dive sites in this area needs to be seen to be believed!
Explore The Southern Peninsula
Learn more about the numerous dive sites this scenic area has to offer, many of which are shore entry but there a few which are boat entry sites.
This well-loved tourist destination is a vast body of water located in the Atlantic Ocean between the Cape Peninsula region and the Hottentots Holland Mountain range in the extreme south-west region of South Africa. Home to many shipwrecks and underwater reefs just waiting to be explored, a dive in the False Bay area is a highly recommended experience by many travellers, both local and international.
The False Bay coastline offers some superb, varied and beautiful dive sites, the majority of which are shore entry sites. Prepare to be amazed by stunning reefs with rocky terrain and amazing Kelp forests. You will never spot a bare rock or reef, as every nook and cranny on the reefs are carpeted by sea anemonies of a range of colours, a large variety of sea sponges, soft corals and other marine life.
Explore False Bay Dive Sites
These are just some of the more popular dive sites we have in the area, we are blessed enough to have many more dive sites available to dive in our area either in Falsebay or in the Atlantic if conditions isn’t feasible to dive on either which side of the bay.
Long Beach Simon's Town
An Easy & Relaxed Dive Site
Known for its moderate conditions, easy access and excellent facilities, Long Beach generally offers outstanding scuba diving conditions. It is mostly made up of a flat sandy bottom with the occasional pockets of vegetation growing on loose rocks, small wrecks as well as a pipeline that runs perpendicular to the shoreline.
Windmill
An Inshore Rocky Reef
The dive site Windmill is an inshore rocky reef in the Froggy Pong area of Simon’s Town. It’s one of the most preferred shore dive sites in the area due to the vast expanse of the marine ecology to be found in the area as it contains a taste of everything that Cape Town diving has to over from Kelp forests to macro live to the reef and even some shark life.
A-Frame
An Inshore Rocky Reef
Located in the Oatlands area of Simon’s Town on the False Bay shore of the Cape Peninsula, this site is reasonably easily accessible and is one of the most popular shore dives. It has areas which are suitable for open water training of novice divers as well as reefs with a wide range of interesting invertebrates.
SAS PIETERMARITZBURG
An Easily Accessible Shipwreck
Previously named HMS Pelorus, this ship led the Normandy invasion on D-Day. In 1947 she became part of the South African Navy. In 1994 it was decided to end her successful career and she was scuttled to form an artificial reef. She is home to an abundance of marine life, making this dive, a must!
Pyramid Rock
An Inshore Rocky Reef
This awesome dive site in Simon’s Town can be accessed, either by boat or shore entry and is the best dive site near Cape Town to visit for a variety of fish. Rocky reefs with sandy bottom and kelp forests and you will be diving with harmless, seven gill cow sharks. It is an experience not to be missed.
Partridge Point
A Fantastic Boat Dive
Explore vast swim-throughs and caverns usually filled with soft corals, sea urchins, feather stars, orange sea cucumbers, sea anemones and larger fish such as Janbruin and Galjoen on your visit to Partridge Point. Pipefish and members of the nearby seal colony are usually spotted on this dive.
Smitswinkel Bay
An Advanced & Adventurous Dive
The South African Navy scuttled five wrecks in the early 1970’s to form an artificial reef for the sake of scuba divers, right in the middle of Smitswinkel Bay making it one of South Africa’s most challenging wreck dives. At an average depth of 35 meters, they make for an eerie underwater experience.