Dave and I headed out for A Frame this morning after a week of relatively good diving weather. The surface conditions did not look good at all with a rather strong SE wind blowing white horses in False Bay.

A Frame was a good choice and after watching the conditions for a while we saw there was very little swell, which meant very little surge.

Conditions in the water was very good, good vis, no surge and lots to see! We saw shysharks, various octopus, cuttle fish, blaasopies and kol-stert. Another great dive!

After a week of NW wind I was certain that we would have a great day of diving on Saturday. I was not disappointed!

Lesley, Mark and Craig headed out early this morning for False Bay. We had already decided that we would go back to what we now fondly talk of as Shark Rock. Conditions looked brilliant! I think that we are getting more comfortable with the entry and navigation of this site.

The visibility was very good, about ten to twelve meters. We descended immediately and headed for Shark Rock, bearing somewhere between 60 and 90. Before we even got to the rock we had our first sighting of a seven gill. We then proceeded to see several of these graceful animals and spent about fifteen minutes viewing, swimming alongside and photographing them. Some of them actually looked more interested in us than we in them, passing by extremely close.

This dive is definitely our number one at this time! Our very own resident shark dive.

One other thing that I would like to mention is that I believe that the MPA (Marine Protected Area) is working. I have been diving in False Bay for the last 10 years and definitely see a marked increase in fish life on our reefs. Well done to all that love our environment in the Cape!

SAS Pietermaritzburg Wreck Dive

After a week of mixed wind directions, we actually had great diving conditions out at Millers Point, False bay today.

We set out at 07:30 from Craig's house and headed for Millers Point boat club. After sorting out some gear issues (mmmm) and GPS co-ordinate issues we found the dive site and saw what we believed to be the PMB on the echo sounder. All kitted up we started the dive and descended right on top of the stern. Well done skipper (Shane Scott)!
The dive lasted 42 minutes and each of the 3 buddy pairs ascended on their own.

There was a swell running and this caused some particles in the water, not so good for photos unfortunately