潜水南非

Famous for its stunning landscapes and game viewing, South Africa also makes for a top diving destination. With over 3000 km of coastline, diving in South Africa is varied, to say the least. From the tropical reefs in Sodwana Bay, diving with sharks in Gansbaai, to the rugged coastline and wrecks of Cape Town, South Africa diving offers plenty of opportunities to discover the underwater beauty of the country for any level diver.

One of the southern-most coral reef structures in the world with an enormous biodiversity of fish and invertebrates known to the Indo-Pacific, diving in索德瓦纳湾我s world class. Almost as exciting as the diving itself, are the launches by powerful rubber inflatable boats (RIBs) through the surf and back after the dive.

水的温度范围从20摄氏度n September to 28 in April. Sodwana is easily reached by car from Durban (4 hrs), Johannesburg (7hrs) or with the Baz bus to Hluhluwe-Bushlands stop and further by transfer.

南非的鲨鱼潜水提供了各种各样的机会。Aliwal Shoal是一个约3 x 1公里的礁石系统，提供了几个不同的潜水地点，并且是破烂的牙鲨的浓度地点。1zplay其他经常看到的海洋生物包括海龟，海豚，蝠ta和其他几种鲨鱼种类，例如牛鲨或锤头。

甘斯贝（Gansbaai）是从笼子里观看大白鲨鱼最著名的地区。与大白的笼子潜水是一种激动人心的体验，它将给您带来新的敬畏感，并尊重这种宏伟的捕食者。南非鲨鱼潜水的另一个壮观选择是潜入沙丁鱼奔跑。

这种自然的年现象发生在6月和7月。1zplay潜水船每天早晨出去，定位沙丁鱼，该沙丁鱼形成诱饵球，实际上被鲨鱼，海豹，海豚，游戏鱼和鸟类等捕食者包围。

Cape town我s located in an area of abundant natural beauty, which extends underwater. Wrecks, kelp forests, temperate reefs and rare shark species are amongst Cape Town diving highlight. Both the Atlantic coast and the bay east of the Cape offer several excellent dive sites. There are year round diving opportunities in Cape Town, but dives are weather dependent and water temperatures are relatively cold, ranging from 10 degrees Celsius in winter (August) to 18 degrees in summer (January).

Dive Sites

索德瓦纳湾1zplay的大多数潜水地点都可以在2英里的礁石上找到。这是索德瓦纳最大的礁石结构，长度为1.8公里，宽度超过900米，拥有20多个优秀的潜水地点。1zplay西蒙斯洞穴（Simons Cave）是一个多样化1zplay的潜水地点，有很多缝隙和悬垂的探索和游泳，众所周知，白尖礁鲨在这里闲逛。

Agood selection of anemones, hard, and soft coral makes this site an interesting and colorful site. Bikini, a site located just off 2 Mile Reef, is a macro photographer’s paradise. An important cleaning station with plenty of species of cleaning shrimp, ghost-pipefish, moray eels and juvenile fish; this site is for advanced divers only.

Areef structure off the east coast ofSouth Africa，Aliwal Shoal因在6月至11月之间吸引大量破烂的牙齿鲨鱼而闻名。Aliwal浅滩最著名的潜水场所之一是大教堂。1zplay在这里，潜1zplay水员在27米深的拱门中找到了一个拱门，进入了一个像烟囱一样的污水孔，一直到达17米。

In shark season, up to 60 sharks can be seen swimming in the cathedral. But also outside of shark season this makes for a great dive, with sightings of the rare frogfish, potato bass, and sea turtles.

Castle Rock is a beautiful unspoiled dive site, situated in a marine reserve on the east coast of the Cape Point Peninsula near Cape Town, with quite an abundance of marine life. The site is covered in sponges, sea fans, kelp forest, sea urgins and anemones with plenty of fish life that call this place home.

Search between the rocks and corals for octopus, nudibranchs, brittle stars and look out in the blue for the occasional shy shark. Dive site Pyramid rock, close to Castle Rock, is a popular kelp forest dive site. The main attraction here is the chance to see the spotted sevengill cow shark, gully shark, and shy shark. But even without a shark sighting, this is an excellent Cape Town dive site, with lots of rocks to explore, swim throughs and tons of soft corals.

旅行

位于索德瓦纳1zplay湾（Sodwana Bay）的珊瑚潜水员是一个完整的南非潜水假期的一站式潜水设施。A帕迪5星金棕榈IDC中心，他们的潜水中心提供从绝对初学者级别到教练的全面潜1zplay水训练。现场住宿有适当的南非丛林营地风格，可提供野生动物园帐篷或带餐饮选择的小木屋。他们提供了来自丛林丛生的最近BAZ巴士站的转移。

OceanWorkx 1zplayDive Charters是Umkomaas的潜水中心，理想地位于每日旅行到Aliwal Shoal和当地的船舶残骸。他们与Sea Fever Dive Lodge和Hidden Reef1zplay Restaurant共享场所，使其成为潜入南非东海岸的所有需求的理想位置。

他们组织了一系列从浮潜到全面潜水套餐的旅行，其中包括Aliwal Shoal，Shark Ba​​it潜水和沙丁鱼跑步1zplay。Umkomaas最接近德班机场and can also be reached by Baz Bus or rental car.

For shark cage diving in South Africa, head over to Gansbaai, the capital of diving, with the great white shark. Marine Dynamics Shark Tours is an award winning eco-tourism and conservation enterprise that organizes daily shark cage diving trips, with high standards of boat, equipment and staff.

They run several conservation efforts to support populations of penguins, whales, and sharks and to discourage littering. From Cape Town daily trips leave to Gansbaai as well, organized by Apex Shark Expeditions. Transportation will take a bit longer, but this offers a good option if you’re limited on time or just staying in the city. Apex also organizes other shark diving trips in South Africa, including the sardine run.

Pisces Diving is located in Simon’s Town, on the east coast of the开普半岛, with easy access to some splendid dive sites like Castle Rock, or diving with the pre-historic looking cow sharks. They offer a full palette of services, including PADI dive courses, boat charters, tank fills, equipment repair and maintenance.

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