Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Seal Island

This article is a travel topic The dive site Seal Island is an offshore site in the northern False Bay, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Understand This is a place you go to see Great White sharks. Position S34°08.25’ E018°34.95’ This site is not in a Marine Protected Area (2004). A permit is not required. Depth Shallow - less than 2m. Topography The island and offshore reefs are granite of the Peninsula pluton, and have the familiar rounded look of other similar outcrops. Geology: Late Pre-Cambrian granite of the Peninsula pluton. Conditions Get in Boat dive with licenced Shark Cage Diving charter. The site is about 12km from Kalk Bay harbour, 14km from Miller's Point, or 25km from Harbour Island, Gordon's Bay See Marine life These dives are for one purpose only: to see sharks. Other fish may be attracted to the bait, but this is not what you do this dive to see. Photography Suggested Routes Get in the cage, watch for sharks, get out again. Repeat if you have the time. Stay safe Hazards No significant hazards. Skills No special skills required. Cage dives are usually done on snorkel. Equipment All you need is wet suit, weights, mask, snorkel and camera Back to Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay#Reefs This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!