Advice on Diving in South Africa

...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. Shark diving in South Africa offers an amazing variety of opportunities. The Aliwal Shoal, a reef system of about 3 by 1 kilometer that offers several different dive sites and is a concentration site for the ragged-tooth shark. Other frequently sighted marine life include sea turtles, dolphins, manta rays, and several other shark species like the bull shark or hammer head. Gansbaai is the area best known for viewing the gr...