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We live in South Africa, travel extensively in Africa and my wife is a local. Since moving to South Africa in 1993, our family has been on many adventures - hiking safaris, horse back safaris, canoeing safaris.

Though our family has gone on over 80 African adventure safaris , scuba diving is new to us.

Africa dive safari whale shark
Whale Shark On A Dive Safari Off Of South Africa
photo by Wilderness Safaris

"I never knew of a morning in Africa
when I woke that I was not happy"
Ernest Hemingway

We�ve found a very good article on diving in South Africa from SA Tourism. Obviously, South Africa Tourism has an

interest in pointing out that South Africa is a great place for Africa dive safaris. But I found it objective & useful so I will share it with you.

If it's variety you're after, you've come to the right place. South Africa has an enormously long coastline ranging from about 35�S to 27�S, which isn't quite within the usual range of tropical diving. However, the Mozambique Current which flows down our East Coast brings warm, tropical water with it, and at Sodwana Bay we have the most southerly coral reefs in the world.

Of course, they have the full complement of pretty colorful fish and some great nudibranchs, including the outrageous Spanish dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineas). Whale sharks, turtles, dolphins and ragged tooth sharks (Carcharias taurus) are often seen in specific places.

And then, as you head down the coast, the underwater faunal and floral assemblage changes gradually until, once you've reached Cape Town, you're diving in chilly but beautiful kelp forests. These, too, are unique. There are three major types, or genera, of kelp and it is only off a short portion of the Western Cape coast that they all grow together.

If you've always shunned cold water diving, consider it. Sure, you do have to dress up in a great thick wetsuit with constraining hoodie and gloves but it's worth it. Diving in kelp is like walking in a forest. You float beneath the canopy and admire the surprisingly colorful reef life.

Off Cape Town, divers regularly see anemones in colours ranging from electric blue or deep red to pale pink, nudibranchs of almost every colour you can imagine and a whole range of small creatures in and around the bright orange and sulphur yellow sponges.

There are dive schools in almost every center, with a surprising number in the landlocked Johannesburg area. Perhaps it's not so surprising. Most people do their training up there and then head down to Sodwana Bay for their qualifying dives.

There is even an inland dive resort near Johannesburg
where students can do their first dive or two in a disused quarry. Badgat is another, much deeper disused quarry in Mpumalanga where rebreather, mixed gas and deep diving courses are run.

When you come here to dive our wonderful reefs, do take careful note of your no-fly limits. A flight from sea level to Johannesburg can take only an hour, and you gain 2 000m (7 000ft) in altitude - that's without even considering the flight.

This really does represent a major risk, so adjust your itinerary to include a day of sightseeing, shopping or beach lounging between diving and flying or even driving to Johannesburg.

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