Diving in South Africa

Diving in South Africa is mainly for shark encounters with mythical, that the great white shark off Cape Town, that the bull shark and tiger shark in the Durban area and that of the whale shark at Sodwana.

The diving holidays in South Africa

Aliwal Shoal dive package: Located a half hour drive from Durban airport, the small town of Umkomaas is a mecca of diving spots among South Africans. It dives at the famous site
of Aliwal Shoal, a reef of great beauty where you can meet many shark species including the famous bull shark or tiger shark. The other spot is a popular diving site Protea Banks.


Dive package Gansbaai: Located two and a half hours drive from Cape Town airport, the village of Gansbaai is the best place in the world to observe white sharks. It is found on the website of "Shark Alley" between Dyer Island, a sanctuary for birds and penguins, and Geyser Island where there is a seal colony. There, the white shark in search of food await you.

Dive package Sardin Run: Every year from June, sardines migrate north to form giant banks, up to 30 kilometers long. These myriads of fish react to the same second as being one, driven by a collective thought. But the ballet is an easy prey, a boon to thousands of predators - dolphins, sharks, humpback whales, Bassant crazy ... who follow them, track them and feed. Come dive amid these shoals of sardines and admire the predators feast on their feast.

Dive package Chokka Squid Spawning: This is the laying of thousands of squid from October to November. Squid gather to their breeding and nesting. It attracts many predators at the top of the food chain such as seals, sharks copper, bull sharks, dolphins, rays and even the white shark. An unforgettable experience.

Sodwana diving holidays: the preferred site for diving in South Africa. It is with the Indian Ocean from October to April, whale sharks and November-December of bull sharks. It is also a nesting site for green turtles.