Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Seal Island

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.

Name
The island where the seals breed has been known as Seal Island for a long time, and is identified by that name on the official maps

Depth
Shallow - less than 2 m in the cage.

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.

Get in
Boat dive with licensed Shark Cage Diving charter.

The site is about 12 km from Kalk Bay harbour, ?? km from Simon's Town Jetty, 14 km from Miller's Point, or 25 km from Harbour Island, Gordon's Bay

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.

Suggested Routes
Get in the cage, watch for sharks, get out again. Repeat if you have the time.

Hazards
No significant hazards as you dive in the cage.

Skills
No special skills required. Cage dives are usually done on snorkel.

Equipment
All you need is wet suit, weights, mask, snorkel and camera

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Other regional dive sites:
 * Dive sites of Table Bay and approaches,
 * Dive sites of the Cape Peninsula west coast
 * Dive sites of the Cape Peninsula east coast


 * Dive sites of False Bay east coast
 * Fresh water dive sites of the Cape Town Metropolitan Area