Scuba Diving - Sodwana Bay South Africa

18-12-2021 2 Mile Reef Dive 1: Caves & Overhangs Dive 2: Antons Dive 3: Bikini 19-12-2021 7 Mile Reef Dive 1: Northen Wall 2 Mile - Caves & Overhangs Ave: 10m, Max: 16m Caves and Overhangs offer incredible coral formations consisting mostly of Plate and Staghorn corals, which together with the rocky substrate form numerous small caves and swim-throughs. The fish life is abundant, and almost anything can be seen which makes this site a very dynamic and colourful dive. 2 Mile - Antons Ave: 13m, Max: 16m Antons’ large profile makes it popular with divers. Nutrients are carried and pushed onto the reef by a predominantly north-south current, where large schools of fish hang. Slingers, Christies and Humpback snappers enjoy the feast. Don’t miss the Slender baardman on the northern sand patch. Large organisms like Turtles and Manta rays are also found feeding around the reef. 2 Mile - Bikini This is a very popular reef lying just outside of 2 Mile reef and separated from the actual 2 Mile reef by approximately 70 meters of sand. The reef is divided into 3 sections with Hop Scotch on the deeper side with maximum depth of 25 meters, Bikini ledge on the Northern part in 22 meters of water and then Mellow Yellow being the southern half of the reef with maximum depth of 18 meters. The Bikini ledge and Hop Scotch side of the reef is very popular for Manta Rays as this part of the reef is a big cleaning station. On Bikini ledge there are hundreds of cleaner shrimp in every nook and cranny and you will always find a fish or moray eel, lying with its mouth open getting seen to by the shrimps. This area of the reef almost always deliver a surprise of some sort, either being nudibranhs, pipefish, paperfish or some other beauty. Definitely a macro photographer’s dream playground. 7 Mile - Northen Wall Ave: 16m, Max: 22m This reef is regarded as the best dive site in Sodwana and has also been internationally rated as a top 10 dive site. The Northern wall, where the dive starts, have beautiful overhangs and hiding places for fish and you often find schooling snapper and fusilier here. Moving south towards mushroom rocks, the reef just keeps on giving amazing profile and fish life. This is an ideal multi-level dive site for Advanced-qualified divers. An interesting phenomena on 7 mile reef is the number of trumpetfish spotted, nowhere else in Sodwana Bay will you get the numbers.