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[Mark_C]

After reading all the scuba threads over the past year we have finally decided to take the plunge! Our scuba course is starting next week Monday at 6pm. This is perfect timing as we are going to Zimbali for 2 weeks on the 14th of Nov. My question is, where do you go for diving at coast and who should I contact. Any leads would be appreciated.

Oh yes we are going to buy all our soft gear this weekend and will be renting our hard gear till the SWAMBO is happy with the whole diving thing. We have been for a trial in March and all went well, problem is we could only stay in the shallow end so you never know what your ears will do.

Thanks!

Cheers

[kosmonooit]

Welcome to the abyss!

Sodwana Bay is good, I normally stay at Sodwana Bay Lodge.

[ricochet_rabbit]

Mark_C, on 27 October 2011 - 01:21 , said:

After reading all the scuba threads over the past year we have finally decided to take the plunge! Our scuba course is starting next week Monday at 6pm. This is perfect timing as we are going to Zimbali for 2 weeks on the 14th of Nov. My question is, where do you go for diving at coast and who should I contact. Any leads would be appreciated.

Oh yes we are going to buy all our soft gear this weekend and will be renting our hard gear till the SWAMBO is happy with the whole diving thing. We have been for a trial in March and all went well, problem is we could only stay in the shallow end so you never know what your ears will do.

Thanks!

Cheers

Best bet is to probably head 300km up the coast to Sodwana or 100km south to Umkomaas (Aliwal Shoal).

Edited by ricochet_rabbit, 27 October 2011 - 01:46 .

[Wayne Potgieter]

Dived both.

Prefer aliwal.

So much so that i am going there next weekend.

[Wayne Potgieter]

Call Carol and Ferdi of blue vision dive centre.

039 973 1345

[Mark_C]

Thank you Wayne, I followed all your scuba posts and it was because of all the good posts that we decided to give it a bash!

[Wayne Potgieter]

Mark_C, on 27 October 2011 - 02:36 , said:

Thank you Wayne, I followed all your scuba posts and it was because of all the good posts that we decided to give it a bash!

Thanks - glad to be of help.

Its an amazing world under there.

You will only truly appreciate it once under water.

I have so far in the last year dived ponta, sodwana and aliwal.

But ive been back 3 times to aliwal.

The conditions are rougher - but definately worth it.

Schools of lion fish, plenty shark - rays, turtles, dolphins.

Its beautiful.

Who are you doing your course with?

[Puncheur]

Be prepared for magic once you get through the theory and pool training...

[DaSH82]

Speak to divernick... he has a wealth of experience in the diving industry...

Edited by DaSH82, 27 October 2011 - 06:32 .

[Mark_C]

We are doing our through Scuba-Licious in Fourways. Starts on Monday with final dive at Miracle waters. After that its off to the coast!

[Yang]

Save up then for a visit to Inhambane in Mozambique. Guinjata Bay. The dive sites are pristine and you will see manta rays,and shallow enough reefs to see fish and reef at their best in termso f colour and brightness. My very first dive was at Guinjata and I got close enogh to a whale shark to stretch out my hand and touch it, if i'd wanted to. When you're at Aliwal ask the guys what time of year it is that the sand sharks come in for their breeding season, and mark off your diary for that period. The sea bed is covered with 100's of sand sharks. You can't swim around them- you have to leopard crawl along the sea bed so as to not disturb them. And you must vist raggy tooth cave- you may be lucky enough to see a shark inside it- an incredible world, magical.

[Wayne Potgieter]

Yang, on 27 October 2011 - 09:29 , said:

Save up then for a visit to Inhambane in Mozambique. Guinjata Bay. The dive sites are pristine and you will see manta rays,and shallow enough reefs to see fish and reef at their best in termso f colour and brightness. My very first dive was at Guinjata and I got close enogh to a whale shark to stretch out my hand and touch it, if i'd wanted to. When you're at Aliwal ask the guys what time of year it is that the sand sharks come in for their breeding season, and mark off your diary for that period. The sea bed is covered with 100's of sand sharks. You can't swim around them- you have to leopard crawl along the sea bed so as to not disturb them. And you must vist raggy tooth cave- you may be lucky enough to see a shark inside it- an incredible world, magical.

Sandys are mid november.

and raggies is a must - agree wholeheartedly.

As for inhambane - thats next on my list

[divernick]

My wife's a booking agent for Red Sea Liveaboard diving trips. We're putting together a trip for Setember.

Visit Red Sea Diving.co.za for more info. All of the photos on the site were taken by me last time I was there.

Edited by divernick, 10 January 2012 - 09:04 .

[GrumpyOldGuy]

I was at Aliwal two weeks ago and took this shot, I use slides so I had to wait for it to be developed, it loses a bit in the scanning process, but I kinda like it.

[TNOSE_E]

GrumpyOldGuy, on 03 February 2012 - 03:16 , said:

I was at Aliwal two weeks ago and took this shot, I use slides so I had to wait for it to be developed, it loses a bit in the scanning process, but I kinda like it.


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at the Cathedral? or whatever that raggy breeding spot is called again

[geecee]

Wayne_Potgieter2, on 27 October 2011 - 02:00 , said:

Call Carol and Ferdi of blue vision dive centre.

039 973 1345

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