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 edit
This is a place you go to see Great White sharks.
Position edit
- S34°08.25’ E018°34.95’ 1 Seal Island
This site is not in a Marine Protected Area (2004). A permit is not required.
Name edit
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 edit
Shallow - less than 2 m in the cage.
Topography edit
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.
Conditions edit
Get in edit
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
See edit
Marine life edit
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.
Photography edit
Suggested Routes edit
Get in the cage, watch for sharks, get out again. Repeat if you have the time.
Stay safe edit
Hazards edit
No significant hazards as you dive in the cage.
Skills edit
No special skills required. Cage dives are usually done on snorkel.
Equipment edit
All you need is wet suit, weights, mask, snorkel and camera
Nearby edit
- 1 Choirboys Reef
- 2 Drop Zone
- 3 East Shoal
- 4 Moddergat
- 5 Sterretjies Reef
- 6 York Shoal
- 7 SAS Fleur
- 8 Offshore Barges – North Barge
- 9 Steenbras Deep - South Pinnacles
- 10 Blue Flame Pinnacles
- 11 SATS General Botha
- 12 Off-Whittle Ridge
- 13 SAS Bloemfontein
- 14 Whittle Rock
- 15 Bruce's Mark
- 16 Deep South Whittle Reef
- 17 Anvil Rock
- 18 SS Lusitania
- 19 Rocky Bank
Back to the Alphabetical list of sites, or list of reef dive sites in the northern False Bay offshore area
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