offshore dive site at the south end of the cape Peninsula west coast
The dive site South-west Reefs is an inshore to offshore rocky reef in the South Peninsula area on the Atlantic Seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Understand
editA massive area of shallow reef and kelp beds to the west of the tip of the peninsula. It is the haunt of spear-fisherman and crayfish catchers and is unexplored on scuba.
Position
editThis site is in the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area since 2004. A permit is required.
Name
editThe name "South-west Reefs" refers to the location to the south west of the Cape Peninsula
Depth
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Topography
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editNearby
editBack to the Alphabetical list of sites, or list of dive sites in the Atlantic South Peninsula area
Other regional dive sites:
- Dive sites of Table Bay and approaches
- Dive sites of the Cape Peninsula east coast
- Dive sites of False Bay offshore and approaches
- Dive sites of False Bay east coast
- Fresh water dive sites of the Cape Town Metropolitan Area