The lovely thing about diving is that there are many wonderful places in the worlds where you can do it...
Personally I don't advocate a holiday where you only dive, but I also feel that almost no holiday is complete without a dive.
Each dive site is unique, from the beautiful walls of the Red Sea to the amazing reefs of Sodwana.
Browse through the articles to find out more about some of these dive site and be sure to check out the events section for information on our next trip...
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Written by Edgar King
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 18:01 |
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Bikini is one of the more popular dive sites on two mile (Sodwanas reefs are roughly named after how far they are situated from the launch point... all the reefs are within sight of land and the name does not relate to how far from the shore they are).
This dive site lies between 20 and 22 meters and consists of a reef running approximately from north to south and bordered by sand on the shore side.
Sodwana is one of the best places to see the various turtle species that inhabit our coastline including the Loggerhead and legendary Leatherback amongst others.
Be sure to look for some of the beautiful Plate and Spiral coral growing there and don't forget to look underneath them for what may be hiding in the shadows! Please remember the coral is very fragile and takes forever to grow so practice your bouyancy.
The caves and ledges along Bikini host a number of different cleaner shrimp as well as those beuatiful blue and black striped cleaner Wrasse. Many fish will visit these cleaning stations for a bit of grooming.
Bikini is usually dived from the Northen point close to Hopscotch down to Mellow Yellow in the South, but this is dependant on the tide and sea conditions.
Other fish to look out for include Coachman at the northern end of Bikini and some Garden eels in the sand.
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Written by Edgar King
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 19:52 |
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Stringer must be my favourite dive site of all... whenever I make it to Sodwana I do everything I can to do at least one dive on Stringer. Unfortuantely it is a very shallow reef, varying from around 11 m in the south to around 13 at Little Stringer) which means that it is best avoided whene there is a strong current or surge.
The shallow depth does however mean that everything is bright and full of colour.
One usually drops in on Little Stringer, directly into a massive school of blue and yellow striped Snapper that are always there.
Once on the reef you move slowly around Little Stringer past the Anvil shaped rock and around the other side back to Snapper. There are usally a lot of nudibranchs to be see so keep your eyes open! Also take a look under overhangs for rare pink or white Paperfish. From here swim directly over Little Stringer and over the small sand patch to get to the rest of Stringer reef. On most days the visibility should be good enough to see the the reef on the other side of the sand, but if not just follow your friendly neighbourhood divemaster.
There is a lot to see at the start of Stringer reef so take extra time here. There are usually a couple of morays in the small cave at the start of the reef.
 
Coming down the west side of the reef there are a lot of little caves and overhangs. There are at least two large cleaner shrimp caves... spend a bit of time here getting a manicure (just hold very still by the cave with your hand out and the little cleaner shrimp will scuttle nervously closer until they are sitting on your hand. There are usually quite a few juveniles on this reef - look out for the juvenile Emperor Angelfish with its bright blue, white and black colouring.
The wide sand patches around this reef also make this an excellent place to see all the species of rays (Honeycomb, Round Ribbontail and the Marbeled Electric Ray).
Happy Diving!
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 February 2010 20:58 |
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