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Scuba diving in South Africa but especially wreck diving around Cape Point and Cape Town, the area where many VOC ships perished over the centuries, is one of the most popular activities.
Wreck diving in and around the hundreads of wrecks around the Cape Peninsula is challenging or easy, what ever your experience in wreck diving permits: who wouldn't like to explore some of the old VOC shipwrecks that sunk on the Cape Coast?
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Scuba diving in the waters around Cape Town is a fabulous experience, one you as an experienced diver or diver to be should not miss.
Take for instance the area around Cape of Good Hope. Here the waters are rich in sea life with many animal and fish species, kelp forests and many species of soft coral.
Here you will see Cape Fur Seals, and do not be surprised when a pod of dolphins swims a long and stops to greet you for a while. In season, you might see a whale from the distance.
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Two currents determine the temperature of the ocean around Cape Town: The Benguela current from the Antarctic and Atlantic Ocean and the warm Agulhas from the Indian Ocean.
These differences in temperature result in a very rich and diverse underwater world: Kelp forests, bright orange Elephant sponges that grow up to two meters high! You will also see a wide variety of fish. Always though that sharks are scary? Not the Shy Shark. This tiny shark does not grow bigger than 50 cm. Interesting is that, when the shark is afraid - for instance when you want to touch or hold it - it rolls itself into a donut.
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In Smitswinkel Bay, a beautiful bay on the Cape Peninsula, you will find wrecks of navy ships that were 'put to sleep' around 1975. It is a complete surrealistic experience to swim through, along and above the ships.
The oldest shipwreck on the Cape coast is Huis te Kraaiestein, a VOC ship that sank in 1698 in Camps Bay. The remains, including VOC canons, lie in the kelp forests.
Have you always wanted to dive for the Titanic? The Maori, a British steamship, is a good alternative. The Maori, which measured 175 meters, sank close to Hout Bay in 1909. Its load: hundreds of champagne bottles, Persian rugs, priceless china and more.
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One of the diving schools in Cape Town Scuba Shack, where you can turn to for your PADI Open water certificate. Scuba Shack is a PADI Five Star Gold Palm Dive Center with two offices in Cape Town.
With a PADI Open Water, and internationally recognized diving certificate, you may scuba dive everywhere in the world.
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Diving with a scuba diving school with five PADI stars is like dining at a restaurant with three Michelin Stars: It won't get better!
A diving school with five PADI stars has qualified diving instructors, its own boat, and excellent diving equipment.
In Cape Town, one of the scuba diving schools with five PADI stars is Scuba Shack.
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Of course you can try a dive to see if you would like to learn to dive in South Africa.
This is called 'Discover Scuba' in South Africa, during which you will be introduced with the art of scuba diving for an entire day.
At the dive school in Cape Town you can book a day of 'discovering Scuba diving' for R695.
This includes basic scuba diving theory, and you learn to dive with two introductory dives: one in the swimming pool and one in the ocean on the False Bay side.
After a Discover Scuba experience, you may continue learning by doing your PADI Open Water Certificate. Or you can snorkel or dive with Cape Fur Seals: A PADI trial dive entitles you to dive for a year, under supervision of a diving instructor.
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Dive Centres in Cape Town offers you different 4-day options when it comes to doing your PADI Open Water Course & getting you PADI Open water Scuba diving certificate. The cost of doing your PADI in Cape Town might vary but is affordable.
The budget price of the PADI Open Water Course option (+/- R2500+) includes PADI open water course material, hire of scuba diving gear, five dive sessions in a swimming pool and four dives in the ocean. (ask CapeTownMagazine.com for specials).
The cost of the economy PADI Open Water Course option (+/-R3300+) includes all above, but entitles you to keep your diving mask, snorkel, diving boots and flippers after completion of the PADI Open Water Course in Cape Town.
The Executive PADI Open Water Course Option (+/-R5000) includes a complete diving course in Cape Town (5 dives in the swimming pool and 4 in the ocean), your PADI open water course material and hire of diving gear but also a complete wetsuit with diving mask, diving boots, snorkel and flippers.
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When signing up for a PADI Open Water dive course, look for a five star PADI dive school.
Five star means the best standard in PADI diving, and is not about the luxury, nor price. We selected Scubashack, a very good dive centre in Cape Town.
With your PADI course in Cape Town keep in mind that the hire of your diving gear is included. You don't need anything, apart from a sense of adventure, loads of good spirits and a bottle of sun screen!
Health wise, everyone who is older than ten years and who is in good health may sign up for a PADI scuba diving course. Prior the course you will need to fill out an extensive medical check list as some conditions - like a hernia or epilepsy - require a doctors statement that you are fit enough to dive. Keep that in mind when thinking of signing up for a diving course.
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It is true, indeed! In the area of Cape Town you can snorkel and scuba dive with Cape Fur Seals. It is one day of pure fun, being surrounded by these funny and curious animals. The best thing is: Not too many people know about this!
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The Marine life in the waters around Cape Town is very interesting and very varied.
The sepia octopus for instance, which hovers through in the water as a space ship, is a very interesting creature as it changes colour according to the background. The chameleon of the sea!
The brightly coloured Red Roman is very interesting as well. This species of fish lives in big shoals with one dominant female. The rest of the gang is male. When the female dies, one of the males undergoes a gender change and becomes the leader of the pack.
The nocturnal Basket Star resembles to a plant, thanks to its long tentacles, but it is an animal! Its strong arms waive in the current, absorbing nutrients from the water.
You will also have up close and personal encounters with small sharks. They might look scary, but they are far from dangerous. Take the Shy shark. This tiny shark does not exceed 50cm and when it is cared or startled, it rolls itself up to a donut.
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The Coastline of the Western Cape is scattered with ship wrecks, from ships from the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to modern vessels who sank recently: The past centuries hundreds of ships have perished between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas.
These sunken ships all contribute to extremely interesting scuba diving expeditions around Cape Town. Wreck diving can be done at all levels of experience. From starters to experienced divers: Everyone that is interested can join a shipwreck diving expedition.
It is an awesome experience, being surrounded by old and recent history - especially in case of old VOC ships - and underwater nature. You will see fish, lobster, crayfish, small sharks, octopus and more.
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Yes, you can! A night dive in the water surrounding Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope is an unforgettable experience! You will hover quietly through fluorescent plankton, through which you can only see the contours of the fish and other sea creatures.
You will also see certain kinds of octopuses that will only show themselves after nightfall.
With a strong torch you will discover the other and hidden side of Cape Town's underwater world.
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Scuba diving around Cape Town is interesting for all scuba divers, from starters to the more experienced. This because the Cape underwater world is incredibly interesting.
You can chose for a shipwreck dive, a night dive or a 'normal' dive. You can also dive or snorkel with Cape Fur Seals. Apart from that, Scuba Shack in Cape Town offers a wide range of scuba diving courses as for instance Advanced Open Water Course, Rescue Diving, Master Scuba Diver, and Dive Master.
Scuba Shack also offers special trainings on various aspects of scuba diving techniques and under water photography.
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To be very short: No. Don't let the media scare you with stories about people who were attacked by Great White Sharks. Never has there been a diver attacked or killed by a Great White, simply because they are not interested and do not see food in scuba divers.
Besides, sharks are kept at distance because the bubbles. They do not like the noise and will therefore stay away.
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The best time of the year for scuba diving in Cape Town varies. In False Bay, scuba diving is always great. For a shipwreck dive, the winter is the best time of year (April - September) because of the transparence of the water, thanks to the Northwesterly wind.
On the Atlantic side, the best time of year to scuba dive is the summer (December - February).
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The water temperature around Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope varies. Do not expect tropical temperatures, but it is definitely not too cold to make a beautiful dive.
In False Bay, the water temperature lies in between 14 and 21 degrees Celsius while the temperature of the Atlantic Ocean lies between 11 and 14 degrees Celsius. This is not a problem if you are diving with a good wetsuit.
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Is scuba diving your great passion and do you want to become an instructor?
Are you planning to learn to dive & live abroad for a couple of months to train yourself in the ins and outs of diving in South Africa?
Do you like people and nature as well as teaching? And doing an instructor course in Cape Town as well?
Than it might be your calling to become a diving instructor after doing the dive instructor course in Cape Town, South Africa.
A course to become a diving instructor is available at the five star dive school of Scuba Shack in Cape Town. The instructor course includes a complete dive master training as well as accommodation in Cape Town.
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