The breathtaking dive sites:
Santos Reef - This reef forms the Western border of Mossel Bay's main swimming beach. Depth ranges from 2 to 7m. A short boat ride leads to a beautiful garden of featherworms, sea fans, redbait, octopus
and abundant schools of blacktail. On the edge of the reef, "Sanddollars" can be found.
Santos Wreck - The "Santos" was wrecked in 1874. The ship was carrying furs & timber when it ran aground during a gale force south easterly wind. The wreck is mostly covered with sand. However,
the mast, anchor and chain are still visible.
Mitch's Reef - This reef is 8m deep. A short fun boat ride will enable you to discover the deeper side of the reef without running low on air! Orange sponges up to 3m in length, banks of sea grass and large red romans can be found.
Sponge Reef - This scattered, but beautiful reef, with large sponges that are visited regularly by red romans, is lying in 22m to 25m of water. This is a superb dive for the advanced diver who appreciates the macroscopic life on reefs.
Phluffy Reef - The reef is awesome with some of the finest corals found on the garden route. Reef fish and large sea fans with basket stars entwined in their arms can be found in abundance.
Butterfly Wall - This reef is best dived off a boat to enable divers max time on the reef. It is 4 to 8m deep. During summer months, a variety of tropical fish, which are brought in by the warm Aghulas current, can be seen. Large
sea fans, yellow sponges and large, colourful anemones are found. This area is also the home of the famous long nose pipe fish thought to be extinct for many years, Shovel nose crayfish can often be found around the reef this creature is normally only found in depths exceeding 80m.
Windvogel Reef - A spectacular reef for the advanced diver. A check out bay dive is required before divers can attempt this dive. Drop offs from 3m to 20m. Max depth 33m. Caves, gullys, large fish, sharks, and seals. Exquisite colour abounds on the
rocks and in the crevices, so don't forget your torch.
Dollosse - (concrete structures that are placed to strengthen the harbour wall). Large Red Bait pods, anemones, black tail, crabs, cray fish, octopus and cuttle fish can be seen in this area.
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