Water

Learn to scuba dive

South Africa has a wonderful sunny climate, warm inviting seas and gorgeous coral reefs, making it the perfect place to learn how to scuba dive.

The Great White Trail

You’ve seen them in the movies, you’ve seen them on TV, now come and see for yourself: come face to face with a Great White shark.

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Pelagic diving with sharks

Cage diving with Great White sharks is a well-known and popular activity, but pelagic diving with mako and blue sharks? It's a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity.

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Diving with Cape Fur seals

Enjoy a fun-filled marine mammal experience when you go diving or snorkelling with Cape Fur seals along the southern Cape coast.

Storms River diving

The famed Garden Route is not just for sightseers and hikers. You can also enjoy fabulous snorkelling and diving at Storms River.

Plettenberg Bay's reefs

Plettenberg Bay's coral reefs offer exciting scuba diving for all levels of experience, including beginners. From shore dives to seal dives, there's an adventure for everyone.

Orange River Adventure

The Orange River adventure is a guided rafting experience that will lead you far from civilisation down this boundary river between South Africa and Namibia.

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Hartbeespoort Dam is a watersports mecca.

Windsurfing along the South African coast.

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Surf spots

Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape

South Africa’s surfing capital – surfing isn’t a sport here it’s a lifestyle, built around the finest places to ride waves in the country.
New Pier, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

Courtesy of the pier in the middle of Dairy beach, carve up some of the best man-made waves in Southern Africa. Some say it's the perfect wave…
Cave Rock, The Bluff, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

Serious surf – take off over an exposed reef and charge a top-to-bottom tube with a 10ft swell. Novices beware!
Kalk Bay Reef, Cape Town, Western Cape

Surf with a Mother City attitude – kiff (cool) consistent, left-breaking waves, and the occasional savage barrel.
Dungeons, Hout Bay, Western Cape

Home of the Red Bull Big Wave Africa surfing competition. When conditions are right, 7 storey (21m) snarling beasts are known to swallow and spit out the world’s best big wave pro’s. Stay on shore...
Nahoon Reef, East London, Eastern Cape

Power and speed will make you master of these reef waves - just ask the regulars who hang out here.
Victoria Bay, Wilderness, Garden Route

One of the Southern Cape’s best and most consistent point breaks.
Elandsbaai, West Coast, Western Cape

When the swell arcs around the point, ride a cylindrical wall that runs for 150m when conditions are right. Classic!
The Wild Coast, Eastern Cape

Lives up to its name - razor sharp reefs and powerful swells. A surfing rite of passage that’s not to be taken lightly.
The Kom, Noordhoek, Western Cape

Those-in-the-know reckon this big wave spot delivers “Hawaiian-style perfection”. Aloha!