Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/South-west Reefs

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

See also: Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay#Understand

A 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

This site is in the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area since 2004. A permit is required.

Name

The name "South-west Reefs" refers to the location to the south west of the Cape Penindula

Depth

Topography

Conditions

Get in

See also: Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay#Boat dives

Boat access only.

See

Marine life

See also: Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay#The marine ecology

Photography

Suggested Routes

Stay safe

See also: Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay#Stay safe

Hazards

Skills

Equipment

See also: Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay#Equipment

Nearby

• SS Bia 📍
• Star of Africa 📍
• SS Umhlali 📍
• Albatross Rock 📍

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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