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Underwater Photography Dive Charters

Taking the guesswork out of your underwater photography journey!

Dive charters to the best dive sites in false bay, cape town, South africa
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The diving in False Bay is rich and diverse and is, without a doubt, some of the most colourful and fascinating diving you will ever do!

Types of diving

We offer the following underwater-photographer friendly dive trips and private charters:

  • Pristine reefs
  • Glittering Kelp Forests
  • Diving with seals, sharks, rays
  • Wreck Dives
  • Shallow reefs
  • Deeper reefs

 

Photographer and film crew friendly boat charters

Our dive boat is designed with ample space for photographers, film makers and camera crew plus equipment. Our experienced skippers, instructors and dive guides are used to handling photography equipment and can assist you with all your requirements.

Our dive guides

Our experienced dive guides have been exploring False Bay since 1999 and will show you around the reefs and seek out the best critters for you.

Photographer-friendly diving

We are very photographer-friendly. Professional, dedicated dive guides are available to accompany underwater photographers and seek out the best critters. Our in-house photo pro can also accompany you and assist with your photography underwater.

Where we dive

Most of our diving is done along the beautiful eastern coastline of False Bay, between Strand and Betty’s Bay. However, we do also dive in Simon’s Town and the Atlantic Seaboard upon request and when conditions allow.

Eastern coastline of False Bay

This area stretches from the beautiful seaside village of Gordon’s Bay, nestled in the north eastern corner of False Bay and follows the eastern side of False Bay, all the way down to the little village of Betty’s Bay. There are over 18 different dive sites, ranging in depth from 7m to 35m.

What you will see

The marine life in False Bay is abundant and varied and you can expect to see many beautiful and fascinating marine animals on your dives with us:

  • Over 70 different types of nudibranchs
  • Seals
  • Rays, specifically the short tail stingray
  • Sharks, including shysharks, pyjama and leopard catsharks, gully sharks, sevengill cow sharks and bronze whalers
  • Schools of fish
  • Reef fish, including cute klipfish and comical rock suckers
  • Dolphins, for example common and bottlenose dolphins
  • Whales, for instance Bryde’s whales and Southern Right whales
  • Colourful sea fans 
  • Kelp forests
  • Sponges
  • Urchins
  • Feather stars
  • Anemones