- Angela's trip Aliwal Shoal
2005-08-06 - Aliwal Shoal Produce Wreck, Hibiscus Coast, South Africa
30.5m - 30 min
Very hard to defend to wreck, beautiful, 120m long. saw very rare Harlequins Goldie's (gold and purple little fish), huge bull ray, 2 lion fish, natal catfish, school of brinjal salmon, sailfish, potatoes bass, octopus, great visibility! saw humped backed whale and calf as we surfaced. Owner of the charter dived too.
Dived Cathedral Took a bit long to get down but great visibility, 4 ragged tooth sharks with pilot fish, very agile and beautiful. Many trigger fish on the way up, beautiful trumpet fish, huge starfish and small yellow and brown starfish. gold-saddle goatfish watched it feed.
Pinnacles, Ridge and Raggies Cave Very rough seeds had to enter through lagoon on river. huge swells, spotted dolphins. Did quick decent due to current and drift. Saw trigger fish, 3 nudibranch, 1 very large bull ray and small spotted ray, saw +-100 raggy sharks and 1 black tip at the end of dive. Large pod of dolphins above us and whale circling. Saw boxy amongst shark, large game fish and potato bass. Lots of trumpet fish, very cold dive but very exciting with lots of sharks, came very close, inexperienced dive group :( Full wet suit and booties Mosquito
2009-06-14 - Raggies Cave, Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas, South Africa
23.7m - 45 min - Dived with Aliwal Dive Centre
Began dive at potholes then moved onto North Sands, Pinnacles and Raggie's cave. Saw 4 raggies varying between 2 to 4 m, a large turtle, boxy, very large yellow trumpet fish, France madam, parrot fish and nudies. Saw 2 humpbacks very close to the boat on the ride back, lovely dive a bit cold. Full wet suit and booties mosquito
2009-10-31 - Aliwal Shoal, Hibiscus Coast, South Africa
17.7m - 49 min - Dived with Hayley from Blue Vision Dive Centre
Very rough launch and boat ride. Dived with Ant & Carl, very cold dive. I battled to descend and problems with buoyancy throughout the dive. I saw a moray eel, crayfish, ray, potato bass, chromodoris bouchetie, a boxy, divided wrasse, tassled scorpion fish.
2009-11-14 - Aliwal Shoal, Scottburg, South Africa
21.9m - 57 min - Dived with Blue Vision Dive Centre
Flat sea :) Dived with Ant & Kerry and beginner drivers :( Dived Channel and did 400m around the shoal, saw a small moral eel, 2 raggies, 2 White-tip reef sharks, three nudis, 3 boxies (2 yellow ones), yellow trumpet fish and two very long blue ones. Full wet suit and booties and chicken vest Mosquito
2009-12-19 - Aliwal Shoal Produce Wreck, Hibiscus Coast, South Africa
23.1m - 7 min - Dived with Hayley from Blue Vision Dive Centre
Slow descent, current caused us not to join the group but just behind. Found the DM and resurfaced due to 2 lost divers, went back down and lost divers again; lots of jellyfish and plankton. Full wet suit and booties, gloves and chicken vest Mosquito New BCD - Zeegal Zena
2009-12-19 - Aliwal Shoal Produce Wreck, Hibiscus Coast, South Africa
29.5m - 12 min - Dived with Hayley from Blue Vision Dive Centre
Slow descent, sore ears, went down to and and couldn't find Produce, aborted dive. Went from good vis first 5m, then next 15m poor vis, then last 10m, poor again. Full wet suit and booties, gloves and chicken vest Mosquito New BCD - Zeegal Zena
2009-12-20 - Inside Edge, Aliwal Shoal - umkomaas, South Africa
24.7m - 38 min - Dived with Dean from Blue Vision Dive Centre
North Sands, went up inside edge Awesome dive, took long time to descent due to ears but very chilled dive. Lots of fish, nudis, crayfish, paperfish, 3 boxies, wrasse, parrot fish, Goldie's and trumpet fish. Saw big pod of dolphins on surface. New BCD is great, with integrated weights, gloves and chicken vest kept me very warm! :) Full wet suit and booties, gloves and chicken vest Mosquito New BCD - Zeegal Zena
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