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Dive sites nearby

Mellow Yellow, Sodwana Bay

This dive site is nice for beginner divers, it is also only accessible by boat. This site is at the southern end of Bikini and is named Mellow Yellow due to the large number of large shoals of yellow fish found in the area.

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2 Mile Stringer

This site is like an oasis in the desert – 2 rocky outcroppings surrounded by sand. Game fish are regular visitors and is also known as a nursery area for juvenile fish. It is home to a variety of creatures . This dive site is only accessible by boat. The depth is between 10 and 13m and is situated beyond the backline. It is best dived in flat conditions, ensuring that the current is not too strong.

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Hopscotch

This is a divesite for advanced divers and is also only accessible via a boat ride. It is a dive site that is known for its sightings of Manta Rays.

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Jessor Canyon Cave

Home of the Coelacanth. This reef is sub 100m deep and forms part of Jessor Canyon. This section of Jessor Canyon slopes down from 90m to approximately 130m.

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Bikini

This dive site is only accessible by boat. The bikini dive site has an average depth of 18m and a maximum of 22m and is known as a photographer’s playground. This area of the reef always delivers a surprise of some sort such as nudibranchs, pipefish, paper fish, or some other beauty.

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Rooneys

This dive site is only accessible via boat. Rooneys is best dived by advanced divers who are qualified to dive nitrox so they can take full advantage of the spectacular sightings on this reef.

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Antons

Antons is one of the best dives in Sodwana. Anton’s Reef is so-named after one of the first dive operators in Sodwana Bay (1980’s) – Anton Buchel. On this reef you will find various gullies, a long swim-through, and boulders surrounded by sand patches. Numerous varieties of coral such as fleshy soft coral, table, and spiral coral, as well as colourful sponges cover the area. This dive site is only accessible via boat with an average depth of 12m and a maximum depth of 16m.

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Compass Rocks Sodwana Bay

16m depth. This area comprises of loose standing rocks surrounded by sand. The rocks are between Stringer Reef and Anton’s Reef. The name was given to these rocks as this made a good place to do compass navigation dives.

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Trenches - 2 Mile Reef

This section of reef is on the sea ward side of 2 mile reef and forms part of the sloping section toward the deeper part of 2 Mile Reef. The reef forms trench like structures where coral reef and sand channels alternate.

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Deep Sponge - 2 Mile Reef

An advanced dive site about 500m to the seaward side of Two Mile Reef. Deep Sponge is named for its huge vase-like sponges. The reef is rather flat sloping down towards the seaward side. At 27m is falls down to 30m with a slight wall on the seaward side.

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