Cape Fur Seal Dive

The location of this dive, Partridge Point, is close to Pyramid Rock and is an option to do before the Seven Gill Cow shark dive.

The Cape Fur Seal is a fascinating marine mammal that is curious and very playful. As such the seals often approach divers and groups of seals will often put on a display of underwater “hydrobatics” and make mock charges at divers before swerving away at the last moment.

They live in colonies which can range from a few hundred individuals, such as the dive site at Partridge Point, to huge colonies like Seal Island in False Bay or Duiker Islandoff the Sentinel in Hout Bay – where they can number in the tens of thousands.

It can be a lot of fun to dive or snorkel with the seals, as they often loll at the surface, warming their flippers in the sun or congregating in groups waiting to head out to sea to hunt for fish. They also make great photographic subjects – if you are quick enough!

Partridge Point also has a lot of life on the reef as being on a point means a lot of water moves across the reef. This makes it possible at times to see featherstars, wall sponges, nudibranchs, crustaceans, starfish, brittlestars and occasionally basket starfish.

• Minimum dive certification required: Open Water One
• Dive Depth: Ave 12 meters to 22 meters
• Water temperature: 10 to 20 C
• Water visibility: 3 to 20 meters
• Dive time: 30 to 50 minutes.
• Cylinder and weight belt is included in dive price. All other dive gear can be hired at an additional cost.
• All dives are weather permitting and subject to good sea conditions.

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