This listing of dive sites is part of the regional guide for Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay which is intended to provide the already qualified scuba diver with information which will help to plan dives in the waters of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay, whether as a local resident or a visitor. Information is provided without prejudice, and is not guaranteed accurate or complete. Use it at your own risk. Expand or correct it when you can.
The region described is within a day trip by road from any part of greater Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa and includes over 300 named dive sites for which positions are recorded, which is a lot for any single destination.
Detailed information on individual dive sites is provided in the sub-articles linked from this list. The information in the site descriptions ranges from superficial to highly detailed, depending on what is known about the site. There may be a map. The bathymetric charts by SURGMAP are updated as and when new survey data is collected, and are mapped by swimming the contours towing a GPS buoy. They are reasonably accurate – within a couple of metres usually – and reliable for what is shown, but seldom complete. It is quite possible that some tall pinnacles have been missed. There is no guarantee that you will not discover one by hitting it with your boat. If you do, please let us know.
In some instances a dive site sub-article will include several sites which are in close proximity, as much of the information will be common to them all. In other cases, usually involving wreck sites, two adjacent sites will each have its own sub-article, but if two or more wrecks lie in the same position, or with substantial overlap, they will be described in the same sub-article.
Understand
[edit]This is a list for quick reference of drop point and entry point positions intended for divers and dive boat skippers who are already familiar with the dive sites and conditions likely to be encountered. Positions do not take into account drift due to wind and current.
This listing also gives links to all the dive site articles in the region, which give regional information and planning suggestion., The regional lists also list the usual drop point or entry positions for each site. Each site is geolocated on the interactive map.
More detailed information on the dive regions of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay, and similar listings of the dive sites in those regions can be found at:
Maps
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[edit]- 1 13th Apostle: S33°59.486' E18°19.922'
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[edit]- 1 A-Frame (Oatlands Point): S34°12.484' E018°27.662'
- 2 MV Afrikaner: S33°50.012' E018°20.686'
- 3 Albatross Rock: S34°16.495' E18°22.197'
- 1 Andre se Gat: S34°18.25' E018°48.76' (estimated)
- 2 Ankers: S34°17.350' E018°49.377'
- 2 Alpha Reef (Outer Spaniard): S34°12.987' E018°28.184'
- 3 Ammunition Barges: S34°11.408' E018°26.985'
- 4 Antipolis: S33°59.06' E018°21.37' (Bow section)
- Anvil Rock
- 1 Anvil Rock caves: S36°22.244' E18°31.068' — Approx 20 m deep, area of nice caves/swim-throughs:
- 2 Anvil Rock 3 m pinnacle: S34°22.218' E18°31.090'
- 5 MV Aster: S34°03.891' E018°20.955'
- 6 RMS Athens: S33°53.85' E018°24.57'
- 1 Atlantis Reef: S34°15' E018°29'
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[edit]- 7 Bakoven Rock: S33°57.555' E018°22.204'
- 3 Balcony: S34°18.454' E018°48.911'
- Bantry Bay
- 8 Bantry Bay: S33°55.56' E018°22.65'
- 9 Bantry Bay Pinnacles: S33°55.535' E018°22.156'
- 4 HNMS Bato: S34°10.998' E018°25.560'
- Batsata Rock Reefs
- 2 Banging Rocks Reef: S34°16.775' E018°28.830'
- 3 Batsata Blinder: S34°16.553' E018°28.840' — The half-tide rock north of the exposed rock.
- 4 Batsata Rock: S34°16.602' E018°28.830' — Granite reef. Fairly shallow around the exposed rocks.
- Bellows Rock
- 3 Bellows Rock: S34°23.379' E018°29.433'
- 4 Wreckless Reef (at Bellows Rock): S34°23.33' E018°29.39'
- 10 SS Bia: Bow section: S34°16.140' E018°22.812' Main section: S34°16.217' E018°22.638'
- 4 Bikini Beach: S34°09.923 E18°51.492
- 5 Billy's Reef: S34°15.237' E18°34.126'
- 6 SAS Bloemfontein: near S34°14.655' E018°39.952'
- 5 Blouklip (Bloukrans): S34°16.439' E018°50.163'
- 6 Blousteen Ridge: S34°16.497' E018°49.924'
- Blue Flame Pinnacles
- 7 Blue Flame North Pinnacles: S34°12.700' E018°33.250'.
- 8 Blue Flame South Pinnacles: S34°12.837' E018°33.355'.
- Blue Rock Quarry: S34°07.536' E18°54.066'
- 11 Boardroom Pinnacle: S33°58.761' E018°21.151'
- 5 Boat Rock (Bakoven Rock): S34°14.05' E18°29.05'
- 6 Bordjiesrif: S34°18.99' E018°27.83'
- Bruce's Mark
- 9 Bruce's Mark S34°14.880' E18°34.880'
- 10 Bruce's Mark Western Pinnacle: S34°14.835' E18°34.610'
- 5 Brunswick: S34°10.880' E018°25.607'
- 7 Buffels Bay: S34°19.217' E018°27.73'
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[edit]- 12 Canyon: S34°02.595' E018°18.073'
- 13 SS Cape Matapan: S33°53.233' E018°24.533'
- Caravan Reef
- 8 Caravan Central east pinnacle: S34°13.436' E018°28.562'
- 9 Caravan Central north pinnacle: S34°13.408' E018°28.528'
- 10 Inner Caravan Reef: S34°13.500' E018°28.450'
- 11 North Caravan Reef: S34°13.352' E018°28.733'
- 12 PMB Pinnacles: S34°13.311' E018°28.564'
- 13 South Caravan Reef: S34°13.513' E018°28.721'
- Castle Rocks and Parson's Nose:
- 14 Castle Rocks North Side: S34°14.322' E018°28.65'
- 15 Castle Rocks Point Reefs (Outside Castle): S34°14.4' E018°28.8'
- 16 Inner Castle (South Castle): S34°14.46 E018°28.674'
- Castor Rock reefs
- 6 Central Pinnacle: S34°10.720' E018°27.605'. – Top of the main reef.
- 7 Northern Pinnacle: S34°10.690' E018°27.590' &mndash; Across a narrow sand bottomed gap to the north of the main reef.
- 8 Roman's Rest: S34°10.831' E018°27.802'. At the east end of the south lobe of Castor Reef.
- 9 Southwest Pinnacle: S34°10.765' E018°27.650'
- 10 Southeast Pinnacle: S34°10.765' E018°27.600'
- 11 Wonders Pinnacle: S34°10.812' E018°27.650'. On the west side of the south lobe of Castor Rock.
- 11 Choirboys Reef: S34°08.005' E18°45.270'
- 14 SS Clan Monroe: S34°08.817' E18°18.949'
- 12 SS Clan Stuart: S34°10.303' E018°25.842'
- 15 Cleeve's Tunnel: S33°56.540' E018°21.894'
- 16 Clifton Rocks: S33°56.346' E018°22.222'
- 7 Container Bay (Mike's Bay): S34°18.75' E018°49.05' (approximate)
- Coral Gardens (Oudekraal)
- 17 Coral Gardens (inshore pinnacles): S33°59.270' E018°20.782'
- 18 Coral Gardens Offshore Pinnacle
- 8 Coral Gardens (Rooi-els): S34°18.144' E018°48.795'
- Cow and Calf
- 9 Cow and Calf: S34°10.310' E018°50.263'
- 10 Stone Dog: S34°10.458' E018°50.183'
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[edit]- 19 MV Daeyang Family: S33°50.388' E18°23.133'
- 13 Dale Brook: S34°07.436' E018°27.154'
- 12 Deep South Whittle Reef: S34°16.414' E018°34.009'
- 14 D-Frame (Oatlands Reef, Wave Rock): S34°12.378' E018°27.996'
- 20 Die Josie: S34° 04.497' E018° 21.256'
- 21 Die Perd: S34°02.282' E18°18.324'
- Di's Cracks About 300 m northwest (328° magnetic) of Vulcan Rock
- 22 Di's Cracks 9 m Pinnacle: S34°03.873' E018°18.417' – Big pointy topped boulder jammed into the top of a crack with a big swim-through underneath.
- 23 Di's Cracks 14 m pinnacle: S34°03.855' E018°18.400' – Big 14 m deep, flat topped boulder pinnacle on top of the main reef outcrop.
- 15 Dome Rock: S34°11.119' E018°27.776' (Dome Rock pinnacle)
- 24 Dreadlocks Reef: S33°58'22.05" S18°21'42.59"
- 13 Drop Zone: S34°08.561' E18°45.829'
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[edit]- 14 East Shoal: S34°08'54" E18°38'47"
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[edit]- 16 False Bay Yacht Club moorings: S34°11.527' E18°26.048'.
- 17 Fan Reef: S34°14.165' E18°29.260'
- 18 Finlay's Point (Jenga Reef): S34°14.959' E018°28.611'
- Finlay's Point offshore pinnacles
- 19 Carnaby Street Pinnacle: S34°14.980' E018°28.920'
- 20 Finlay's Pinnacle: S34°14.970' E018°28.780'
- 21 Graeme's Spot: S34°14.9029'
- 22 The Jambles: S34°14.885' E018°28.890'
- 23 Finlay's Deep (Mont Blanc): S34°15.005' E018°29.194'
- 17 Fisherman's Beach: S34°12.357' E018°27.497'
- 18 Fish Hoek Reef: S34°08.292' E018°26.676'
- 15 SAS Fleur: S34°10.832' E018°33.895'
- Friskies Pinnacles
- 19 Friskies Pinnacle: S34°10.778' E018°27.822', the larger and shallower reef to the south.
- 20 North Friskies Pinnacle: S34°10.720' E018°27.830', the smaller and deeper reef to the north.
- 21 Froggy pond: S34°12.22' E018°27.40'
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[edit]- 25 SAS Gelderland: S34°02.070' E018°18.180'
- 26 Geldkis Blinder: S33°58.67' E018°21.62'
- 27 Geldkis: S33°58.73' E018°21.61'
- 28 MV Gemsbok: S33°53.0' E018°20.5'
- 16 SATS General Botha: S34°13.679' E018°38.290'
- 24 Giant's Castle: S34°14.362' E018°29.225'
- 22 Glencairn Fan Garden: S34°09.418' E018°26.412'.
- 17 ST Godetia: S34°6' E018°44'
- 25 SAS Good Hope: S34°16.80' E018°28.851' (midships)
- 26 Good Hope Reef: S34°16.049' E018°28.899'
- 29 Groot Pannekoek: S33°59.13' E018°20.75'
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[edit]- Hakka Reef (Middelmas): S34°01.747' E018°18.328'
- 30 Die Middelmas: S34°01.747' E018°18.328'
- 31 Hakka Reef Southeast pinnacles: S34°01.780' E018°18.380'
- 32 Hakka Reef Sven's Caves pinnacles: S34°01.760' E018°18.420'
- Hangklip Ridge (no marks yet)
- 33 MV Harvest Capella: S34°01.600' E018°18.750'
- 34 Het Huis te Kraaiestein: S33°58.85' E018°21.65'
- 35 Highfields: S33°53.13' E018°25.83' (Bow)
- 36 Humpback Ridge: S34°01.548' E018°18.142'
- 37 SS Hypatia: S33°50.10' E018°22.90' (Turner 1988)
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[edit]- 23 Insanity Reef: S34°12.817' E018°28.044'
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[edit]- 18 Josh's Reef: S34°16.334' E18°33.075' (separate reef to the south of Whittle Rock)
- 38 Justin's Caves: S33°58.85' E018°21.50'
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[edit]- 24 Kalk Bay Harbour Wall: S34:07.787' E018:26.967'
- 39 Kanobi's Wall: S34°02.365' E018°18.138'
- 40 MV Katsu Maru: S34°03.910' E018°20.942' (middle of the wreck)
- 41 MV Keryavor and the Jo May: S34°02.037' E018°18.636'
- 42 Klein Pannekoek: S33°58.91' E018°21.09'
- 43 Klein Tafelberg Reef (Salad bowl, Yacht wreck): S34°04.442' E018°19.191'
- 11 Kruis (Crosses): S34°17.431' E018°49.304
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[edit]- 12 Ledges: S34°10.193' E018°50.726'
- 25 Livingstone Reef: S34°10.605' E018°27.571'
- 44 Llandudno Reef: S34°00.037' E18°19.897'
- 45 Logies Bay: S34°00.25' E018°20.53'
- 19 Lonehill Reef: S34°16.296' E18°32.723'
- 26 Long Beach: S34°11.239' E18°25.559' — There are a few small wrecks which may be visited on a compass navigation route.
- 13 Lorry Bay: S34°10.955' E018°49.312'
- 20 SS Lusitania: S34°23.40' E018°29.65'
- 21 Lusi Pinnacle: S34°23.419' E018°29.485'
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[edit]- Maidstone Rock reefs
- 27 Ammo Reef: S34°11.564' E018°27.754'
- 28 Anchor Reef, or Maidstone Reef: S34°11.575' E018°27.600'
- 29 Maidstone Rock: S34°11.577' E018°27.474'
- 46 SS Maori: S34°02.062' E018°18.793' (Machinery)
- 22 Midway Ridge: S34°15.116' E18°34.290',
- 14 Mike's Point: S34°18.75' E018°48.72' (estimated)
- Miller's Point
- 27 Rumbly Bay: S34°14.059' E018°28.495'
- 28 Miller's Point slipway: S34°13.829' E018°28.434'
- 29 Miller's Point tidal pool: S34°13.879' E018°28.559'
- 23 Moddergat: S34°09.150' E18°49.650'
- 30 Murphy's: S34°13.958' E018°28.988'
- Muizenberg trawler wrecks
- 30 Western trawler wreck: S34°07.006' E18°31.219'
- 31 Eastern trawler wreck: S34°06.996' E18°31.360'
- 47 Mushroom Pinnacle: S33°58.781' E018°21.521'
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[edit]- Noah's Ark and the Ark Rock Wrecks
- 32 Noah's Ark Rock: S34°11.533' E018°27.232'. The biggest rock close offshore in the Simon's Town area, and an unmistakable landmark.
- 33 Ark Rock Barge wreck: S34°11.603' E018°27.198'
- 34 Ark Rock Boiler wreck #1: S34°11.545' E018°27.173'
- 35 Ark Rock Boiler wreck #2: S34°11.670' E018°27.196'
- 36 Ark Rock Boiler wreck #3a: S34°11.632' E18°27.349'
- 37 Ark Rock Boiler wreck#3b: S34°11.616' E018°27.353'
- 38 Parana wreck, main section: S34°11.477' E018°27.172'
- 39 Parana wreck, small section: S34°11.497' E18°27.143'
- 40 Noah's Ark - Double row of concrete pillars: S34°11.618' E18°27.277'
- 41 Noah's Ark - Single row of concrete pillars: S34°11.649' E18°27.220'
- 42 Noah's Ark - Eastern wreck: S34°11.530' E018°27.306'
- 43 Noah's Ark - Heat exchanger: S34°11.566' E18°27.287'
- 44 Noah's Ark - Twin barges: S34°11.375' E18°27.125'
- North Lion's Paw
- 48 Barry's Pinnacles: S33° 55.841' E018° 21.647'
- 49 Cave Rock: S33° 55.847' E018° 21.789'
- 50 Eastern Pinnacle: S33° 55.807' E018° 22.019
- 51 Main Reef: S33° 55.854' E018°21.849' (Exposed Rock)
- 52 Monty's Pinnacles: S33°55.797' E018° 21.808'
- 53 Northern Pinnacles: S33° 55.745' E018° 21.879'
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[edit]- 54 SS Oakburn and MV Bos 400: S34°02.216' E018°18.573'
- Offshore Barges
- 24 North Barge: S34°12.473' E18°30.950'
- 25 South Barge: S34°12.483' E18°30.936'
- 26 Off-Whittle Ridge: S34°14.364' E18°34.847'
- 45 Omega Reef: S34.21426 E018.47412
- 31 MFV Orotava: S34°16.023' E018°28.796' (bow)
- 46 Outer Photographer's Reef: S34°11.778' E018°27.898'
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[edit]- 47 P87 wreck: S34°09.570' E018°26.420'
- Partridge Point
- 32 Big Rock: S34°15.4650' E018°28.7880' — A large exposed rock marking a moderate depth area of high profile reef with a small air-trap overhang.
- 33 Big swim-through: S34°15.480' E018°28.845'.
- 34 Dave's Caves: S34°15.3780' E018°28.7040' — An exposed rock with a little cave under it in a kelp forest
- 35 Deep Partridge: S34°15.3500' E018°29.0000'
- 36 Fish Tank: S34°15.229' E018°28.930' (Pinnacle)
- 37 Joe's Spot: S34°15.285' E018°28.937'.
- 38 Partridge Central: S34°15.400' E018°28.850'.
- 39 Peter's Pinnacles: S34°15.5150' E018°28.6870'
- 40 Seal Rock: S34°15.3370' E018°28.8920' — A fairly large flattish rock used as a haulout rock by seals with fairly shallow reef around it.
- 48 Penguin Point (Boulders): S34°11.889' E018°27.254'
- 15 Percy's Hole: S34° 17.350' E018°49.377'E.
- 16 Phil's Bay: S34°11.199' E018°49.133'
- 41 SAS Pietermaritzburg: S34°13.303' E018°28.465'
- 17 Pinnacle: S34°10.468' E018°49.981'
- 49 Phoenix shoal: S34°11.388' E018°26.898'
- 50 Photographer's Reef (JJM Reef): S34°11.839' E18°27.434'
- 42 Phone Reef: S34°14.225' E018°29.202'
- Pie Rock and Outer Castle reefs
- 43 East Pie Rock Reef: S34°14.432' E018°29.153'
- 44 North Pie Rock Reef: S34°14.375' E018°29.090'
- 45 Outer Castle (Blindevals): S34°14.320' E018°29.002' — Depth: about 3 to 33 m. A blinder off Castle Rocks, which breaks if there is much swell. It is marked on the SAN charts as "blindevals".
- 46 South Pie Rock Pinnacles: S34°14.445' E018°28.985'
- 47 West Pie Rock Reef: S34°14.396' E018°28.943'
- 55 Plan B pinnacle: S34°02.125' E018°18.190'
- 56 Plan C pinnacle: S34°02.090' E018°18.099'
- 48 MFV Princess Elizabeth: S34°16.060' E018°28.816'(bow) S34°16.068' E018°28.839' (stern)
- Pringle Bay
- Pringle Bay Point
- Pyramid Rock reef and Shark Alley
- 49 Castle Pinnacles: S34°14.356' E018°28.826'
- 50 Pyramid Reef East Pinnacle: S34°14.220' E018°28.808'
- 51 Pyramid Rock: S34°14.225' E018°28.698' — High profile area marked by an exposed rock.
- Sansui Reef
- 52 Shark Alley: S34°14.21' E018°28.60' Estimated.
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[edit]- 51 Quarry: S34°09.390' E018°26.157' (Entry/exit ledge)
- 52 Quarry Barge: S34°09.395' E018°26.474'.
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[edit]- 57 Rachel's Reef: S34°01.431' E018°18.151'
- Rambler Rock reefs
- 53 Hotlips Pinnacle: S34°11.145' E018°28.091' (Hotlips Pinnacle)
- 54 Rambler Rock North-east reefs: S34°10.916' E018°27.996'
- 55 Rambler Rock North-west pinnacle: S34°10.924' E018°27.899'
- 56 Rambler Rock Southern pinnacles: S34°11.011' E018°27.918'
- Random Rocks Reefs
- 57 Reef With No Name (little pinnacles): S34°11.365' E018°28.055' (Pinnacle) A partially surveyed reef of unknown extent, probably quite small.
- 58 Rudy's Random Rocks: S34°11.329' E018°28.037' (Pinnacle at south end) Depth 21 to 26 m. A compact granite reef.
- 58 Robben Island steamer wreck: S33°49.886', E018°21.524' (approximate centre of wreckage)
- 53 MV Rockeater: S34°16.135' E018°28.855' (Bow)
- 59 Rocklands Blinder (Seal Colony): S34°12.9' E018°28.0'
- Rocky Bank
- Rocky Bay: S34°11.585' E018°49.035'
- 18 Rocky Bay: S34°11.585' E018°49.035'
- 19 Noble Reef: S34°11.332' E018°49.123'
- Roman Rock reefs
- 60 Roman Rock: S34°10.87' E018°27.60' An easy dive site to find as it is marked by the lighthouse of the same name off Simon's Town Harbour.
- 61 Roman Rock North: S34°10.813' E018°27.535'. A fairly large but relatively low expanse of reef roughly northwest of the lighthouse.
- 62 Roman Rock South: S34°10.930' E018°27.575'. A small section of reef parallel to the main reef about 100 m southwest of the lighthouse.
- 63 Spider Crab Reefs: S34°10.90' E018°27.435'. Two small parallel reefs to the west of Roman Rock.
- 59 MV Romelia: S34°00.700' E018°19.860' approximately
- 20 Rooi-els Point: S34°17.8' E018°48.8'
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[edit]- 60 Sandy Cove: S33°58.90' E018°21.65'
- 32 Sandy-top Ridge S34°15.153' E18°34.709'
- 61 SS SA Seafarer: S33°53.80' E018°23.80'
- 62 Seal Island (Duiker island): S34°03.458' E018°19.562'
- 33 Seal Island: S34°08.25' E018°34.95'
- 63 Sea Point Ridge Pinnacles: S33°54.905' E018°21.421'
- 64 Sentinel: S34°03.54' E18°20.82' — approximate position south and east of the Sentinel (mountain peak)
- 54 Sherwood Forest: S34°15.190' E18°29.010'
- 64 Simon's Town Jetty: S34°11.525' E18°24.968'.
- 55 Smits Cliff (Hell's Gate): S34°16.48' E018°28.41'
- Smits Reef
- 56 Batsata Maze: S34°16.5170' E018°29.0170'
- 57 Horseshoe Reef: S34°16.410' E018°28.940'
- 58 Kreef Reef: S34°16.360' E018°28.780'
- 59 Smits Reef: S34°16.4860' E018°28.9290'
- 60 West Pinnacle: S34°16.495' E018°28.863'
- 65 South Lion's Paw: S33°56.308' E018° 21.890'
- South-west Reefs: Large area, no specific positions known
- 34 Southwood's Corner, or Deep Southeast Whittle Ridge: S34°16.097' E018°34.837'
- 65 Spaniard Rock: S34°13.03' E018°28.03'
- 66 Star of Africa: S34°16.295' E018 21.55'.
- Star Wall
- 67 Star Walls Pinnacle: S34°02.466' E018°18.087' — Shallowest point on top of the main outcrop at Star Walls
- 68 M&M Cave: S34°02.426' E018°18.191'
- 69 Lollipop Pinnacle: S34°02.506' E018°18.186'.
- Steenbras Deep
- 35 Steenbras Deep - North Pinnacles: S34°12.15' E018°45.57'
- 36 Steenbras Deep - South Pinnacles: S34°12.642' E018°45.498'
- 70 Steps: S34°01.330' E018°18.600'
- 66 Stern Reef: S34°13.164' E018°28.032'
- 37 Sterretjies Reef: S34°09.364' E18°45.039'
- Stonehenge: S34°02.838' E018°18.316'
- 71 Sponge Pinnacle: S34°02.587' E018°18.235'.
- 72 Dusky Pinnacles - Coral Pinnacle: S34°02.590' E018°18.206'.
- 73 Stonehenge North: S34°02.625' E018°18.300'. These are some of the defining markers for Stonehenge, as they stick out of the water and can be seen from a distance.
- 74 A340 Pinnacle: S34°02.740' E018°18.200'.
- 75 Stonehenge Central: S34°02.750' E018°18.300'. A line of exposed rocks in roughly the middle of the high reef area.
- 76 Stonehenge South: S34°02.835' E018°18.365'. A half tide rock on the southern edge of the area.
- 77 Stonehenge Wreck: S34°02.885' E018°18.335'.
- 78 Stonehenge Blinder: S34°02.838' E018°18.316
- 79 Strawberry Rocks: S33°58.725' E018°21.658' (approximate)
- 80 Sunfish Pinnacle: S34°02.475' E18°18.290' (pinnacle)
- 67 Sunny Cove: S34°08.68' E018°26.30'
- 61 Super Fan Reef: S34°14.265' E018°29.170'
- 81 SURG Pinnacles: S34°02.375' E018°18.015'
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[edit]- Tafelberg Deep:
- 82 Brittlestar Pinnacle: S34º04.6578' E018º18.9312', 26 m deep
- 83 Coral crag: S34º04.6872' E018º18.9658', 36 m deep
- 84 Mac's Mark: S34º04.6810' E018º19.1633', 50 m deep
- 85 Tafelberg Deep Pinnacle: S34°04.6476' E018°18.9710', 18 m deep
- 86 Wilhelm's Mark: S34°04.7360' E018°19.0322', 50 m deep
- Tafelberg Reef: S34°04.22' E018°18.93'
- 87 Cowrie caves: S34°03.934' EE018°18.890'
- 88 Tafelberg Reef North: S34°03.986' E018°18.958'
- 89 Tafelberg Reef West: S34°04.195' E018°18.812'
- 68 Target Reef: S34°10.619' E018°27.226'
- 90 Three Anchor Bay: S33°54.36' E018°23.85'
- SS Thomas T. Tucker: (position not recorded)
- 69 Tivoli Pinnacles: S34°10.892' E018°27.765': About 250 m bearing 301° magnetic to Roman Rock Lighthouse.
- 21 Tony's Reef: S34°10.565' E018°49.745'
- 70 Torch Reef: S34° 11.700' E018°27.960'
- 62 SAS Transvaal: S34°15.956' E018°28.778' (Bow)
- 91 MV Treasure: S33°40.45' E018°19.95' (approximate)
- 22 Troglodyte's Cove (Cave Gully): S34°10.828' E018°49.509'
- 92 Twin Towers: S34°01.920' E018°18.330'
- 93 Two Oceans Aquarium: S33°54.476' E018°25.074'
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[edit]- 94 SS Umhlali: S34°16.435' E18°22.487'
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[edit]- 23 Vogelsteen: S34°10.302' E018°50.355'
- Vulcan Rock
- 95 Vulcan Rock: S34°03.945' E018°18.545', the exposed rock at the highest point of the reefs, with a swim-through cavern under it.
- 96 North Ridge Pinnacle: S34°03.912' E018°18.545'. A long ridge north of Vulcan Rock running northwest to southeast, with a cluster of pinnacles a short distance to the northeast.
- 97 West Ridge Pinnacle: S34°03.962' E018°18.447'. A compact row of huge boulders to the west of the Vulcan Rock
- 98 Rocksucker Ridge West Pinnacle: S34°04.033' E018°18.683', A compact cluster of huge boulders to the south of Vulcan Rock
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[edit]- 38 Western Deep: S34°15.111' E18°32.578'
- 24 Whirlpool Cove: S34°16.97' E018°49.55' (approximate)
- Whittle Rock
- 39 Bruce's Reef: S34°14.824' E18°33.310'
- 40 Bus Stop (the Gnarly wall): S34°14.945' E18°33.573'
- 41 Criss-cross Cracks: S34°14.830' E18°33.879' (East Ridge)
- 42 Deep South Pinnacle: S34°15.103' E18°33.603'
- 43 East Ridge North Pinnacle: S34°14.742' E18°33.843'
- 44 Euphrates anchors: S34°14.776' E18°33.801' and S34°14.783' E18°33.795'
- 45 Far Southwest Pinnacle: S34°14.881' E18°33.241'
- 46 Flash pinnacle: S34°14.931' E18°33.718'
- 47 Fractal Zones: S34°14.750' E18°33.200'
- 48 Georgina's anchor: S34°14.935' E18°33.784'
- 49 Grant's Spike: S34°14.991' E18°33.450' (South-western pinnacles)
- 50 Grant's Wall: S34°15.003' E18°33.445' (South-western pinnacles)
- 51 Gullies: S34°14.872' E18°33.454'
- 52 JJ's anchor: S34°14.756' E18°33.720'
- 53 Kelly's Anchor: S34°14.668' E18°33.646'
- 54 Labyrinth: S34°15.004' E018°33.580'
- 55 Labyrinth South Pinnacle: S34°15.048' E18°33.606'
- 56 Little anchor: S34°14.785' E18°33.666'
- 57 Mossie's Cave and pinnacle: S34°14.972' E18°33.420' (South-western pinnacles)
- 58 M&M Tower (the Spark plug): S34°14.043' E018°33.549'
- 59 North-west corner pinnacles: S34°14.750' E18°33.482'
- 60 Northwest Passage: S34°14.650' E18°33.125'
- 61 North-west Pinnacle: S34°14.765' E018°33.622'
- 62 Peter's Ridge: S34°14.800' E18°33.160'
- 63 Riaan and Sven's anchor: S34°14.735' E18°33.590'
- 64 September anchor: S34°14.762' E18°33.575'
- 65 Shards Cluster: S34°14.704' E18°33.763'
- 66 South-east Pinnacle: S34°14.887' E018°33.775'
- 67 South-east pinnacle chain (Neptune's bath plug): S34°14.917' E018°33.753'
- 68 Table Top pinnacle: S34°14.968' E18°33.668'
- 69 West Pinnacle: S34°14.844' E018°33.682'
- 70 Western Reef Pinnacle: S34°14.856' E18°33.269' (inside the MPA)
- 71 Whaleback Pinnacles: S34°14.850' E18°33.508'
- 72 Whaleback Rock: S34°14.900' E18°33.635'
- 73 Whittle Cave Complex: S34°14.943' E018°33.616'
- 74 Whittle Rock: S34°14.846' E018°33.714' — (Shallowest pinnacle)
- 75 Wreckless Rock and the Little Labyrinth: S34°14.949' E18°33.707'
- 99 Wilhelm's Wall: S34°01.502' E018°17.931'
- 71 Windmill Beach: S34°12.06' E018°27.40'
- Windmill Offshore Reefs
- 72 Dangerous Doug Reef: S34°11.950' E18°27,650'
- 73 Lace Reef: S34°11.960' E18°28,125'
- 74 Outer Windmill: S34°12.090' E18°27,610'
- 75 Three Bears Pinnacle: S34°11.887' E18°27,788'.
- 76 Windmill Offshore: S34°12.050' E18°27,800'
- 99 MV Winton: S33°52.1514' E18°29.1828 (Engine block)
- 76 Wreckless Ridge: S34°15.541' E18°33.970'
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[edit]- 77 York Shoal: S34°09.367', E018°35.583'
Z
[edit]- 63 Zigzag Reef: S34°14.362' E018°29.275'
Nearby
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More detailed information on dive regions of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay can be found at:
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- Dive sites of the Cape Peninsula west coast,
- Dive sites of the Cape Peninsula east coast, also known as Dive sites of False Bay west coast, and
- Dive sites of False Bay offshore and approaches,
- Dive sites of False Bay east coast.