Scuba Dive Location: Gansbaai, South Africa
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| Name: | Gansbaai |
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| Description: | Gansbaai is a fishing village and a popular tourist destination located in the Overberg District Municipality, in the Western Cape, in South Africa. In this location divers have a wide variety of diving sites at their disposal, composed mainly of reefs, walls, swimthroughs, rocky outcrops, rock pinnacles, shipwrecks and areas of marine life observation. The depths vary between 3 and 20 meters, covering various levels of diving. |
| Geographical Location: | Indian Ocean |
| Water Temperature: | The water temperature averages 24º C during the summer season and 29º C during the winter season. |
| Diving Suit: | Complete wet suit or wet suit with shorts. |
| Visibility under water: | Visibility between 10 and 30 meters. |
| Climate: | This location has a subtropical climate. Summer temperatures vary between 29º C during the day and 22º C overnight. Winter temperatures can vary between 22º C during the day and 13° C overnight. |
| How to get there: | This site can be reached by air or land transportation. You can travel by plane to Cape Town and, from this city follow the N2 road by bus to Hermanus town. From here, you'll have to take another bus which will go through the R43 road to Gansbaai. Most of the major european airlines operate direct flights to Cape Town from where you can catch the bus to this location. |
| When to go: | January February March April October November December |
| Other Activities: | This location offers a variety of places to visit, such as the Baardskeerdersbos valley, the Dangerpoint lighthouse, Dyer Island, primarily called Ilha da Fera (Island of wild creatures) by portuguese seafares, the harbour of Gansbaai, the Klipgat caverns, the Walker Bay Natural Reserve, the Strandveld Museum, the Franskraal and De Kelders cliffs, the small island of Geyser Rock and the beautiful beaches of Gansbaai, such as Kleinbaai, Pearly Beach, Uilkraal and Buffeljachtsbaai beaches. |
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