Scuba Dive Site: Fountain Rocks, Wild Coast, South Africa
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| Name: | Fountain Rocks |
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| Description: | This dive site is characterized by being a reef which is located at the mouth of the Kowie River. This dive site is filled with pinnacles, reefs, channels, overhangs, small caves and tunnels. You will also find the wreck of a freighter that sank in this site during a storm in 1859. The freighter lies at 12 meters deep, and has carrying gold, although no trace of this has been found. A dive recommended to divers with some experience. |
| Fauna and Flora: | In terms of fauna and flora the most common species are the sponges, tube worms, gorgonians, Macquaria ambigua, cod, blue stingrays, rays, cat sharks, romans, Pomadasys commersonni, cuttlefish, whales and a large variety of sharks. |
| Diving Types: | Sightseeing Wreck Dive Cave Dive Deep Diving Identifying sea life |
| Maximum depth: | 18 m |
| Water Temperature: | The water temperature is about 27º C in the winter and 22º C in the summer. |
| Diving Suit: | Complete wet suit or wet suit with shorts. |
| Visibility under water: | Visibility between 5 and 30 meters. |
| When to go: | January February October November December |
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