Dive Review of Agulhas House in
Africa/Aliwal Shoals, south of Durban

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Agulhas House: "Diving Aliwal Shoals at Umkamaas, south of Durban, South Africa", Jul, 2017, by John Yavorsky, NJ, US ( Top Contributor 33 reports with 14 Helpful votes). Report 9776.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	Rugged diving from Rubber Ducks (RIBs). Usually can enter Rubber Ducks from river and not beach (depending on tides) but still need to get through surf at river mouth. In winter it's cold and can be wet and windy in open boat. They have foul weather gear but to insure your size, bring your own coat. Also bring dry bag, gloves, hats, sun lotion. Sharks on every dive, either Ragged Tooth (like sand tigers found in NC) or, on baited dives, Oceanic Black Tips. Did 8 dives in 4 days fro some of the best diving in the world (for me). Viz. sometimes bad with surge, but then you can do macro on clown anemone fish or nudibranchs.
Websites	Agulhas House
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	26 liveaboards and dozens of land-based world wide.
Closest Airport	Durban, South Africa	Getting There	Fly to Durban and Agulhas will arrange van.
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	66-70°F / 19-21°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	5-30 Ft/ 2-9 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	All drift diving with divemaster pulling bouy so group had to stay together.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	1 or 2
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	up to 10 divers and several divemasters in open RIB so small rigs best.

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Dive Review of Agulhas House in Africa/Aliwal Shoals, south of Durban

Agulhas House: "Diving Aliwal Shoals at Umkamaas, south of Durban, South Africa", Jul, 2017,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Agulhas House in
Africa/Aliwal Shoals, south of Durban