The North-West Coast
Due to strong currents, these are mainly drift dives with the boat following the divers. There are also a number of sites off popular Grand Bay. Some are nearby, like Tortoise, which is at 13m. Lots of morays, octopus and lionfish are found on these flat reefs. Coral Gardens, which starts at 18m, consists of coral banks between which are sand gullies. Commonly seen are squirrelfish, trumpetfish and goldies. For beginners, a good option is Perrybeer site, tropical reef fish abound as do moray eels.
Further north is the Merville Patches. Also good for beginners, this starts at 10m, in a lovely lagoon with finger coral lots of small tropical reef fish, lionfish and morays too. The site known as Malene is known for its shell life at about 20m. The deadly venomous cone seashells, are among the many beautiful seashells present there. Night dives off Grand Bay are excellent.