Set up day at Cremorne, after a day of travel, Ashley, Bushy, Milley, Gary & Nicki are well rested after a good dinner and sleep at what will be our new home for the next 6 weeks. Launches looked great this morning as the first charters started their Sardine Run. Have a good day guys! […]
Wooooohoooooooo! Here we are on the start of Sardine Run 2018, our first guests have arrived for a few dives at Aliwal Shoal with their dive buddies all arriving tomorrow and joining us in Port Saint Johns on Wednesday. Some familar faces will be your Dive Masters and Skippers including our very own Ashley and […]
The Ragged Tooth Shark – Latin Name: Carcharius Taurus also known as Spotted Sand Tigers or Grey Nurse Sharks have eluded Scientists in their habits and therefor, compared to other Shark Species, very little is known about them. Like, Why do they come to Aliwal to mate? Why do they move to Sodwana to gestate? Where […]
So far there are approximately 150 people that will share Sardine Run with us over a span of 6 weeks. With only 14 days to go, the countdown has begun. Gary and Nicki have done a quick visit to the site that we will call home, Cremorne Estate. Waking up to the frostiness is forgetten […]
Our winters despite the (not-so) cold offer us absolute beauty. The Ragged Tooth Sharks have arrived in their dozens and this week end marked the first whale sighting of the season at Aliwal Shoal, there will more more waiting for us at Sardine Run. They will migrate north to calf and come back again around […]
Some fun facts to make you look and feel like a boff! Humpback whales are part of the Baleen Whale Family. The collective noun for humpbacks is a herd, a gam, a pod or a school. A whale’s tail is called a fluke. Although we see them during the Sardine Run and they eat small […]
As the sardine run fever starts to become infectious, even the dolphins have caught on. Pilot shoals of Sardines have been spotted at Aliwal Shoal and Umkomaas launch site. What’s believed to have been Common Dolphins (not often seen in our parts) smashing a definite baitball of sorts right off the backline. The images below […]
With a strong North South Current and flat seas the Blue Ocean Divers are spoilt today with a very alive reef. All the usual culprits rays, eels, scorpion fish, turtles and a Ragged Tooth Shark. 25m viz and warm water, what’s not to Love about Aliwal Shoal. What will the second dive hold?
A day in the life of a diver at Blue Ocean Dive Resort starts with amazing diving in the morning where Ragged Tooth sharks surround you, Potato Bass come greet you, turtles fly by you and there are just too many fish to identify or mention. A quick shower and a breakfast leads you to […]
When you plan a shark diving trip, you want to make sure you get an experience that you will never forget. The South African coast is one of the best places in the world to go shark diving. Exactly where to go diving on the 2500km+ coastline can be intimidating. We’ve been diving the South […]