J-Bay SCUBA
Qualifying dives, local notes, and trip write-ups.
We are currently experiencing colder water, but great visibility. We dropped on Walls ad a spot about 100 from Walls on the second dive and were not disappointed. In yesterday's dive, we spotted an eel and some leopard c...
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After two days of onshore winds, the weather and waves gave us a quick gap on Friday, 30 December, for our final dive of 2023 on Pope's nose. The upwelling surprised us, and we did not go prepared for the very cold botto...
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From all of us at J-Bay SCUBA, we wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. Thanks to each and every one of our clients, friends, suppliers, service providers and loyal supporters. Without you, we do not exis...
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Two full boats on Walls. We had lovely dives with 22°C water and good visibility on the reef. Nudis were very active. Instructor Lee Greyling had his first two dives in several years and took his gopro along to take some...
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We had a lovely double dive on Tommies today, while Ruth was doing skills with one of our RAID Open Water 20 students . The surge was quite rough as it's a shallower reef, but we still had very enjoyable dives, and Hesma...
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Yesterday, we had a private charter and did some diving and an ocean safari with two sisters, Mary and Celia. It was a lovely day both on top of the water and below the surface. Contact Paul 083 521 5093 to book your div...
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Sunday 17 December 2023 we dived on Walls. The visibility was down from the previous day, but there were still plenty to see. We also spotted a very rare Beaked Whale but were unable to get a photo. A seal popped in to s...
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Underwater conditions keep improving with warm water and better visibility every day. On Saturday 16 December, Damon and Jolize did their RAID Open Water 20 qualifying dives. In the meantime, Hesm put her attention on ou...
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Time to dive! Lovely flat ocean with very little wind. Dive 3 is in the water. We had a bit of rain and now the sun is out. 18°C. Lots of fish movement. We are diving every day and also running RAID Open Water and Advanc...
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Season is in full swing. At the moment, Ruth is busy with another three OW20 students, who completed their theory and are doing their confined pool session today. Contact Paul today at +27 83 521 5093 and enroll for RAID...
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I am glad to see dive charters all over South Africa, especially those from Jeffreys Bay West toward Capetown have great diving condotions at the moment. Temps are not too shabby, just touching on 20°C and viz is top to...
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We had two lovely dives this morning at Jagged Edge and Walls. The ocean was very flat when we launched, with not a wave in sight. Konrad and Claudia joined us from Germany, and Sam, one of our local regulars, also hoppe...
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