skubaduik saam met haaie in kaapstad - inleiding

Om saam met haaie te duik in Kaapstad is nie vir sissies nie, maar vir diegene wat mal is oor die adrenalien, sal hierdie ervaring nie teleurstel nie. Ons gaan met ‘n boot tot ongeveer 40 kilometer suid van die Kaapse Skiereiland, waar ons die Blou- en Makohaaie lok om te kom speel.

Ons groepe bestaan uit ‘n maksimum van 10 duikers. Met hierdie duike is ons primêre doel om Blouehaaie te vind. As ons gelukkig is, mag ons miskien die Makohaai ook sien.

Pelagiese haaie is nie altyd maklik om op te spoor nie en die aktiwiteit verg dat ons lokaas gebruik om hulle na die duikplek te lok. Hulle kan baie prikkelbaar wees en die ontmoetings is gereeld baie kort.

Daar is geen hokke met hierdie duike nie, so dit is belangrik dat jy gemaklik is met nabye ontmoetings met ‘n kragtige dier, en ook om die oop see te swem. Driflyne sal uitgegooi word vir ingeval daar oppervlakstrome is. Blouhaaie is baie nuuskierige diere en kan, soos die Makohaaie, tot baie naby aan jou kom, en partykeer teen die kameras vas swem. Dit is nie ongewoon om Blouhaaie met lengtes van tot en met drie meter lank te sien nie.

Die Makohaai is een van die vinnigste visse ter wêreld. Spoedsarsies van tot en met 74km/h is al opgeteken en daar word gereken dat hulle tot so hoog as nege meter uit die water kan spring!

Jy hoef nie ‘n gesertifiseerde duiker te wees om saam met haaie te duik nie, maar jy moet in ‘n goeie fisiese toestand wees. Swem- en snorkelvaardighede is baie belangrik omdat jy sal snorkel as jy nie ‘n gesertifiseerde skubaduiker is nie.

Die duikaktiwiteite sal gekoördineer en dopgehou word deur een van ons bekwame duikmeesters.

skubaduik saam met haaie in kaapstad - vinnige oorsig

skubaduik saam met blou-en makohaaie in kaapstad - gereelde vrae

1. Is dit gevaarlik?

Ja. Daar is definitief ‘n aspek van gevaar aan hierdie duik – jy duik so ver van die land af dat jy dit nie meer kan sien nie, en jy duik sonder ‘n hok in die see terwyl lokaas in die water is (bloed wat in die water gegooi word om die haaie te lok). Hierdie duik is nie vir almal nie, maar dit is een van die beste duikervarings wat jy kan kry. As jy skubatoerusting gebruik, is goeie dryfvermoë ‘n móét, aangesien die see ongeveer een kilometer diep is op hierdie punt.

2. Hoe is die duikomstandighede daar buite?

Sigbaarheid is oor die algemeen goed – tussen 15 en 30 meter. Die water is ongeveer 16 grade Celsius. Daar kan ‘n sterk stroom wees, en dan sal ‘n driflyn uitgegooi word vir duikers om aan vas te hou.

3. Waar duik ons?

Die boot stoot by Simonstad in die see, en van daar gaan ons ongeveer 40 kilometer suid van Kaappunt. ‘n Stroom met tuna vloei hier wat die haaie lok.

4. Hoe lank neem dit?

Die boot stoot vroeg in die see (gewoonlik 07:00), en jy behoort terug te wees in Kaapstad teen ongeveer 17:00.

 

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Globetrekker Oxford

“Top marks for safety and professionalism”....

The reason for giving five stars is not because my dive day was good - it was horrible, a complete washout, no viz, unpleasant swell, just all round yucky conditions.

However, that's nature, and dive operators can do nothing about it. What all dive operators should do is be as professional and customer-focused as the guys from ITB diving.

First thing to note is that ITB is considerably cheaper (by almost 1000.- Rand) than Simonstown operators, which is baffling considering that they also have the transport cost from Cape Town to budget for.

DMs, Instructors and Shopfloor staff are all super friendly and helpful; I even got picked up from my Cape Town digs and dropped off afterwards, free of charge.

On the boat, I saw all the emergency and redundancy gear I like to see: twin engines (VERY important!), Oxygen, comms gear, flares, the lot. Briefings were thorough, and buddy check was insisted on.

The trip to Seal Rock in the RIB was fun in the swell, but when we got there the captain did not let us dive because of the unsafe conditions. Disappointing as this was, he was totally right. Low tide and heavy swells are a dangerous combination this close to the rocks, and as for trying to get back into a RIB in seas like this....
We then tried the PMB wreck, where zero viz and nasty vertical swell separated the group and forced us out of the water after 25 minutes.

The captain did offer to try another spot but was honest enough to tell us that in his opinion it was going to be rubbish everywhere, and so we called it a day.

Back at the dive shop, we were all offered a re-schedule, but as I'm out of time I was given half my money back. I know from experience that this is not the norm in the industry, sadly.

Into the Blue is a top notch outfit that does things by the book, with a strong safety focus and very customer centered, on top of offering reasonable pricing and a fair refund policy. You'll have a hard time to find a better operator anywhere around. They'll definitely be my first choice when I pass through next, and for doing my IDC sometime this year.

Just hope mother nature will be in better mood then.

Visited April 2017

 

Jayson De Ath

Super and very professional setup. Glad I was able to dive...

with them and would not only recommend diving here, but look forward to the next trip to dive with again.

Jacques Vermeulen

Best dive shop ever! People are friendly and helpful!...

Cape Town diving for the win!