SODWANA BAY- ACTIVITIES

 
Sodwana Bay is a paradise for fishermen (shore and ski-boaters), Snorkellers and scuba divers
Fishing
Ski-boaters and shore anglers have the opportunity to catch a number of different game fish. Popular ski-boat fishing competitions are held regularly. Sodwana has produced record billfish and sailfish.

Snorkellers and scuba divers
The diversity of fish and invertebrates on Africa's southern-most coral reefs attract many scuba divers and there are excellent snorkelling spots along this Sodwana Coast. Conditions are good throughout the year, but the best diving is from April through to September. On a good day visibility can reach up to 30 metres. The weather is typically subtropical. The water temperature is usually above 20°C and can reach 29°C in summer.
There are a number of dive sites to choose from:
- Two-mile Reef is the most popular with dives ranging from 9 metres to over 30 metres on the outer edge.
- Quarter Mile Reef is dived most often in January and February when the Ragged -toothed sharks congregate here.
- Stringer Reef is a small reef at a depth of 14 metres and has the greatest diversity of species.
- Four/Five Mile is eight kilometres from Jesser Point. This deeper reef has a predominance of branching, table and plate corals.
- Seven Mile is 11 km north of Jesser Point and has beautiful overhangs, drop-offs and mushroom rocks.
- Nine Mile is the northern-most reef of the Sodwana Complex and ranges from 6 m to 21 m. There is a beautiful creation of hard coral- the green coral tree      on the drop-off on the seaward side of the reef.
- Night dives offer a whole new world. The coral polyps come out to feed and the invertebrates use the cover of darkness to clamber over the reefs.
- Turtles - During the summer months loggerhead and leatherback turtles come out of the sea at night to nest on the beaches.