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Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Josh's Reef
Josh's Reef · Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Max depth48 m
LevelEstimated: Advanced and up
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp15–20°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Josh's Reef is a reef dive site near Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean. It has a maximum depth of about 48 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, sea fans, seals, cuttlefish, soft corals. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 15 to 20 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
- Puffadder ShysharkHaploblepharus edwardsii
- Gas Flame NudibranchBonisa nakaza
- Spotted Gully SharkTriakis megalopterus
Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus- Cape Rock LobsterJasus lalandii
- Dark ShysharkHaploblepharus pictus
- Silver KobArgyrosomus inodorus
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Nearby sites
- 1Lonehill Reef0.8 km
- 2Western Deep2.3 km
- 3Josh's Reef pinnacle2.3 km
- 4Deep South Whittle Reef2.7 km
- 5Wreckless Ridge3.0 km
- 6Whittle Rock, Cape Town, South Africa3.1 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA, facts) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org