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Jessor Canyon Cave
Hlalanathi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
EntryBoat
Max depth102 m
LevelEstimated: Advanced and up
Water bodyIndian Ocean
Water temp22–27°C
Estimated from climate dataSep–Jul
About this site
Jessor Canyon Cave is a cave dive site near Hlalanathi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the Indian Ocean. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 102 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, stingrays, jacks, moray eels, groupers. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 22 to 27 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Silver MoonyMonodactylus argenteus
Blue-spotted StingrayTaeniura lymma
Convict SurgeonfishAcanthurus triostegus
Striped ThreadfinPolydactylus plebeius
Common Bluestripe SnapperLutjanus kasmira
Sea GoldiePseudanthias squamipinnis
Jarbua TeraponTerapon jarbua
StonebreamNeoscorpis lithophilus
Nearby sites
- 1Deep Sponge - 2 Mile Reef2.2 km
- 2Pinnacles Sodwana2.4 km
- 3Roonies2.4 km
- 4Unicorn Reef 2 Mile Reef2.5 km
- 5Trenches - 2 Mile Reef2.6 km
- 6Adventure Reef - 2 Mile Reef2.6 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org