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Witsand slipway and boarding jetty
Witsand slipway · Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Water bodyAtlantic Ocean
Water temp15–20°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Witsand slipway and boarding jetty is a dive site near Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes seals, jacks, dolphins, nudibranchs, lobsters. 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
HottentotPachymetopon blochii
SnoekThyrsites atun
DoppieArgyrozona argyrozona
RomanChrysoblephus laticeps
Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus
PangaPterogymnus laniarius
Yellowtail KingfishSeriola lalandi
White StumpnoseRhabdosargus globiceps
Nearby sites
- 1SS Clan Monroe4.4 km
- 2HNMS Bato7.5 km
- 3Brunswick7.6 km
- 4Long Beach Simon's Town7.6 km
- 5Long Beach7.6 km
- 6SS Clan Stuart7.9 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA, facts) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org