Just a quick vid, showing some diving we did off Cape Point.

Enjoy

I put this short film together after a great days diving. We spent the day looking for yellowtail (Seriola lalandii) and I manage to film and shoot a fish. There were alot of ragged tooth sharks on the reef and one came up to try eat my yellowtail, which was nice to capture on film.They are only interested in the fish and can be easily pushed away.

Please have a look, the film speaks for it’s self ……………….

If you liked it, please let me know and PASS IT ON ……. I want to make some more of these

Cheers

Steve

I put this short video together to try show you what diving in Cape Town can be about. I also wanted to thank all the great people who share my life and passion for life, be it on the water or land. Live life to the fullest everyday…….

Have a look…

We headed out out of Houtbay Harbor in search of Blue sharks. We had a limited window to capture the images we needed and the break in the weather was marginal at best. We traveled West and rode through the rain and fresh winds of the peninsular. We saw a few Tuna poling boats but no trawlers or long liners to make finding sharks and fish easy. The water temperature was suitable, we started chumming and the Blues found us. We ended up with 8 sharks ranging from 50cm to 2,5m in length. There were a few seals in the area which occasionally came in to have a look.

In the video you can see one shark approach and give the camera an inquisitive nibble.

Peter Verhoog was there to capture some images of these amazing sharks

Still image from video as the blue shark approaches

Inside of a blue sharks mouth

A poor image showing seals and blue sharks interacting

This is what Cape Town can be !!!

This is what Jean Tresfon had to say

Following several days of pumping SE winds the water on Cape Town’s Atlantic seaboard on Saturday was looking about as good as it gets: 20m viz and a chilly 10 deg C. A few enthusiastic divers and photographers jumped onto a boat and headed out into the blue to see if we could get some good dolphin interactions. We saw some common dolphins on the hunt but they were not interested in stopping. The dusky dolphins however were a different story and spent almost half an hour with us allowing for a stunning interaction. While in the water a Brydes whale swam under me but I was not quick enough to get a photo. The excitement on board was infectious and we all agreed the day out had been worth it. On the way home some more dolphins appeared and we jumped back into the water. Finning fast and following some of the dolphins I saw a huge cloud of white water ahead and the next moment I was face to face with two 30 ton humpback whales. This was my first time in the water with a really big whale and I was blown away by how big these animals actually are up close. The law in South Africa prohibits approaching closer than 300m to a whale so we swam back to the boat, but not before taking a few photos of course! On the way back we stopped at Seal Island for a quick dip. So one boat ride out and we were able to dive with three different mammals in one afternoon, not too shabby for a day out in the Cape!

Jean Tresfon surrounded

Jean Tresfon and Dusky

Image by Steve Benjamin

By Jean Tresfon

By Jean Tresfon

By Jean Tresfon

By Jean Tresfon

By Jean Tresfon

We watched this Humpback whale breaching early in the morning in the chilly waters off Dassen Island

It was special day on Sunday in False bay, Glassy, great vis and warm. It was a real summers day with the vis of winter. We dived with the Sevengill cow sharks and seals most of the day. There were a lot of fishermen catching snoek nearby, however we didn’t catch anything. The entertainment coming from catching gurnards when someone got a birds nest and the lure stayed on the bottom to long.

It was just one of those days your happy to be alive. Here are a range of images from the day.

Thanks to everyone for the great times

Catshark video clip

It was a glassy beautiful day at Dungeons, with most of the guys out and ready. A handful of great waves came through but the swell didn’t quite live up to expectations.
Jem Johnson jumped off the boat and straight into a great wave. I was caught by surprise so the footage is overexposed but you can have a look.

Check out this great article written by Roosta here

Jem, Jason and Rooster

Jem Johnson by Mark van Coller

We had a great day spent at Dassen Island, 100km north of Cape Town on the west coast and 10km Offshore.

We jumped in with a pod of Dusky dolphins half way to the island. The vis was a shocking 1m but we still had dolphins between our legs. We went greeted with great 12m vis around the island and it didn’t take us long to get in and hunt for a hottentot. We found 4 pyjama sharks in huise baai, but they didn’t stick around. On a SCUBA dive on the south corner of the island Falk and myself watched 3 houndsharks (Mustilis mustilis) interacting. It appeared to be one large female being trailed by 2 small males. Crayfish were in every crevice, I cant wait for the season to open. Later on whilst searching for big hottentot I had a pair of yellowtail swim up to me. One swam away and the other was just eaten for supper.

A great day on the sea.

Read what Morten wrote about the day here

First a short clip of the dusky dolphins we encountered and then a few images from the day……

Morten on the inside edge of Dassen Island

Dassen Island in glassy, flat conditions

Hagfish coming in to eat a pilchard

Pelicans on the Island, watch out penguins and cormerants

Hottentot in kelp forest

In the pouring rain we kitted up for a day of seals and cow sharks. Everyone was keen to get into the clean (15m vis) blue winter waters as it was much more pleasant under than above.

Steve, Tomas, Jenny, Alex, Cara

The team headed to partridge point for some seal snorkeling. It is always amazing to see an animal so happy in the water. The team quickly had seal between their legs and smiles all round.

Next we put on our SCUBA kit and went down to the cow sharks. First we played with the puffadder shysharks and pyjama sharks but it wasn’t long until a cow shark came in to investigate. We explored the caves and overhang’s and found cuttlefish, west coast rock lobster, abalone and giant periwinkles. The magic of the kelp forest can never be underestimated.

Cuttlefish

Great day in False Bay

Cheers

Steve