| There is a hassle free and guaranteed way of diving | | | | Aliwal Shoal area in their summer months. This |
| with sharks in South Africa, one which even your non | | | | offshore shoal is about 50 miles away from Protea |
| diving friends can come along and watch you enjoy. | | | | Banks and is also home to summer visitors such as |
| For those visitors heading towards Cape Town, there | | | | manta rays and winter visitors such as more |
| is an indoor predator tank at an aquarium in which | | | | raggedtooth sharks. |
| you can dive with the marine animals on offer. | | | | Back to the Protea Banks and the range of sharks |
| For those wanting the more traditional shark diving | | | | that can be found here throughout the year is huge. |
| experiences, leaving Cape Town on a regular basis | | | | As well as those also mentioned, hammerheads, |
| are the shark diving experiences. These head out | | | | threshers and bull sharks are also regularly found in |
| towards Shark Alley, which lies between Dyer and | | | | the area. A spectacle for the shark hunting diver, |
| Geyser Islands. This is an excellent opportunity to get | | | | maybe those not too comfortable with sharks should |
| close up and personal to these fearsome predators | | | | pre warn their dive operators! |
| with an even more fearsome reputation, though | | | | Lastly, in northern KwaZulu Natal is the Sodwana Bay |
| there are likely to be many other divers on similar | | | | area, home to many large species of sharks. Yet |
| experiences in the water at the same time. This | | | | more bull sharks and tigers can be found here, along |
| experience is not just open to experienced divers | | | | with grey reefs and silvertips. Even the odd great |
| either, as the rushed route can take you from try | | | | white shark will appear in the area from time to time. |
| dive to white shark experience in no time. Although | | | | If you want to experience the sharks, the Bull sharks |
| many are not sure that this is such a good idea. | | | | tend to be in the area from September through to |
| The raggedtooth shark is also a common visitor to | | | | May, whilst hammerheads are typically found |
| South Africa. These are often found in the | | | | September to April. The Tiger Sharks are to be |
| Plettenberg Bay area, to the north of Cape Town, as | | | | found for just a few months between January to |
| well as Aliwal Shoal, which is an offshore reef. More | | | | May, whilst the raggedtooth sharks can be seen May |
| raggedtooth sharks can also be found further up the | | | | to September. Lastly, the Whale sharks make an |
| coast at Protea Banks, which has so many varieties | | | | appearance between November and March. There |
| of sharks visiting it that it is known as the shark | | | | are also other regular visitors such as a variety of |
| capital of South Africa. | | | | whales and turtles. |
| Tiger sharks are also a visitor to the area, visiting the | | | | |