Aliwal Shoal - Shark Season
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Aliwal Shoal is a world-renowned scuba diving destination located off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It's a fossilized sand dune that has become a thriving reef system, teeming with diverse marine life including sharks, rays, and various fish species. The shoal is particularly famous for its population of ragged tooth sharks "raggies" which gather there to mate.
Comfortable Oceanside
Oceanside, you will enjoy very comfortable accommodations and incredible cuisine on this final adventure of your vacation.
The boutique, oceanside lodge is comfortable and convenient, just a short distance from the dive shop we will launch from each day.
Enjoy delicious meals and social vibes each evening with music, outdoor dining decks, pool table and darts. Enjoy sharing memories and stories of the incredible journey with your new friends!
Aliwal Shoal History & Sites
The Aliwal Shoal is a rocky reef which is the remains of an ancient sand dune about 3 miles off the beach. The reef is inhabited by many kinds of hard and soft corals, and other marine invertebrates, and a variety of tropical and subtropical fish species.
Aliwal Shoal was named after the near-sinking in 1849 of the three-masted vessel Aliwal, captained by James Anderson. There are two wrecks near the reef that are popular recreational dive sites. The Norwegian bulk carrier MV Produce sank in 1974, and SS Nebo sank in 1884.
Aliwal Shoal has diverse marine life, and is known especially for its abundance of sharks.
Dive Plans
Two dives are planned each day, either wreck/reef/shark dives. All types of sharks are possible, including tiger, raggie, black-tip and bull.
See rays, turtles, eels, colorful schools of fish, scorpion fish, paper fish, and more!
There are two wrecks we may dive as well, depending on conditions.
There will be two planned baited shark dives. You remain neutral during these and enjoy the action all around you.
