Hout Bay near sunrise

A Day on the Bay: Bounce diving in Hout Bay

Date: 13 April 2013

Hout Bay near sunrise
Hout Bay near sunrise

Saturday 13 April was a magnificent, windless day. I had only a few divers on the boat, as the Open Water student who was meant to do her qualifying dives that day (as a double tank dive) had woken up with sinusitis. We made the most of the amazing surface conditions to cruise around the area looking for clean water. The visibility wasn’t terrible, at around 8-10 metres, but it was inconsistent and wouldn’t qualify as a magnificent Atlantic day.

First view of the BOS 400 when entering Maori Bay from the south
First view of the BOS 400 when entering Maori Bay from the south

Despite that we had a great time – did three dives in various locations, checked out the BOS 400, and the wreckage on shore close to Middelmas Blinder (Hakka Reef), just around the corner from Maori Bay. I’ll share more photos of the BOS 400 tomorrow.

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Tony

Scuba diver, teacher, gadget man, racing driver, boat skipper, photographer, and collector of stray animals

3 thoughts on “A Day on the Bay: Bounce diving in Hout Bay”

  1. Tony,
    I see you are still linking to Wikitravel. I do not upgrade Wikitravel any more. The latest versions of Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay are now (and have been for about 6 months) on Wikivoyage, http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Diving_the_Cape_Peninsula_and_False_Bay which is a Wikimedia Foundation site without the annoying advertising and with much better technical support.
    Cheers,
    Peter

    1. Hi Peter
      Hope you are well. Updating the links to wikivoyage has been on my to do list for ages. Will get to it this weekend! Thanks for the reminder!
      Clare

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