Sodwana Bay

Forming the northernmost part of the Isimangaliso wetland park, Sodwana bay is one of the southernmost coral reef systems in the world

Triton Dive Lodge was previously run by Peter Timm who famously rediscovered the long thought extinct Cocleanth in 104 metres in the Jesser Canyon at Sodwana Bay, sadly though he had passed away in a diving accident only a few weeks before we arrived. However, remarkably Eve, Peters partner and co owner of Triton dive lodge continued to honour all bookings and still made us feel welcome when we arrived. The diving consisted of traditional reef diving from a rib with a beach launch. The reefs are named based on their distance from the shore, quarter mile, two mile, four mile, five, six, seven, eight and nine mile reefs ranging from 3m to 48m deep. Our five dives took us to a range of reefs and these were impressively stocked with large shoals of healthy fish, but nothing out of the ordinary, apart from maybe quite a few lemon sharks. It was a shame as we were expecting some larger marine life. The most impressive thing about these dives was the surface trip out as we encountered quite a large number of whales migrating along the African coast and were lucky to have a whale expert on the rib with us who explained what type of whale they were, what sexy, where they were migrating to and from, a really informative experience. There was also a group of divers staying at Triton Dive Lodge that worked for South African Marine Biological research, and each evening was spent grilling steaks around the African Brai. A really nice group of guys that liked to chat and share a few of their experiences.

mantis shrimp, sodwana bay, South Africa
mantis shrimp, sodwana bay, South Africa
nudibranch, sodwana bay, South Africa
nudibranch, sodwana bay, South Africa
mantis shrimp, sodwana bay, South Africa
mantis shrimp, sodwana bay, South Africa
large shoal of fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
large shoal of fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
large shoal of fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
large shoal of fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
picasso triggar fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
picasso triggar fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
Giant clam, sodwana bay, South Africa
Giant clam, sodwana bay, South Africa
Moral eel, sodwana bay, South Africa
Moral eel, sodwana bay, South Africa
sea snake, sodwana bay, South Africa
sea snake, sodwana bay, South Africa
 Sodwana bay, South Africa
 Sodwana bay, South Africa
clown fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
clown fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
jelly fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
jelly fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
clown fish , sodwana bay, South Africa
clown fish , sodwana bay, South Africa
large shoal of fish , sodwana bay, South Africa
large shoal of fish , sodwana bay, South Africa
angler fish , sodwana bay, South Africa
angler fish , sodwana bay, South Africa
crabs , sodwana bay, South Africa
crabs , sodwana bay, South Africa
fish , sodwana bay, South Africa
fish , sodwana bay, South Africa
moral eel , sodwana bay, South Africa
moral eel , sodwana bay, South Africa
soft coral , sodwana bay, South Africa
soft coral , sodwana bay, South Africa
Hard coral, sodwana bay, South Africa
Hard coral, sodwana bay, South Africa
large shoal of fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
large shoal of fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
nudibranch, sodwana bay, South Africa
nudibranch, sodwana bay, South Africa
jelly fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
jelly fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
scorpion fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
scorpion fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
clown fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
clown fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
nudibranch, sodwana bay, South Africa
nudibranch, sodwana bay, South Africa
moral eel, sodwana bay, South Africa
moral eel, sodwana bay, South Africa
tracey billington diving, sodwana bay, South Africa
tracey billington diving, sodwana bay, South Africa
butterfly fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
butterfly fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
star fish , sodwana bay, South Africa
star fish , sodwana bay, South Africa
Angler fish, sodwana bay, South Africa
Angler fish, sodwana bay, South Africa