I have dived both Cape and Sodwana, and wouldn’t even attempt to compare the 2 because they both offer a completely different awe-inspiring experience.

But if you think the Cape waters are sterile then you either have never dived here or have not been taken anywhere by anyone who actually knows what they are doing around here…..

deficit omne quod nasciture

Have a really great day

Because Ranger as awesome as the Savanna is, the Fynbos is our most impressive and valuable Biome by far with the most floral diversity in the world. Add our impressive bird list to that and the Western Cape is great place to be as a Naturalist. All the best Biological academics are at UCT, including the marine department. Branch, Griffiths etc.

Was diving in Sodwana last June/July, awesome place, it really was besides being overrun by fat Gautengers with their 4×4′s on the beach. But don’t write off the Kelp forests here. Have you been to them? The spearfishing is fantastic here. The diving is great too if you can deal with the cold. Add that we have the most Great White Sharks in the world and there is nothing more awesome than those beasts. I really don’t know what you’re talking about when you say sterile? And cold is a matter of relativity. We have our only endemic cetacean in the Heaviside Dolphin, seals and sea birds for miles and plenty of fish. Without coral there is no need to be brightly coloured, but if that’s the definition of not being of sterile for you so be it.

As for your Leopard on the beach, ever heard of the Cape Leopard? Being seen all over place the now including beach towns such as Rooi Els.

Rant over.

still, it appears so rife in your schools it’s no surprise your senior players are drug cheats too

the bulls cheated with their building a line from the ruck back 5 metres so the halfback could still get caught trying to box kick

cheating sods, but does go some way to highlighting the intelligence of those in Pretoria

filthy cheating scum that they are

Not sure whether you have dived all the spots in the western cape in order to make the judgement that the oceans are sterile.

Here are so may spots with such a variety that you will be surprised- everything from wreck diving to kelp forests that house a huge diversity of marine life, beautiful coloured corals etc, friendly cape seals, etc..etc..

The water is also not THAT cold – about 8-20 degrees- a 7mm wetsuit is usually fine.

If that does not excite you and you are really desperate for serious adrenaline (Africa style) you can always, as a brave fearless kwazulu natal diver, go and dive the shark alley in Gans Bay (without a cage of course). In that “sterile” water you will find creatures that will make you long back to the friendly, docile cuddly Raggies or even Tigers of Sodwana Bay like never before.

Personally I have never dived in that alley and that is probably why I am still alive to tell you about the wonderful Cape and the adventures you can have here

Oi! So die Kaap is nie in Afrika nie? Geen wonder die Sharks is so deurmekaar.