Location: Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa. Geographic coordinates: 29° 0' S, 24° 0' E Coastline: 2,798 km km Climate: Mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights Terrain: Vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain Elevation: highest point: Njesuthi 3,408 m Natural hazards: Prolonged droughts Currency: rand (ZAR) Population: 44,344,136 Languages: IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census) Capital: Pretoria (note: Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center) Divisions: 9 provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West, Northern Cape, Western Cape
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Justins Caves, South Africa
By Steeler, 2007-11-17 13:04:51 Justins Caves with Chrizaan
L/M.Temp..11..Vis.2-5....
Dive sightings.
NUDIBRANCHS,Silver Nudibranch,Black Dorid,
FISH sighted,Hottentot,Galjoen,Kelpfish
SHARKS small shyshark.
SHELLS, ,Quite a few Abelone/Perlemoen
SEAJELLIES,Box jelly's
Seastars,C More...
DATE…02/09/07….
Dive location…Castle Rocks………….
DIVETIME…45Min……….
MAX DEPTH…12m…..
L/M.Temp..16..Vis.5-10++....
Divers: Howard Steele,Sean and Kyl More...
Aliwal Shoal, South Africa
By Orion, 2006-08-18 00:00:00 really good for biology dive
This is a really great place to have a colourful dive...the water is really clear (we had at least 20m visibility), the corals and fish are beatiful!!! We were lucky enough to see raggies and the surface was swarming with manta rays!!! However i More...