Sodwana Bay National Park offers Africa's southernmost coral reefs and outstanding climate. Sodwana Bay is one of the world’s premier sport diving destinations
Sodwana is situated in the Maputaland Marine Reserve and is the only scuba diving area along the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park (now renamed to Isimangaliso) coastline. Classified as one of the top dive sites in the world this 50 km reef complex boasts around 95 species of hard and soft coral, sponges, other invertebrates and around 1200 fish species. It attracts 35 000 scuba divers every year. Vast 700m deep valleys, submarine canyons, are strewn over a distance of 2km. It was in one of these that on 27 November 2000 that the coelacanth was rediscovered.
Diving conditions: Visibility: 10-50m, best Sept-March;
To do this cache you will have to be a certified scuba diver. The first waypoint is situated in 12m on the edge of the sand patch of 4 Buoy which is the most popular dive site for training. Every dive operator will know this spot
On the edge of the sand patch we have attached a small rubber Matt (75 x 125mm) to the Chain. It is attached by cable ties. You will need to count how many holes are in the Matt. At the time of placing each hole had at least one cable tie. Do this at the start of your dive it will only take a couple of minutes, then go off and enjoy the reef.
Let this number be A
The final will be calculated as follows
S27 (A/2)2.4(9*A)
E32 4(A-6).(A+1)4(A-5)
The final is placed at a very busy spot,the green shirted employees here are aware of the cache but should not be asked to help unless desperation sets in. If anything is amiss please speak to Ben as he has promised to maintain the cache.
On logging it would be nice if you would comment on your dive experience.