Crystal Cliffs
Why dive here
With 490+ marine species recorded in the area - including barracuda, blue sharks, bull sharks, eagle rays and great white sharks - Crystal Cliffs offers some of KwaZulu-Natal's richest wall diving. Water ranges 21-26°C, warmest January, February, March.
Crystal Cliffs, tucked between M & M and Cohens Corner, offers a gentle introduction to diving in KwaZulu-Natal. It’s a shallow wall dive, maxing out at about 15 metres, which makes it a nice spot for newer divers finding their fins. We’ve often seen smallmouth yellows and barbel hugging the rock face, and you might even spot some carp or, occasionally, a bass or trout if you’re lucky. Visibility averages around 4 metres here, so it’s more about close-up observations than sweeping vistas.
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Ocean conditions, forecast and tides for Crystal Cliffs
Crystal Cliffs Ocean Conditions
Monthly averages for Crystal Cliffs, sourced from Open-Meteo marine data - nearest station: Open-Meteo marine grid (-30.31, 30.76) (42km away)
October Averages
Sea Temperature
22°C
71°F · Range: 21–22.7°C
Air Temperature
20°C
68°F
Wind Speed
7.64 m/s
14.9 knots
Atmospheric Pressure
1017.9 hPa
Based on 4 years of monitoring data · Data sources: Open-Meteo marine data
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