Raggie Cave

Raggie Cave is not a true cave but a deep, overhung bowl in Aliwal's sandstone, and in winter it fills with exactly what the name says. Ragged-tooth sharks gather here during their mating season, hanging almost motionless in the gully, mouths ajar with that permanent snaggle-toothed menace that belies a placid nature. Divers settle at the rim, keep low, and let the sharks drift past at arm's-length range; ten or more animals share the bowl on good days. Around the edges the shoal's usual cast (morays, rays on the sand, clouds of goldies) carries the dive when the raggies wander.

वह पल जिसके लिए आप आते हैं: Winter aggregations of ragged-tooth sharks at close, calm range

टोपोग्राफी: Sandstone amphitheater and overhung gully in the shoal's fossil-dune reef

करंट: Surge and along-shoal current vary with swell; entries are negative drops from RIBs after a surf launch.

खतरे: Surge in the bowl, current over the shoal, and surf launches to reach it.

परमिट और नियम: Aliwal Shoal MPA permit required, arranged via operators.

संरक्षण: Do not block the gully mouths or crowd the sharks: they abandon the site when hemmed in. The species is regionally threatened and these aggregations matter.

Nitrox: यहाँ उपयोगी: प्रोफ़ाइलें उस रेंज में हैं जहाँ enriched air no-stop time को सार्थक रूप से बढ़ाता है (इसके उपयोग के प्रशिक्षण के साथ)।