© Impact Divers, 7975 Cape Town
Long Beach Simons Town
★★★★☆
(3,694)
Due to the shape of the harbour, Long Beach is well protected from most winds and waves. This dive site has a maximum depth of about 18 meters. This dive site does not require a boat ride and is a great shore dive.
Expect to see pineapple fish, crown crab, blue fin gurnard, shaggy sea hare, biscuit skate, sea squirts, octopus and stingrays box jellyfish. Sharks are rarely found at Long Beach.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
604 Sightings
J
51
F
67
M
36
A
40
M
40
J
41
J
47
A
29
S
46
O
81
N
51
D
75
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 7000
iStock-Michael Zeigler
Crab
301 Sightings
J
27
F
25
M
11
A
10
M
23
J
25
J
33
A
25
S
32
O
42
N
23
D
25
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
97 Sightings
J
20
F
35
M
0
A
13
M
11
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
18
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
44 Sightings
J
0
F
10
M
0
A
0
M
11
J
0
J
11
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
12
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 130
iStock-Christian von Mach
Pipefish
37 Sightings
J
0
F
11
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
13
A
0
S
0
O
13
N
0
D
0
