Aliwal Dive Centre & Lodge
Established 20 years ago, Aliwal Dive Centre and Lodge is a PADI 5 Star IDC centre specialising in baited shark dives, shark cage dives and dive trips to Aliwal Shoal.
A one-stop-dive-and-sleep-shop, it offers PADI courses (from Discover Scuba Diver to Instructor), reef and baited dives, nitrox fills, gear hire and comfy beds in their lodge upstairs which offers a choice of en suite sea-facing air con doubles and en suite dorms.
The bed price includes a full English breakfast.
During June and July they the annual "Sardine Run" is held in Port Saint Johns, it is an experience that you cannot miss out on.
The sardine run is the migration of most types of shark species, whales and dolphins who feed off the pilgramage od the sardines making their way to warmer waters.
Daily outings last for approximately 6 – 8 hours depending on the sea conditions and the amount of sardine activity.
Sardine activity is usually sighted from large flocks of Cape gannet birds or by the more trusted large pods of Common & Bottlenose dolphin activity.
