Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Froggy Pond

The dive site Froggy Pond is a shoreline rocky reef in the Froggy Pond area of Simon's Town on the False Bay coast of the Cape Peninsula, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Froggy Pond Halal Travel Guide

Froggy Pond and Fishermans Beach - Aerial view of the dive sites at Froggy Pond at top left of picture and Fisherman’s Beach at lower centre. The northern ridge of the point between them extends over 100 m out and is an important part of the dive site. (Photo CDS&M)

A shore dive site which is suitable for training exercises as it is sheltered and has a flat sandy bottom.

Position

S33°12.22’ E018°27.40’ Lua error: Cannot create process: proc_open(/dev/null): Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted Beach entry and exit very sheltered. The beach is fenced as a penguin sanctuary and the gate is not diver-friendly. It may be necessary to take off your cylinder to get through.

There is off road parking on the shoreward side of the road slightly to the south, opposite Fisherman's Beach.

What to see in Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Froggy Pond

Marine life

More interesting than one might expect from the shore. The open rocks are quite bare, but there is a long horizontal crevice at quite shallow depth on the north side of the point which has a lot in and around it. It seems to be open at the back as a strong surge runs through it which may be unpleasant in a larger swell. Shallow areas have lots of pear limpets on top of the rocks, urchins a bit deeper with fairly sparse Red bait, Common feather stars deeper still. Deepest reefs have some Elegant feather stars too, and Mauve and Red chested cucumbers. The sand is fairly bare, with a few buried horseshoe cucumbers, some Long siphoned whelks, Sand stars and Puffadder shy sharks. Kelp on the rocks is fairly sparse. There are a lot of twiggy corallines in the shallows, more crustose corallines deeper.

Photography

There are plenty of subjects for close-up photography.

Routes

Follow the edge of the reef on the south side of the cove, making excursions up the rocks and occasionally onto the sand. You can go right round the point and exit at Fisherman’s Beach.

Stay Safe

Hazards

No site specific hazards are recorded.

Skills

Easy entry and exit, and sandy patches make this a suitable site for entry level training dives. There is plenty of shallow reef for novice snorkellers.

Equipment

No special equipmnt is necessary. A light is useful to see into crevices and overhangs. A compass is useful to keep track of where you are if you follow the point out far or explore over the sand.

Nearby

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Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Photographer's Reef|Photographer’s Reef GPS -34.197450,18.457283
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Penguin Point|Penguin Point GPS -34.198150,18.454233
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Windmill Offshore Reefs|Dangerous Doug Reef GPS -34.199167,18.460833
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Windmill Offshore Reefs|Lace Reef GPS -34.199333,18.468750
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Windmill Offshore Reefs|Windmill Offshore GPS -34.200833,18.463333
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Windmill Beach|Windmill Beach GPS -34.201000,18.456667
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Windmill Offshore Reefs|Outer Windmill GPS -34.201500,18.460167
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Fisherman’s Beach|Fisherman's Beach GPS -34.205950,18.458283
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/D-Frame|D-Frame GPS -34.206300,18.466600
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/A-Frame|A-Frame GPS -34.208067,18.461033

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