Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Sherwood Forest

The dive site Sherwood Forest is an offshore rocky reef in the Partridge Point area on the Cape Peninsula, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

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Sherwood Forest Reef map - Map of the reef at Sherwood Forest}}

The site has exceptional sea fans.

Position

S34°15.190' E18°29.010' Sherwood Forest reef GPS -34.253167,18.4835 (Pinnacle)

Sherwood Forest lies between Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay#Atlantis Reef|Atlantis Reef and Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Partridge Point|Seal Rock. This site is in a Marine Protected Area (2004). A permit is required.

Name

The name "Sherwood Forest" was chosen by the divers on the first recorded dive at this site on 3rd May 2012.

Depth

Maximum depth is about 30 m. and the top of the reef is about 18 m. Average depth is likely to be about 25m.

Topography

This deep reef is made up of jumbled granite boulders, clumped together in patches and dispersed between sandy areas in others.

Geology: Granite corestone boulders and outcrops of the Peninsula pluton.

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-34.25317|18.48350|width=|align= Sherwood Forest reef and nearby dive sites}} Boat access only. The site is roughly 3.5 km from Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Miller's Point slipway|Miller's Point slipway and 10.8km from Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Simon's Town jetty|Simon's Town jetty.

What to See

Tubular_hydroid_DSF0138 - tubular hydroid

Marine life

Because the reef is deep and there are many sea fans, some up to 2 m tall. Tubular hydroids, gasflame nudibranchs, silvertips, redspotted nudibranchs and protea dorids can all be seen. Also, hottentot, schools of strepies, and cryptic reef fish like the Chinese klipfish. The site may be visited by spearnose skates.

Photography

Suggested Routes

Stay Safe

Hazards

No site specific hazards have been reported.

Skills

Certification appropriate to the depth is expected. The dive is beyond the depth range for entry level divers.

Equipment

No special equipment is required. A DSMB and reel is recommended to alert the boat crew of your position when surfacing, and to warn other boats of your presence, as this area may carry fairly heavy small craft traffic at times, and the commercial ski-boat fishermen are not all particularly concerned for the safety of divers.

Nearby

Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Graeme's Spot and The Jambles|The Jambles GPS -34.248083,18.481500
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Graeme's Spot and The Jambles|Graeme's Spot GPS -34.248383,18.481950
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Finlay's Point|Finlay’s Point GPS -34.248767,18.477550
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Finlay's Pinnacle|Finlay's Pinnacle GPS -34.249500,18.479667
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Carnaby Street Pinnacle|Carnaby Street Pinnacle GPS -34.249750,18.482000
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Finlay's Deep|Finlay's Deep GPS -34.250083,18.486567
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Atlantis Reef|Atlantis Reef GPS -34.251250,18.483783
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Partridge Point#Fish Tank|Fish Tank GPS -34.253833,18.482167
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Partridge Point|Partridge Point - Seal Rock GPS -34.255617,18.481533
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Partridge Point|Partridge Point - Deep Partridge GPS -34.255833,18.483333
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Partridge Point|Partridge Point - Dave's Caves GPS -34.256300,18.478400
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Partridge Point|Partridge Point - Big Rock GPS -34.257750,18.479800
Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Partridge Point|Partridge Point - Peter's Pinnacles GPS -34.258583,18.478117

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