Top spots for snorkeling in Southern Africa                                                    

KwaZulu Natal Coast, the best snorkeling in South Africa:               

1. Sodwana Bay is one of the best snorkeling sites in the world, rated in the top ten of dive sites. For a huge variety of sea-life, diverse tropical reefs and shipwrecks.

2. Aliwal Shoal on the South Coast of KwaZulu Natal for sightings of ragged tooth sharks, cold water fish and warm water reef fish. Also an interesting shipwreck dive, various sponges, and soft and hard corals.

3. Maputaland in northern KwaZulu Natal has Cape Vidal near Saint Lucia village for sheltered snorkeling at low tide. And the Kosi Bay Nature Reserve, at the mouth of the Kosi Lakes, on the Mozambique border. At Kosi Bay you can snorkel in warm waters over the only coral reef in the world to be found within an estuary.

4. Protea Banks, off Shelly beach, south of Port Shepstone to see Zambezi tiger and hammerhead sharks in summer and ragged tooth sharks in winter.

Top spots for snorkeling on the Garden Route:

5. Knysna has various dive and snorkel sites and seahorses.

6. Plettenberg Bay and other snorkeling sites on the Garden Route have plenty of invertebrates, such as sponges, anemones and nudibranchs.

7. The Tsitsikamma Marine Park at Storms River to see rare marine animals, but be careful of rough waters.

8. Mossel Bay with shallow reefs and Sea Island, where you need to be careful of shark attacks.

9. Eastern Cape Nelson Mandela Bay, off Port Elizabeth to snorkel in a cold-water coral garden with tropical vagrant species, jellyfish and octopus.

The best Snorkeling in Mozambique, enjoy the abundance of pristine reefs and marine life:

10. The pristine Two Mile Reef at Bazaruto Archipelago, in Mozambique is one of the top snorkeling sites in Africa. At Two Mile you will snorkel with rich marine life and colourful tropical gardens in crystal-clear waters.

Hope you splash out and go snorkeling at some of the top snorkeling sites in sunny Southern Africa this summer!  
 

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