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An Open Water certification is the start of your scuba diving training
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An Open Water certification is the start of your scuba diving training

1 week ago

What is a “Discover Scuba” Try Dive all about?
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  • SCUBA skills

What is a “Discover Scuba” Try Dive all about?

2 weeks ago

When would I need a Nitrox qualification?
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When would I need a Nitrox qualification?

4 weeks ago

What scuba skills do you need for Cape Town diving?
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What scuba skills do you need for Cape Town diving?

1 month ago

Month: October 2021

Shark free chips? Yes, please!
October 29, 2021October 12, 2021

Shark free chips? Yes, please!

So, in short: Cape Town’s False Bay used to be the place to see great white sharks. Now there almost no sightings While government scientists continue to […]

Shark Month by Alison Beere
Where have the Great White Sharks gone?
October 27, 2021October 12, 2021

Where have the Great White Sharks gone?

During an OMSAC after zoom presentation chat, Mark A mentioned that 20 years ago you were almost guaranteed of seeing great white sharks during a […]

Shark Month by Tamyn Whitnall
😱 You’ve probably eaten / used products containing shark… 
October 19, 2021October 12, 2021

😱 You’ve probably eaten / used products containing shark… 

You might be thinking, “But I don’t eat shark fin soup!”  However, the reality is that sharks are being killed for more than just their […]

Shark Month by Alison Beere
Shark Finning
October 15, 2021October 19, 2021

Shark Finning

Shark finning is the unimaginably cruel practice of cutting the fins from a shark while it is still alive before throwing the shark back into the […]

Shark Month by Tamyn Whitnall
Whats the truth?
October 13, 2021October 12, 2021

Whats the truth?

SHARK MYTH #1: ARE ALL SHARKS BIG WITH LOTS OF SHARP TEETH?Not all sharks are large, bulky and torpedo-shaped like the ones we see in […]

Shark Month by Tamyn Whitnall
🦈 How can YOU help our sharks? Be a Finspotter…
October 8, 2021October 12, 2021

🦈 How can YOU help our sharks? Be a Finspotter…

Fin Spotter is a database of shark encounters that Cape Radd (Simonstown-based conservation institution) uses to estimate and monitor the size of the population for […]

Shark Month by Alison Beere
Cape Radd — a ‘rad’ shark conservation experience
October 6, 2021October 12, 2021

Cape Radd — a ‘rad’ shark conservation experience

OMSAC’s fave club scientist  Sarah Jane Ackland was lucky enough to do the Cape Radd Shark Week workshop last November. Cape Radd is a research institution that focuses on […]

Shark Month by Alison Beere
Sharktober 2021
October 1, 2021October 12, 2021

Sharktober 2021

One thing we get asked all the time as scuba divers is “but aren’t you afraid of sharks?”  Now I’ll be honest, big sharks are not […]

Shark Month by Tamyn Whitnall

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  • An Open Water certification is the start of your scuba diving training
  • What is a “Discover Scuba” Try Dive all about?
  • When would I need a Nitrox qualification?
  • What scuba skills do you need for Cape Town diving?

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