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This is one of the best dives in Sodwana. On this reef one usually finds various gullies, a long swim-thru and boulders surrounded by sand patches.

This is a relatively flat reef with a few hollows on the side and some drop off’s, all of which is situated in a huge sand patch. The reef life here is very interesting with cleaning stations in some of the hollow’s and Garden eels in the sand patches.

This popular dive site consists of big, blocky boulders covered in coral with sandy patches in between. The excellent light penetration and shallow depth have created a beautiful underwater garden with a magnificent range of coral and invertebrate life.

This is a dive at a mostly untouched reef where you will find marine life that isn't commonly seen elsewhere. The area is quite flat but still has some caves and overhangs. Guitar sharks were spotted in this area amongst the other common reef fish.

If coral interests you, this is the dive to do. The reef is flat, but thousands upon thousands of spectacular coloured hard and soft corals are to be seen with thousands of juvenile fish hiding in and under the coral.

This is a rather flat reef with a few Sponges, Starfish and rock formations. The marine life encountered on this reef included game fish, Pufferfish, Boxfish, Triggerfish and Clown triggers.

Four Buoy Reef is situated next to Pinnacles on Two Mile reef with boulders and gullies surrounded by huge sand patches. Four Buoy is almost the central point of Two Mile reef.

Pinnacles consists of large underwater rock formations with the pinnacle itself only six metres from the surface of the water. There are also lots of gullies and boulders surrounded by sand patches in this area.

This reef has deep overhangs and gullies surrounded by sand patches, and it was the only reef in Sodwana where one yellow and two red Thorny seahorses (Hippocampus histrix) were found.

This reef has overhangs, gullies, ledges and a big enough cave to swim through. The reef also has big sand patches between parts of the reef and has a large quantity of fish life, allowing divers to swim through schools of Fusiliers, Snappers and in particular, big black Knifejaws standing guard in the opening of the cave.