St. Lucia Wetlands Guest House

St. Lucia Sea and Lake Fishing

Fishing is a popular activity as is rock and surf angling, deep sea and lake fishing. For the fun join a day or night fishing safari where all equipment is supplied.

Your experienced guide will introduce you to saltwater fly fishing and/or rock and surf fishing.

Sodwana Bay

Sodwana Bay in the north of the park is one of South Africa's premier fishing and diving destinations because of the unspoilt coral reefs (there are 95 species of coral here). There is a large variety of Indo-Pacific fish including the coelacanth. It is also popular because of the variety of depths and dive sites that are available to divers. The entire area measures some 50kms and is a protected area up to 3 nautical miles out to sea.

The waters are home to turtles, blue marlin and other game fish, whales, dolphins, sharks and rays. As a result, there is SCUBA diving, snorkelling, shore angling and deep sea fishing.

For those who want variety and not water activities, there are plenty of trails through the unspoilt dune forest where one can encoutner a profusion of colourful birds, small game and vervet and samango monkeys.

The Coelacanths of Sodwana Bay

In 2000, a group of divers descended to more than 100 metres to photograph living coelacanths in one of the canyons off Sodwana Bay. One of the divers lost his life in the process.

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