Sodwana Bay is part of the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, which stretches from here as a narrow strip along the coast to the north up to the border of Mozambique.
Protected are also the coastal waters in a 3-mile zone, including the offshore coral reefs, which are known to be the southernmost in the world.
Sodwana Bay is, due to the extraordinary wealth in tropical fish - and an underwater visibility of 30 metres, become one of the most popular diving sport centres of South Africa. Every morning, hundreds of divers are being taken in rubber dingies to the diving grounds at the Two-Mile Reef or at the Quarter Mile Reef - the last one also being a paradise for snorkelers. The beach of Sodwana Bay is always hectically busy. Fourwheelers with trailers plough through the sand to launch boats, to transport oxigen bottles and equipment or haul boats ashore.
Sodwana Bay is also an attractive destination for deep-sea fishers with motor yachts. A couple of times every year popular fishing competitions are held. Big game fish like marlin or sailfish - the fastest of all fishes - gain record lengths in these waters.
Despite all these hectic activities - if you look for tranquility, you can find it just a few hundred metres away from the main beach at virtually endless pristine stretches, backed by mighty forested dunes.
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Top left: Diving at Sodwana Bay. Bottom left: 4x4's are admitted at Sodwana Bay beach. Top right: Rubber dinghy with divers in Sodwana Bay. Bottom right: Forest at beach.
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