Cow and Calf

The dive sites Cow and Calf and Stone Dog are on a shoreline rocky reef in the Gordon's Bay area on the east side of False Bay, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Cow and Calf is a reasonably accessible shore dive close to Gordon's Bay, in an area relatively protected from south westerly swell, and provides a reasonable range of depth and good variety of reef life. Anchorage on the sand is adequate though fairly exposed. Cow and Calf: The gap between high reef ridges and shore is about 5 to 8 m deep, with low ridges and boulders. The inner ridge of the reef breaks surface at low tide, The outer face of this ridge drops to about 7 to 9 m, and the gap to the next reef is about that deep. The outer reef is very sheer on seaward side, rising from 10m to very near the surface. The site is exposed to the north west wind.