Spaniard Rock is a large rock named because the bright red and yellow colours reminded divers of Spain.

Name Dive Site:	Spaniard Rock
Depth:	4-12m (13-39ft)
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Spaniard Rock is named because of its bright yellow and red coloured sponges that cover the rocky underwater landscape. Some of the marine life seen here are butterfish, red Romans and hottentots. Spaniard Rock can be reached six kilometer past Simon's Town driving south. You will have to climb down across a steep path and swim outwards for about fifty meters towards a large rock. Some say this is actually Oatlands Point and that the true Spaniard Rock is a short swim southwards. Whatever name the rock has, it is a great dive location with a lot of aquatic life and some excellent unspoiled reefs nearby.

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A short but quite steep climb is required down to the entry point of Spaniard Rock. It can be quite surgey when a swell is running in the bay, so dive here when the sea is calm. After entering the water, swim for about 80 metres in the direction of the large rock and descend. Be amazed by beautiful, brightly coloured orange and red sponges for which the site is named. Many fish including Red Roman, Janbruin, Galjoen and Hottentot. Feather stars, soft corals, sea fans, colorful sea anemones and nudibranchs, pyjama shark and puffadder shy sharks.

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