Blue Ocean Umkomaas Dive Center

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South Africa

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  5.6 out of 6
total of 14 Ratings
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Ryanne Maessen

Travelled in: November 2025, Rated on 24.12.2025, Booked with Diving World
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The room was a little dated and basic but clean. The food was delicious and there was plenty of choice. Especially the meat was great! The service of all the staff was friendly and good and we had a nice chat with everyone. Both the dive staff and the people from the restaurant. The dive center was very well organized and clean. The rental of equipment was quite expensive. Also when my own regulator broke down and was repaired by them I got both a bill for the repair and the full price for the 3 days "rental" of the regulator. My rented diving suit had also seen its best days with all the holes and tears. Anyway. Furthermore, the pool was not really top notch and there were no sunbeds or chairs outside/around to sit on, except for a wooden bench, which was a shame since there was nothing else to do around the dive center.

The water/diving was nice, but don't expect beautiful corals. The weather could turn quickly, resulting in high waves and rough water. Despite the competence of the staff, I would say: Diving in South-Africa is not for the sissies. Really only go diving there if you already have some more diving experience. And bring a 7mm suit. I had 5mm and a shirt underneath and was cold every dive. The water temperature was around 22 degrees (Nov/Dec).

The extra dives in Protea Banks were a waste of money for me, but others had better luck a few days later. That remains nature, you never know what you are going to see!

Also saw many sharks, 3 large manta rays, turtles, rays and much more.

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Barbara

Travelled in: November 2025, Rated on 25.11.2025, Booked with fish & trips
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Christa und Patrick

Travelled in: November 2025, Rated on 17.11.2025, Booked with Dive & Travel
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Irene

Travelled in: May 2025, Rated on 11.06.2025, Booked with Dive & Travel
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Jonatan Roger Driesen

Travelled in: April 2025, Rated on 29.04.2025, Booked with Diving World
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Eric de Wolf

Travelled in: April 2025, Rated on 28.04.2025, Booked with Diving World
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Luc Van Maele

Travelled in: April 2025, Rated on 15.04.2025, Booked with Diving World
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Filip Roelandt

Travelled in: April 2025, Rated on 15.04.2025, Booked with Diving World
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Very professionally run dive center. Highly recommended. Helpful, friendly and lots of big life to see (manta rays, various species of rays and sharks, dolphins, turtles, ...).

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Silvana Nies

Travelled in: December 2023, Rated on 18.01.2024, Booked with Aqua Active Agency
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Rarely have I seen such a well-organized dive centre. Whether sport, tec, sidemount or rebreather diving! We had our rebreathers with us, top!

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Elisabeth

Travelled in: November 2023, Rated on 17.11.2023, Booked with Diving World
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Big and spacious place for all your stuff, everything is done for you. Lots of technical knowledge available also in case of problems with your equipment. Fantastic captains and dive guides. Lovely hot showers with fine shampoo when you come back from the cold water. Insane amount of big stuff seen, sharks and humpback whales every day!

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Dingena

Travelled in: May 2023, Rated on 06.06.2023, Booked with Diving World
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The staff at the dive center is very experienced and super pleasant and friendly. They go the extra mile for you. We had a great time and definitely want to go back again!

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Menno

Travelled in: November 2022, Rated on 01.12.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Roy

Travelled in: October 2022, Rated on 08.11.2022, Booked with Diving World
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Marc

Travelled in: October 2022, Rated on 07.11.2022, Booked with Diving World
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dive center fully equipped and also skilled divemasters who enthusiastically tell about underwater and above-water life. Experienced skippers pilot the dinghies through the surf every day with extreme precision.

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