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Best places to dive with Oceanic blacktip shark
Carcharhinus limbatus
A fast, silvery requiem shark with black fin tips that gathers in numbers around bait — the reliable, year-round backbone of most KwaZulu-Natal shark dives. Distinct from the smaller blacktip reef shark of tropical lagoons.
Destinations ranked by how reliably oceanic blacktip shark is seen. The bars show the likelihood by month — never a guarantee. See the full species page for more.
KwaZulu-Natal Shark Coast, South Africa
| Month | Likelihood |
|---|---|
| January | commonly seen |
| February | commonly seen |
| March | commonly seen |
| April | commonly seen |
| May | commonly seen |
| June | commonly seen |
| July | commonly seen |
| August | commonly seen |
| September | commonly seen |
| October | commonly seen |
| November | commonly seen |
| December | commonly seen |
A permanent resident of both shoals with no real season; the mainstay of the baited dives.