The dive sites at North Lion’s Paw or just North Paw are in the Clifton area on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The sites include North Lion’s Paw, North Paw Cave Rock, Monty’s Pinnacles, Barry’s Pinnacles, the Northern Pinnacles and Eastern Pinnacle.
. . . Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/North Paw . . .
This can be a spectacular site in good conditions. It is an extensive area of granite reef, marked by exposed rocks identified on the charts as North Lion’s Paw. A popular part of the site is the Cave Rock, a large arched granite boulder, which is slightly offshore from the exposed rocks. Monty’s Pinnacles is a pair of pinnacles on an east-west ridge slightly to the north, Northern Pinnacles are further north and a bit east of Monty’s, and the Eastern Pinnacle is to the east and a bit north of the main reef.
- 1 North Lion’s Paw: Exposed rocks: S33°55.854’ E018°21.849’ — about 1 km offshore of the headland between Bantry Bay and Clifton
- 1 Top of Cave Rock: S33°55.847’ E018°21.789’ — about 75 m to the west of the exposed rocks.
- 1 Monty’s Pinnacles (East): S33°55.797′ E018°21.808′ — about 100 m due north (magnetic) from the exposed rocks.
- 1 Northern Pinnacles: S33°55.745′ E018°21.879′ — about 200 m due 037°(magnetic} from the exposed rocks.
- 1 Eastern Pinnacle: S33°55.807′ E018°22.019′ — about 270 m due 099°(magnetic} from the exposed rocks, and is about 240 m due 143°(magnetic) from Northern Pinnacles.
- 1 Barry’s Pinnacles: S33°55.841′ E018°21.647′ — about 300 m due 299°(magnetic) from the exposed rocks.
This site is in the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area since 2004. A permit is required.
. . . Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/North Paw . . .