Fish Hoek bay

The sea around the Peninsula is strangely calm today, with barely a shore break from Muizenberg to Cape Town. It reminds me of the Mediterranean at Marbella, where the sea sort of folds over onto the beach, and the colour of the water at Fish Hoek this evening was a crystal turquoise. Any sharks cruising by would have been clearly visible, but as usual, none were in sight when I was perfectly positioned to spot them!

A school of dolphins has been very active in the bay all week and those living on the hillside above the beach have been treated to close-up displays as they frolicked along the shoreline before heading back out into the middle of False Bay to feed.

The lifesaving club were out in full force on their paddleskis, taking advantage of the perfect conditions to carry out what looked like timed races out to a buoy and back to the beach. Two paddleskiers remained out to sea and a rubber duck patrolled a little further out, as the shark spotters had departed for the day and it is better to be safe than sorry.

I'm afraid to say that, no matter how inviting the water looks, I have never really gone back into the water since Jaws, and having seen photos of what lurks in the breakers at Fish Hoek, it seems that it is probably a wise choice. Perhaps when the proposed and approved shark net is eventually installed, I may become brave again and take to the waves as I used to as a girl.

It's hard to believe, but we used to swim at night at Fish Hoek!