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Cape Rock Lobster, Brunswick wreck imported from iNaturalist photo 15582772
Near Clan Stewart, 1 km away. Photo: (c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Clan Stewart

Dive site · South Africa

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

48Fair out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: Sea 0.5 m, Visibility under 5 m, Water 16 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 45 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
15 kn
Gusts
30knboats in
Air
20°C

Tue 3 · 59 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
24°C

Wed 4 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
26°C

Thu 5 · 3 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
31knboats in
Air
20°C

Fri 6 · 53 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
26knboats in
Air
19°C

Sat 7 · 52 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
18°C

Sun 8 · 3 out of 100

Sea
1.1 m
Wind
20 kn
Gusts
38knboats in
Air
19°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 152, fair
  2. Mon 245, fair
  3. Tue 359, fair
  4. Wed 462, good
  5. Thu 53, poor
  6. Fri 653, fair
  7. Sat 752, fair
  8. Sun 83, poor
  9. Mon 960, good
  10. Tue 1063, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 9 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 16 °C7 mm wetsuit and hood
  • Faces Eswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Clan Stewart
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov52, fair0.7 m11 kn23kn21°C
Mon 2Nov45, fair0.8 m15 kn30knboats in20°C
Tue 3Nov59, fair0.6 m6 kn16kn24°C
Wed 4Nov62, good0.5 m6 kn13kn26°C
Thu 5Nov3, poor0.6 m16 kn31knboats in20°C
Fri 6Nov53, fair0.7 m13 kn26knboats in19°C
Sat 7Nov52, fair0.7 m8 kn18kn18°C
Sun 8Nov3, poor1.1 m20 kn38knboats in19°C
Mon 9Nov60, good0.6 m6 kn16kn25°C
Tue 10Nov63, good0.4 m5 kn12kn21°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovLow 01:16 −0.4 mHigh 07:43 +0.4 mLow 14:10 −0.4 mHigh 20:23 +0.3 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 02:49 −0.3 mHigh 09:14 +0.4 mLow 15:59 −0.4 mHigh 22:04 +0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 04:28 −0.4 mHigh 10:42 +0.5 mLow 17:24 −0.5 mHigh 23:28 +0.4 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May2of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Map

the site, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Clan Stewart

Red bait pods on Muizenberg trawler wreck P8060253
Near Clan Stewart, 1 km away. Photo: Peter Southwood, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Speckled klipfish at Muizenberg trawler wreck P8060273
Near Clan Stewart, 1 km away. Photo: Peter Southwood, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Clan Stewart

A wreck dive. It goes down to 9 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. 4 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away. The sea is about 15°C in June, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 18°C in January, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Simons Town. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots, 7 dive sites and 1 climbing area.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 9 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 4 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away.

Water about 16°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility under 5 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Jul, Oct, Nov and Dec (about 5 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,230–US$2,430 each

about US$1,230–US$2,430 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to CPT, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$858–US$1,780
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$161–US$275
Food7 days eating outabout US$147–US$268
Totalabout US$1,230–US$2,430

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Simons Town

Closest

Simons Town

4 min by car · 41 places to stay

about US$60/nightcountry average

See 41 places to stay in Simons Town · Booking.com

About Simons Town its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$60 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 26h 35m

About 26h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → CPT, changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), then 50 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 5 m, clearer than usual (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.