Free Dive Forage Adventure with Khoi Scouts and Veld and Sea - 21 February

FREE DIVE FORAGE ADVENTURE

Saturday 21 February

10am - 4pm

Discover the rich offerings of the local coastline, learn how to sustainably harvest and incorporate the ocean ingredients of Cape Town into your cooking while enjoying a wildly delicious ocean adventure!

What to Expect:

Join the Khoi Scouts and the Veld and Sea team to immerse yourself in the kelp forests and discover their magical underwater colours and flavours. Dive into the world of ocean ingredients under the expert guidance of trained divers, foragers and chefs.

During this half-day experience, we explore edible seaweeds and molluscs, learning how to legally, responsibly and sustainably harvest and interact with these beautiful and bountiful underwater gardens, while emphasising the importance of treating the ecosystem with care. You’ll also learn how to prepare and preserve your foraged finds through talks and interactive cooking demonstrations over an open fire. The day wraps up with a delicious lunch paired with botanical drinks, enjoyed in the Veld and Sea Glasshouse.

We’ll start the day at the beach with a free-diving and snorkelling session, beginning with breathwork, stretching and an ocean safety talk. We then dive in to discover how to identify and sustainably forage a variety of underwater ingredients. After our underwater adventure, we’ll drive approximately 15 minutes back to the Veld and Sea HQ near Cape Point, where you’ll be welcomed with refreshments.

Here, we’ll delve deeper into edible ocean ingredients, offering inspiration on how to incorporate these flavours, colours and textures into your cooking. The experience concludes with a multi-course, coastal-inspired meal created by our chefs, featuring your foraged finds alongside seasonal ingredients from our gardens and local farms.

What's Included:

This half-day workshop includes rock pool and kelp forest explorations, led by trained drivers.

Post dive tea and snacks.

Cooking demos and seaweed ID session.

A delicious lunch feast featuring foraged and seasonal ingredients, enjoyed with botanical mocktails.

Follow-up notes - coastal foraging PDF with identification tips, recipes, moon phase tide charts, a recommended book list, and a Spotify podcast playlist.

What to Bring:

• Your own dive gear!
• Sunhat and sunscreen for the pre-dive session.
• Towel and warm clothes for after the dive.
• Your mollusc permit (essential – available at your nearest post office or online here)
• Water bottle
• A sense of humour and an appetite!
• A cooler box for transporting your ocean ingredients home (if you'd like to take any extras home)
• Botanical mocktails will be offered before lunch, but feel free to bring your own additional drink of choice to enjoy with the meal.

Dive Gear:

If you don't have your own dive gear and need to rent all or some of the gear needed, please get in touch with one of the following places to organise dive gear.

You will need a wetsuit, a mask and snorkel, a weight belt and fins.

Khoi Scouts - This is the dive team we work with, mention you will be joining a Veld and Sea Free Dive Forage, and they will be able to bring the gear to Millers Point for you!

Alternatives:

Pisces Divers

I AM WATER

Duration: 6 hours

Venue: Millers Point + Veld and Sea HQ near Cape Point

Price:

R2200 per person

Two WOC scholarship tickets are available for this event. For details, please email [email protected].

Refund Policy:

50% cancellation fee.

Tickets are non-transferable to other event dates and non-refundable 72 hours before the event.

Is this suitable for vegetarians?

Yes, a variety of dishes are served during this experience, and vegetarians will not go hungry! Please inform us in advance of any food allergies so we can accommodate your needs.