Tanzania | Dive & Sleep Package | Stay at Sunny Cottage | 4 Dives included

Join us on our diving trips to the best sites in Zanzibar! Below a description of the dive sites we visit, our schedules, the included gear and the boats we use to get there fast, save and in a comfortable way.

Dive Sites

Here is a brief description of the best dive sites Zanzibar has to offer…

Mnemba – Wattabommi (6-30m): Sandy slope with fringing plate coral, white tips, green turtles, large groupers.
Mnemba – Kichwani (6-40m): A wall of corals home to a vast array of marine life. Schooling fish feed in the shallow waters while larger predatory fish can be seen out in the blue.
Mnemba - Big Wall (14-40m): Northern edge of Mnemba Atoll is almost a kilometer long, best visibility, lobsters, white tips, turtles.
Leons Wall (12 - 40m): The edge of the inner reef. Leon’s Wall is a vertical drop covered in a plethora of soft corals and encrusting sponges. Lionfish, schools of snappers, and the elusive leaf fish can all be seen along the wall.
Misoli (12 - 40m): Large coral island which can be circumvented on the dive. very diverse coral and lots of nudibranches.
Kichafi (12-18m): A very healthy reef with vast expanses of plate corals. The large sandy area adjacent to the site also makes this an excellent training ground for all courses.
Haji (10-18m): A submerged coral ridge attracts an abundance of marine life and sports a vast array of hard coral formations. There are numerous Crocodile fish and Nudibranchs to be found here.
Mbwangawa (12-18m): An eclectic mix of life, including lobster sheltering beneath plate corals and frequent encounters with cuttlefish. The chance to see turtles also makes this a very popular dive site.
Ametatu (6-12m): Sister reef to Chakatuni, small coral bommies hosting a wide variety of marine life of all sizes and colours.
Chakatuni (12-18m): Hard corals in the open sea, seen best at slack tide. Attracts a wide range of marine life.
Shanes Reef (12-16m): This weird and wonderful dive offers the best array of macro life around. Flying gurnards frogfish and Mauritius scorpion fish make this site a photographers dream.
Hunga (12-18m): A wall that drops down to 45m with cascading plate coral flowing into the deep. Lionfish, large rays and a passing point for dolphins and pelagic species.
Nankivell (12-18m): Can only be dived on specific tides this large area of coral has a great variety of reef fish, lobsters and the occasional small reef shark.
Kendwa Reef (5-10m): Suitable for both divers and snorkelers, this site is a great nursery full of vibrant juveniles hiding amongst the corals.
Mwana na Mwana (2-12m): Soft and hard coral bommies with glass fish sheltering in the crevices. Frogfish have been spotted here, and often green turtles stop by to take advantage of the cleaning service.
Tumbatu – Haunted wall (2-15m): A small eerie looking wall with beautiful soft corals sheltering nudibranchs and leaf fish, with inquisitive bat fish cruising past.
Renco Bommi (7-14m): A huge coral bommi coming up from the sand, with an explosion of marine life. Leaf fish, Octopus, and the colorful Mantis shrimps are a common site here. An ideal dive site for the less experienced.
Leven Bank (14-40m): An Exciting must do dive spot for experienced divers only. Spectacular dive, often in strong currents in the Pemba Channel with great visibility, but can only be dived on certain tides. Amazing mid-channel pinnacle, topped with coral and sandy patches, the walls drop down to over 160m. The pinnacle attracts some large pelagic fish from the open ocean, such as sharks, manta rays, whale sharks and big game fish. The pinnacle itself is home to things from huge Honeycomb moray eels to colorful nudibranchs. Dolphins are often seen playing in this area.

Schedules

By far our most popular dive site is the spectacular Mnemba Island. Our trip there departs at 0900 and returns around 1600. The boat ride out takes approximately one hour and fifteen minutes. For dive site closer to the island, we do half day trips and schedule these to coincide with the incoming tide or as close to high slack tide as possible. This of course means that departure times vary through the month. Our special trips for advanced divers to Big wall and Leven bank are done by speed boat and again we need to time these to take advantage of the best tide conditions.

Gear

Zanzibar Watersports uses well maintained ScubaPro Mk2 R190/R295 combinations as its shop regulators, ScubaPro T-One BCD’s and a mixture of ScubaPro and Mares closed heel fins. For exposure protection we have Reef 5mm wetsuits in both short and full length in a variety of sizes. Guests are also welcome to use their own gear and store it at our center during their stay here.

Boats

Zanzibar Watersports uses a combination of traditional dhows and fiberglass speed boats. The former allow for comfort and space when the seas are a bit choppy and the latter allow us to get out to the more distant dive sites like Level Bank and Big wall quickly and efficiently for the more avid divers. This versatile fleet also gives us the ability to cater for a variety of watersports in comfort and safety. All our boats are fully equipped with safety gear and twin engines.

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