Tanzania/Zanzibar diving

[Jordan23]

Zanzibar, Pemba, and Mafia
how is the diving in april (1-18)?
or is it better october (1-12)
love warm water though, not much curents
love muck macro (also manta and humpback never seen ) we dived all over the world so looking for only specials marin life like i mentioned

 

[Sunn]

Take contact with Mr Akida (see post on page 1) from Eagle Ray divers

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

I need to make more money.

 

[diverkim]

Since it was billed as top dive in Zanzibar (and the priciest) I went to Mnemba atoll in February of 2019. It was okay, but it is not an out-of-this-world dive site. It was not enough to encourage me to do more dives.

 

[Sunn]

+1 with diverkim

Exactly what I think of this site...

 

[Dutch Mermaid]

I've also done Mnemba Island. It's pristine - but I'm happy I didn't stay at the resort as I was a poor student at the time. Instead I just did a day trip - don't remember what I paid. I enjoyed the diving. Very very clear, dolphins, turtles... It were good dives for sure!

 

[Christian]

If you don't like currents, don't go to Pemba. Best diving in the area though inmo and the only one I would return for.

 

[nappington]

Reviving this thread - we're doing a safari in the Mara and we're debating where to go for scuba afterwards in late September/early October. Going to the Kenyan coast would be the easiest in terms of getting there, but I've heard very little about the quality of diving in Watamu/Malindi/Diani, so we're wondering if it's worth making the trek over to Zanzibar/Pemba instead.

 

[Christian]

SeptemberOctober normally not ideal (a month later will increase your chanses of good dive conditions greatly), but Pemba Island offers the best diving from what I have seen in the region--can be world class when conditions co operate. Best I have seen in Zanzibar is okeyish. If you're there, go dive. But don't go there for diving inmo. I have never dived in Kenya... it used to be popular in the 1970's, but I guess other places far superior where then discovered by tourists. From what I've heard the general dive quality is poor.

 

[virgili]

some Zanzibar coral reef fishes identification...