The Dive Sites of Mainland Tanzania
Tanzania has a fairly long undeveloped coastline 1424 km long, with many undiscovered diving spots that are undoubtedly going to develop in the future. The three main large islands of Pemba, Ungudja ( known...
Underwater City off Mafia Island, Tanzania
PHOTOGRAPHY BY HANNAH JANE AND ALAN SUTTON
While on a helicopter flight off the usual flight path to Mafia Island off the coast of Tanzania, the tide was low and I spotted an unusually shaped formation in t...
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Bongoyo Patches – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN SUTTON
Bongoyo Patches
Bongoyo patches is to the east of Bongoyo Island north of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The reef extends out in patches. It is relatively flat dropping off on the e...
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Nudi City – Mafia Island, Tanzania
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN SUTTON
Nudi city is a scuba dive site in the channel between Mafia Island and Chole Island. The name nudi city is a reference to the unusually large number of nudibranchs in the area...
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Powoni – Zanzibar, Tanzania
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN SUTTON
Zanzibar has great diving and is world famous for its pristine clear waters. There are numerous dive sites on the island and one of the lesser known gems of Zanzibar is Paje. P...
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Moto Shipwreck – Bongoyo Island
Dar es Salaam has some has some fun snorkeling and free-diving day trips, one of the most popular is Bongoyo Island, to see the Moto Shipwreck. The island and wreck is easily accessed...
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Kankadya Patches – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN SUTTON
Kankadya Patches
Kankadya Patches is named after Ras Kankadya the headland that forms the southern part of Msasani bay and lies 4.2 kilometers to the east of the northern tip of ...
Diving on Mafia Island, Tanzania
Whale shark off Mafia Island
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN SUTTON
Mafia Island is situated 25 km from mainland Tanzania and is approximately 130 kilometers south east of Dar es Salaam. The island is 48 kilometers ...
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Kinasi Pass – Mafia Island, Tanzania
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN SUTTON
Kinasi Pass is an entrance channel into Chole Bay, just south of Jena Island. It is best dived on an incoming tide and the currents make for an interesting ride into Chole Bay. T...
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Mikadini Reef Middle – Mafia Island, Tanzania
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN SUTTON
Situated on the the south eastern side of Jena Island, Mikadini reef is best dived on an incoming tide which drifts one slowly over the reef. The reef is composed of a large numb...
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Mikadini Reef Outer – Mafia Island, Tanzania
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN SUTTON
Situated on the the south eastern side of Jena Island, Mikadini reef is best dived on an incoming tide which drifts one slowly over the reef. The reef is composed of a large nu...
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Dindini Caves – Mafia Island, Tanzania
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN SUTTON
To the north of Dindini wall a shelf comes out from the coral cliffs at around eight meters and then drops off to a sandy bottom some 25 meters deep. There is a proliferation ...
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Laura’s Garden – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF ERIC BEAUME
To the southeast of Mbudya Island (located north of Dar es Salaam) lies Octopus Reef, which is approximately 1,000 meters in length and 250 meters in width. Laura's Gard...
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Mikadini Reef Inner – Mafia Island, Tanzania
Mafia Island has some spectacular diving, with the most popular dive sites at the southeast of the island at Chole Bay within the protected Mafia Marine Park...
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Dindini Wall – Mafia Island, Tanzania
Mafia Island has some spectacular diving, with the most popular dive sites at the southeast of the island in the protected Mafia Marine Park of Chole Bay. The park is famous for its pristine reefs...
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Slemmestad Shipwreck
On the 27th of March 1951 the Slemmestad, laden with 3,500 tons of general cargo, including bitumen, brandy, kerosene, lube oil, matches and bagged cement, whilst on a voyage from...
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A Land Where Sea Fans Lie
As daylight breaks over sleepy Bagamoyo’s coast, tired eyes open to greet a rare and glorious day. A break from weeks baring burdened clouds of mournful grey, we forge through crisp, foam waves, until the shore...
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Scuba Dive at Octopus Wall
We descend from the rolling waves, deeper and deeper, until greeted by the ocean floor 30 meters below. Immediately, a large and curious remora approaches. He swims silent circles around us and seems to want so...