Tag: diving africa
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Diving in Watamu, Kenya
We were diving in Watamu in September 2019 so this is a very delayed write up. Watamu is a small town about 3 hours drive north of Mombasa on Indian ocean coast in Kenya. It has beautiful sandy beaches and is the gateway to Watamu Marine National Park. Highlights from diving are in the video.…
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Diving in Muscat, Oman
We spent three days diving from Muscat, capital of Oman, in November 2019. It took a while to write it up with pandemic taking inspiration away. Oman is a beautiful country: infrastructure is excellent, it is safe, people are friendly and food is delicious. More on our wonderings around Muscat top side is here. Diving…
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Sardine Run, South Africa
Sardine run off the coast of South Africa is one of the largest marine migrations in the world. Between May and July billions of sardines move along the coast of South Africa towards Mozambique. Dolphins, sharks, and birds that eat sardines move along with them. At the same time whales also migrate in the same…
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Diving in Nosy Be, Madagascar
Nosy Be is an island off the north-west coast of Madagascar with incredible diving and a chance to see some of Madagascar’s unique wild life. We were there in the middle of September and got to snorkel with whale sharks, watch humpback whales, had fantastic dives in good visibility and reasonably warm water (26C). Topside…
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Diving Praslin island in Seychelles
Praslin is the second biggest island in Seychelles and the home of coco de mer. It is a smaller and much quieter island than Mahe with beautiful beaches and lots of good dive sites nearby. We were diving in April. Visibility was excellent with 20 plus meters on most sites and water warm at 28-29C.…
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Diving in Diani Beach, Kenya
Diving around Diani beach in Kenya we saw lots of octopi, turtles, sting rays, schools of reef fish, dolphins and coral in good condition. Logistics Diani Beach is about 30km south of Mombasa on the Indian ocean coast of Kenya. It takes about 2 hours to get from Mombasa airport to Diani including the ferry…
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Diving Aliwal Shoal, South Africa
Diving Aliwal Shoal in South Africa we saw lots of oceanic black tip sharks and ragged tooth sharks, also known as sand tiger shark or grey nurse shark (depending which part of the world you are in), and many huge stingrays. Aliwal shoal is a reef about 5km offshore and has really cool rock formations…
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Diving Zanzibar
Diving around northern tip of Zanzibar island in Tanzania we saw excellent macro including rare weedy scorpion fish, variety of leaf scorpion fish, lots on nudibranches and all sorts of reef fish. In October visibility was not spectacular at about 10 up to 15 meters – somewhat better at Mnemba – and water temperature 24C.…
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Diving Mahe in Seychelles
Mahe is the largest island of the Seychelles archipelago. We stayed and dove near Beau Vallon beach in early April. We saw many big schools of fish, eagle rays, turtles, a few sharks and very cool rock formations. Due to bleaching coral cover suffered quite a bit but some sites especially around L’ilot island had healthy…
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Diving Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique
Ponta do Ouro is a small town in the South of Mozambique only 10km north of South African border. It has a nice white sand beach, great diving, surfing and fishing. Given proximity to the border Ponta is very popular with South Africans especially around holiday season. We did some really good diving, saw lots…