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Although Mozambique
has had economic turmoil, it is an odd mix of first world and third world. If you have the money and the will you can find almost anything in the
country. (Money, of course being relative to the fact that most of the
population is considered very poor by first world standards. A lot of money
in Mozambique is small change in respect to a first world currency). Most dive operations in Mozambique are run by South Africans.
I have dived most of the coast of Mozambique it is fantastic, from Whales and Mantas to leaf fish and harlequin shrimps.
Simon
I'm very happy to see this page. Thanks! I've dived in other places too, and I still think Mozambique and northern South Africa has the best diving anywhere.
David Forbes
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"I learned to dive here and many of the people I dived with were very experienced and they all agreed that it was the best diving they had ever seen. Better than the Red Sea, better than Australia... the best. The diving possibilities are almost limitless. There is a beautiful, calm, incredibly bright lagoon. Coral reefs abound within 300 m to 3000+ metres of the shore in all directions.
The weather is irrationally gorgeous and visibility was virtually unlimited even at 30 m. Tropical, aquatic life abounds including blue spotted rays, crocodile fish, whales and sharks (even great whites). I saw four 1-4 metre rays in one 24 min. dive. The coral is spectacular and varied with many arches and tunnels and caves for those who like to play. As if that wasn't enough, it is probably some of the cheapest diving in the world. I got 7 dives and NAUI certification for less than a quarter of what it would have cost me in the US"
Neal Winn
"Whale sharks, Manatees regularly, different rays, (lucky to see moon fish), you wouldn't see great white though...well maybe down at Zai Zai. Plenty of Murray eels, Lionfish and large potatobass, Barracuda and turtle."
Ane Munkeby
"Visibility 100%, mantas galore even 2 whale sharks nearby. Good value for money."
Tertius Hofmeyr
"A pinnacle at 18 to 28 m. There are always Manta rays on reef: they have a cleaning station there. Plenty of sharks and good viz. The reef is 10 km off Praia de Barra."
John Law
Rating: 
Fabulous dive, Whalesharks on the way to it and the 3rd time even on the dive itself. Biggest Manta's one will ever see. Frogfish, Dragon Moray and the rest of the fishbook."
Edwin, Netherlands, 2008
"Loads of mantas, spanish dancers, morey eel, crayfish, shrimps, paper fish, whale sharks, colourful fish..."
Hayley
Amazing, manatarays, lion fish, morays of colours never seen before, crays and much much more.
Renee Ker, Australia, 2008
"This is the "cleaning station" for giant manta rays. It felt like you were diving in a National Geographic documentary on Manta Rays. They were everywhere - and stayed there for the whole duration of the dive. Huge turtles, and clouds of brightly coloured tropical fish accompanied us on our journey."
Maria Findlay, 2006
Rating:
"Excellent site! I saw giant manta rays, a sea turtle, a prodigal son, a big sea bass (named Nuisance), tons of tropical fish and magnificant coral. The fish here are magnificant and some are absolutely giant in size! What a great dive! I saw more at this dive site than I have at any other!"
Tiffany, USA, 2007
"Prolific fish life covering the most diversed species in the Indian Ocean."
Melinda, 2008
"Lots of small stuff and big stuff. Nudis, so many, leaffish, Patato grouper, turtles, jacks, shrimps. Everything but sharks........for them do Pinnacles, but no guarantees."
Edwin, Netherlands, 2008
"Water was green and not very clear and there was hardly any fishlife. The locals were using gillnets which has decimated all large fish populations in this area."
John Weller
| Morrungulo Holiday Resort | |
Mozambique
Tel: (011) 803 4185
Fax: (011) 803 3861
E-mail: mg10@bushmail.net.
"Jakes knows a lot about fish and the various dive sites around, here..beautiful diving."
Anton, 2008.
Tel: +9258 23-20561
Fax: +9258 23-20561
Reed hut on the beach with full facilities including nitrox.
Nacala Bay
Nampula Province
Mozambique
Tel: 258 829984068 or 258 823107040 (Mozambique), +44 (0)7963 239521 (UK)
E-mail: pelago@kwalala-lodges.com.
Offer SCUBA diving, PADI dive courses, snorkelling, daily boat hire, deep sea fishing, kayaking and whale watching (in season).
| Mozambique Travel Service | |
1261 Prospect Street
Hatfield
Pretoria
0083
South Africa
Tel: +27 827195100, +27 764614310
E-mail: bluechilliadventures@yahoo.com
Adventure company from southern Africa that runs diving tours to Mozambique. Offer a 10% discount on group outings from dive schools and companies. Dive tours include: 13 Day Bush and Beach Diving Tour, 13 Day Indian Ocean Scuba Experience, 11 Day Wet and Wild and 7 Day Nemo Seeker.
- Gone Diving Mozambique
- by Jean Paul Vermeulen, 92 pages, 2006
- Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa
- by George Branch, Charles Griffiths, Lynnath Beckley, Margo Branch, 368 pages, 2007
Covers over 1,400 species of the most common forms of marine life that inhabit southern Africa - including the invertebrates, fish, reptiles, mammals and plants. The book concentrates on the most frequently encountered species living in the waters that can readily be explored by scuba divers.
- Mozambique (Bradt Travel Guides)
- by Philip Briggs and Danny Edmonds, 288 pages, 2007
Coral Reef Fishes, Indo-Pacific and Caribbean
- by Ewald Lieske and Robert Myers, Harper Collins, 400 Pages, Paperback
An excellent, comprehensive guide to reef fishes, which is small and light enough to pack regardless of amount of diving equipment. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to identify the fish they see whilst diving the tropics.
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