Diving in Madagascar

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"We did more than 10 different dive sites around Nosy Be. Great variety or coral reefs, interesting marine life and HUGE schools of fish. All dives except Tanikely are pretty deep (20+m) so sufficient surface time is a must. One day had very strong current and 2 dives of the day were more of "hold to something and see what you can". "
Mari Seppä, 22 September 2014

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"Nice shallow (max 18m) dive with enough interesting marine life to be interesting to more advanced divers as well. Turtles, leopard shark, big frogfish, angelfish."
Mari Seppä, 22 September 2014

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"Great under 20 m site."
Lee Donoher, 8 May 2012

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"Coral in amazing condition, especially the HUGE fans, turtle, massive lobsters, too many species of fish to list."
Lee Donoher, 8 May 2012

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"The wreck is pretty deep (20-28m), but the amount of life around it is amazing. I have not seen that many scorpionfish in one location ever before. Enough to see for 2 consecutive dives if interested."
Mari Seppä, 22 September 2014

"Awesome wreck dive. Second dive at gorgones has amazing fan coral and bio diversity"
Lee Donoher, 8 May 2012

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"Excellant for macro and hard corals"
Jacques, Sakatia Lodge, 21 April 2016

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"Big wall with sea fans, cave and pinnacle."
Jeanmart Nicolas, Menabe plongée, 22 April 2016

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"Drop off with very high density of school and great diversity."
Jeanmart Nicolas, Menabe plongée, 22 April 2016

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"Drop off with.sea fans cave,grey sharks,white tipes sharks,king fishes, barracudas."
Jeanmart Nicolas, Menabe plongée, 22 April 2016

The Gros Plan catamaran caters for 8 guests in 4 double cabins. Each cabin has its own en-suite bathroom.

Depart from Nosy Be and explore either the southern Radames archipelago or the northern Mitsio islands. Divers regularly encounter schools of barracuda, jacks, whitetip reef sharks and hammerhead sharks at Radama. The Mitsio Archipelago is idea for spotting large schools of fish, plus manta rays and whale sharks. Humpback whales also sometimes pass by.

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The Oceanes Dream catamaran caters for just 8 guests in 4 double cabins. Each cabin has its own en-suite bathroom and double bed, offering a little luxury whilst exploring the best dive sites of Madagascar.

Oceanes Dream safaris depart from Nosy Be and explore the pristine islands of the Radama Archipelago and the Mitsio Archipelago.

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If there was an option to give less than one star I would. First of all I booked a trip with Oceans Dream through Liveaboard.com 8 month before the trip. I planned my whole stay in Madagascar (and Africa) around this 6 day trip. When I arrived in the dive store, the owner Eric said without much empathy that the trip is cancelled as a cyclone was about to arrive. I couldn’t believe what I heard. Natural disasters happen, but not letting the customers know beforehand made me so incredibly angry because I could have changed the plans around without needing to come up to Nosy Be. This was just the start...what came after was something I never encountered in any countries I’ve been to and I travelled all continents...
The dive centre just didn’t get that me (and another 3 victims) were the vulnerable part here having paid €1300 and not getting a service. First they offered a full refund then they were only willing to refund their part without the commission to liveaboard.com. (Just above €900)
The 3 other ‘cyclone victims’ went for this option, I asked if I could go onto the same trip the week after and there was no problem with it. I just wish I asked for the refund instead...
First of all on my original rental list I asked for a torch, and Maud (who assisted us with the refund process but with an incredible attitude) said, sorry we are out of torches.
Me: "but I put this down on my renting wish list months ago"
Her: "sorry we don’t have anymore. Every diver should travel with a dive torch anyway..." wow really?
And what blew my mind completely was that when I arrived to the briefing about the whole trip in the dive shop, the new group was already there - A French group of friends, 5 people- and with that little French that I understand Maud was talking to them about me being a ‘princess’ and briefed them in about what a ‘pain in the ass’ I was wanting a refund for my previous trip. As you all can imagine this set me off well with the group, and for the next 6 days I was like air on that boat. They spoke in French ONLY not making any effort with me. Maud did all the briefing in French and as a Cruise Director her job would have been to involve me equally in the group and she almost did the opposite. She also told me that she studied behaviour analysis, so somehow this situation has become all my fault.
On the very first dive she chose a site where the current was incredibly strong.
She said that we were going to go down with the fast release - I said I needed to take it slow on the first time because usually I have problems equalising - she said well I have to come down fast because there is a current. On the briefing she said first we will swim in the direction of the current and as we went down we swam for about 10 minutes against the current, I finished my air within 30 minutes and when I told her I had 50 bars left she didn’t want to come up with me and asked me to come down to the bottom (I get that, the current is not as strong there but I was at 50 bar without having done any safety stop after having been at 35m ?!)
When we arrived up she started talking to me as if I was an Open water diver with 10 total dives and when I said that we didn’t go according to the plan she briefed, she said we don’t need to follow the brief if we see something...then the plan changes.
So I think I said enough for those of you who are used to well organised, experienced and knowledgeable cruises and directors. She was incredibly nervous and insecure as this was the first time she did the trip. She did the good old method of trying to get the rest of the group on her side and after every situation they spoke about it in French.
Surely as a company you don’t send someone completely new (not only to the site but also as an instructor) on a 6 day liveaboard with no local knowledge. The dives were not easy dives. Lots of currents and you needed to be able to adapt to the tide/current situation as a cruise director when choosing a dive site.
The staff however was wonderful and they cooked us the best meals. If you are looking for a sailboat experience with 2 dives/day and don’t really care about the diving itself, go for it, otherwise stay away! Proper French arrogance and attitude all around. Local Malagasy people are not treated with respect by them either and they really tried their best to make me feel included despite the language barrier.
Aliz Radek-Mills, UK, 20 January 2020

Speak and teach in French, English, Italian, French, Spanish and German. Run by Michele and Jennifer. Organise day trips, introductory dives, and training courses PADI from Open Water Diver to Divemaster and CMAS from 1* to 3*. Also organize cruises to the Mitsio and Radama Archipelagoes on catamarans. Open througout the year.

Madaplouf
Bemoko Beach
Nosy Be
Madagascar
Tel: +261 (0)33 14 248 33 or +261 (0)33 02 096 13
E-mail: madaplouf@gmail.com

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Diving with whale sharks in Madagascar, Photo credit: Madaplouf

Manta Dive Club
Madiro Hotel
Madirokely Plage
Hell Ville
Nosy Be
Madagascar
Tel: 00 261 20 32 07 207 10
E-mail: info@mantadiveclub.it

Oceane's Dream
BP 173 Ambatoloaka
207 Nosy Be
Madagascar
Tel: 00 261 32 07 127 82
E-mail: resa@oceanesdream.com

Sakatia Lodge
Private Bag 272
Nosy Be
207 Madagascar
Tel: +27 87 351 8360
Fax: +27 11 252 5477
E-mail: sakatialodge@sakatia.co.za

The only dive center in Madagascar to offer Fluo night diving. Also a macro specialist.

Mangily Scuba
Mangily Ifaty
Madagascar
Tel: 034 64 781 76
E-mail: mangilyscuba@gmail.com
www.ifatyscuba.com

We have drift dives, wall dives, patch reefs! Also we have a population of humpback whales that migrate Mozambique channel.
Anne Furr, Mangily Scuba

ATIMOO plongée
Mangily Ifaty
BP 214 Toliari 601
Madagascar
Tel: +261 32 04 529 17
E-mail: club@atimoo.com

Laguna Blu/ Manta diving Center
C/0 Hotel Laguna Blu Resort
Ampasilava-Andavadoaka
Madagascar
Tel: 00 816 21 01 20 75
E-mail: lagunabluresort@lagunabluresort.com

Aquaroc Madagascar
BP 595 201
Diego Suarez
Madagascar
Tel:00 261 20 82 210 20
E-mail: aquaroc@aquaroc.com

Liveaboard and safari diving.

Menabe Plongee
Ambatoloaka
Nosy be. Bp 409 Hellville
Madagascar
Tel: 00261 (0)326024416
E-mail: menabeplongee@yahoo.fr

Il Balenotterde
Port de Barachois Ambodifotatra
St Marie
Madagascar
Tel: 00 261 20 57 400 48

Diving Mahery Be
Andapanangoy
St Marie
Madagascar
Tel: 00 261 20 57 401 48

Maningory
Andapanangoy
Ile aux Nattes
St Marie
Madagascar
Tel: 00 261 20 57 402 20

Alizee Dive in
C/o Hotel Safari
Vezo Anakao Tulear
Madagascar
Tel: 00 261 20 94 413 81

Deep Sea Club
BP 159
Ifaty Tulear
Madagascar
Tel: (+261) 32 04 848 81
contact@nautilusmada.mg

Bamboo Club
BP 47
Tulear
Madagascar
Tel: 00261 94 427 17
info@fifidiving.com