Dive sites in Zanzibar
10–100 m · 63 signature species
29 dive sites in Zanzibar, from the most talked-about to the most confidential.↓ Map of dive sites in Zanzibar
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Mwana wa Mwana →
Descend Mwana wa Mwana's gentle slopes from its coral gardens to its sandy floor, searching for seahorses and frogfish in depths reaching 20 metres.
Max. depth · 20 m
Gotta Abu Diab →
Descendez sur un pinacle solitaire s'élevant des abysses, où les courants ramènent des rencontres pélagiques inattendues au large de Zanzibar.
Max. depth · 100 m
Shaab Maksur →
Shaab Maksur, a reef broken in two, offers exhilarating wall dives with a constant flow of pelagics and sharks attracted by the strong currents.
Max. depth · 40 m
Mnemba Atoll →
Descend into the protected waters of Mnemba Atoll, where vibrant coral gardens meet the open blue, often graced by resident dolphin pods.
Max. depth · 30 m
Gorgonia Housereef →
Descend into a world where plateaus of hard coral blend into lush gardens, alive with the pulse of the Indian Ocean.
Abu Galawa Kebir →
Descend to the 'Tien Hsing' wreck at Abu Galawa Kebir, where a 1935 steam tug rests upright, providing intimate access to its pilothouse and engine room at just 18 metres.
Max. depth · 18 m
Boribu Dive Sites →
Boribu offers a vibrant reef landscape dominated by massive barrel sponges and unusual columnar corals, attracting pelagic schools and seasonal whale sharks.
Max. depth · 30 m
Shaab Bohar Kebir →
Descend into Shaab Bohar Kebir, where vibrant coral gardens meet sandy flats, offering regular encounters with reef sharks and schooling barracudas.
Max. depth · 20 m
Mnemba Island →
Descend into the vibrant waters surrounding Mnemba Island, where healthy reefs teem with marine life and encounters with large pelagics are a regular occurrence.
Leven Bank →
Descend into the open ocean at Leven Bank, where strong currents deliver pelagic action and vast schools of fish far north of Zanzibar.
Max. depth · 55 m
Magic Reef →
Descend into Magic Reef in Zanzibar, a vibrant ecosystem where frogfish, leaf fish, and seahorses reveal themselves to the patient eye between 12 and 20 meters.
Max. depth · 20 m
Marsa Samaday →
Descend the coral-rich northern wall of Marsa Samaday, where a unique carpet of garden eels awaits off a sandy bay.
Max. depth · 25 m
Shaab Bohar Soraya →
Shaab Bohar Soraya offers a gentle reef dive among intricate coral formations, teeming with resident fish life and the occasional white-tip reef shark.
Max. depth · 24 m
Lagoon Mounding →
Descend into Lagoon Mounding's inner reef to discover a coral landscape teeming with diverse macro life and schooling fish.
Max. depth · 22 m
Wattabomi →
Descend into Wattabomi, where Mnemba Atoll's Moray Eel City transitions into a puzzle of coral blocks teeming with elusive macro life and vibrant reef fish.
Max. depth · 20 m
Mbwangawa →
Descend into Mbwangawa, where a vibrant coral slope leads to a sandy expanse teeming with stingrays and guitarfish before you encounter an extraordinary concentration of resident turtles.
Max. depth · 18 m
Hunga →
Descend into Hunga's vibrant reef, where hard coral bommies host schooling barracudas and watchful crocodilefish on Zanzibar's northern tip.
Marsa Assalaya →
Descend into the calm, protected waters of Marsa Assalaya, where gentle slopes invite you to discover an intricate coral ecosystem home to seahorses and Napoleon wrasse.
Max. depth · 25 m
Jambiani Lagoon →
Begin your dive over sandy and seagrass beds, a haven for exquisite pygmy seahorses, before venturing to the vibrant eastern reef where rare macro life awaits.
Max. depth · 22 m
Small Wall →
Descend the vibrant reef of Small Wall, a drift dive where the shallow reef gives way to a dramatic vertical drop and encounters with Napoleon wrasse and white-tip reef sharks.
Max. depth · 40 m
Shaab Said Canyon →
Descend into Shaab Said Canyon, where a teeming coral garden meets an exhilarating wall dive, bringing you face-to-face with schooling fish and cruising reef sharks.
Max. depth · 40 m
Kungui Dive Site →
Descend into the vibrant coral gardens of Kungui before the reef drops sharply into a dramatic wall, revealing a diverse ecosystem.
Max. depth · 20 m
Tumbatu Island →
Descend into the vibrant coral gardens of Tumbatu Island, where diverse soft and hard corals begin just three metres below the surface.
Max. depth · 12 m
Shaab Claudio →
Shaab Claudio offers a dive into a vibrant cave system, where sunlight penetrates through ceiling fissures, illuminating a surreal underwater landscape.
Max. depth · 10 m
Aquarium de Mnemba →
Descend into the gentle drift of Aquarium at Mnemba Atoll, where ancient hard coral formations host an unparalleled gathering of crescent-tail fish above fields of garden eels.
Max. depth · 25 m
Nankiville →
Descend into Nankiville's shallow reef system, where impressive hard coral bommies create a habitat for schooling barracudas and individual groupers.
Wreck of Abu Ghusun →
Descend onto the Abu Ghusun, a merchant vessel now teeming with marine life, offering an inviting wreck dive down to 18 metres in the waters of Zanzibar.
Max. depth · 18 m
Kichwani →
Descend along Kichwani's vibrant wall, a gentle slope alive with soft corals and swarms of reef fish, from the shallow sunlit reef crest down to 30 metres.
Max. depth · 30 m
Ras Samadai →
Descend into the architectural wonder of Ras Samadai, where richly textured coral formations rise from sandy plateaus, offering encounters with reef sharks.
Max. depth · 30 m
