Diving Zanzibar

I am planning to dive on Zanzibar and/or Pemba. Did anybody already
dive there? How is the visibility? What kind of fish did you see? Would
you advise to combine Zanzibar and Pemba or only to stay on Zanzibar?

Bea wrote:

> I am planning to dive on Zanzibar and/or Pemba. Did anybody already
> dive there? How is the visibility?

Hot.

What kind of fish did you see?

Hot.

>Would you advise to combine Zanzibar and Pemba or only to stay on Zanzibar?

Friends were there.

Conclusion: It may be advised to leave decisions open till
you are there.

Service quality may differ from what you are expecting.
Climate as well.

Matthias

Bea wrote:
> I am planning to dive on Zanzibar and/or Pemba. Did anybody already
> dive there? How is the visibility? What kind of fish did you see? Would
> you advise to combine Zanzibar and Pemba or only to stay on Zanzibar?

I dived Zanzibar, but wasnt too impressed. Perhaps that had to do with
the time of the year I was there, but the vis was 5-10m, there werent a
lot of fish and the coral was pretty blah as well (I admit to being
spoiled when it comes to tropical diving, given that I dive in the
Andamans). Pemba is supposed to be better, but I cannot say first
hand.

My recommendation would be to avoid Bahari Divers in Stonetown...
know-it-all DMs and a very unprofessional attitude. Head up to Nungwe
and dive with the outfit formerly called Dive Africa. Good vibes,
nice staff.

Better yet, go down to Mozambique and dive there. The prices are
major-league "ouch" ($75 per dive), but in 1 dive + boat trip out and
back, I snorkeled with 4-5 whale sharks, dived with maybe 12 manta rays
(got bored with them by the end), saw 2 whales - 1 within 10m of the
RIB - and dolphins in the distance. Not bad, eh?

Vandit

Bea wrote:
> I am planning to dive on Zanzibar and/or Pemba. Did anybody already
> dive there? How is the visibility? What kind of fish did you see? Would
> you advise to combine Zanzibar and Pemba or only to stay on Zanzibar?
>

Have a look on Wannadive.net
http://www.wannadive.net/spot/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar
Enjoy and contribute this open dive site atlas.

In message <1153160115.849637.163880@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups .com>, VK
<vandit.kalia@gmail.com> writes
>
>Bea wrote:
>> I am planning to dive on Zanzibar and/or Pemba. Did anybody already
>> dive there? How is the visibility? What kind of fish did you see? Would
>> you advise to combine Zanzibar and Pemba or only to stay on Zanzibar?
>
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>
>My recommendation would be to avoid Bahari Divers in Stonetown...
>know-it-all DMs and a very unprofessional attitude. Head up to Nungwe
>and dive with the outfit formerly called Dive Africa. Good vibes,
>nice staff.

I think you mean 'East Africa Diving & Water Sports'. Nice people.

BTW there are some Zanzibar fish photos in

http://www.divedown.net/index.php

Look in the sanisibar file.

HTH

--
Bill Bracewell