Tumbatu Island Dive Sites
Tumbatu Island and the smaller island on the Northern tip, Mwana wa Mwana, offer some of the best corals in the area which are home to a diverse selection of marine creatures. From small walls to sloping fringing reefs the corals range from a depth of 3-20 metres with mild currents. This area has more of a sedimented bottom composition and while the average visibility is 12-15 metres, there are quite a few days of 20+. Our theory is due to the visibility being a bit less than Mnemba, it has protected the corals from many boats and divers which has damaged the corals in Mnemba. Some of our more comoflauged species found on this reef include frogfish, ghost pipefish and seahorses. We have seen large groupers which we get quite excited about.
Tumbatu Reef has a stunning shallow coral wall which drops from 5 metres down to 10-12 metres then a gentle sloping bottom with coral bommies continuing to around 20m as the sand bank continues down to 30+ metres.
Mwana wa Mwana on the Northern tip consists of a gradual sloping fringing reef with corals from 3 metres down to 10-12m then a sloping sediment bottom down to 20-30m.
Mwana wa Mwana on the Northern tip consists of a gradual sloping fringing reef with corals from 3 metres down to 10-12m then a sloping sediment bottom down to 20-30m.
