Tanzania Scuba Diving Tours

Scuba Diving Tours Tanzania

Tanzania is without a doubt a global dive destination. It has an Indian Ocean coastline that is literally packed with fish, and bordered by a fringing reef. Where there are Islands such as Mafia, Zanzibar and Pemba, the marine life becomes even more prolific, and the reefs and deep walls are even more adventurous.

There is something for everyone in Tanzania. The diving on Zanzibar itself varies from wrecks to reefs to the deep. Pemba island has steep walls and pelagics in the cooler months, and the protected lagoon of Mafia allows year-round diving in calm conditions.

Find out more about Pemba island from our interview with marine biologist Dr Ewald Lieske who lived and worked on Pemba island from 1993 until 2010. The interview was conducted nearly a decade ago when we lived on Pemba Island, however, Dr Lieskes’ words are still as valid as they were then. It shows why East Africa is still a global underwater biodiversity hotspot and gives us good reasons to revisit both Pemba and Zanzibar islands for diving.