Madagascar

Banc des Pirogues (★3.4)

The pirogue bank inside the bay is often only accessible in June, July and August. The rest of the year, visibility is just too poor. Plenty of fish, beautiful diversity of coral, shallow, between 14 and 20 m. Best done between June and September for better visibility.

SCUBA NOSY BE, 207 HELL VILLE

Les Arches de Sakatia (★4.3)

The arches of Sakatia: Rock placed on a bottom of 23-24 meters, the top of the rock is at 19-20 meters. This rock has 3 entrances, 3 small arches, after this arch there is a smaller one 30 meters further on, and after a walk on a plateau at 15 meters depth.

Mares

Banco Rosario (★4.1)

Banco Rosario, dived and discovered for the first time by an Italian named Rosario, has left its name as a legacy. Not far from here, the Cousteau crew moored their boat many years ago.

SCUBA NOSY BE, 207 HELL VILLE

Grand Banc Extérieur (★4.4)

Site close to shark point, 20m-40m drop off, to be done only in rising tide. Site located at 50mn from the center, 21km, beautiful drop off, rich in fish.

SCUBA NOSY BE, 207 HELL VILLE

Banc des Licornes (★4.2)

Plateaus at 13 - 19 m, superb coral reef, one of the most beautiful coral fields. Well-stocked with fish (lots of big stonefish).the coral look like new , no dammage, nice reef.

SCUBA NOSY BE, 207 HELL VILLE

Tanikely Plage des Amoureux (★4.4)

Diving site located at 12km from Nosy be, 35 minutes by boat. It is a park, there is an entrance fee of 20 000 ariary.Very beautiful diving site, very fishy and a lot of coral diversity

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Abyss (★3.9)

Falling to a depth of 25 meters for Abyss. Falling with a depth of more than 3 meters for Abyss Alyosha. Possible only on ebb tide.

Hichame e. (#3997689)

Rolland (★3.2)

A drop-off with a superb deep plateau, the most interesting part is at 35 m. The plateau, between 30 and 45 m, is covered with giant gorgonian sea fans, a beautiful landscape for divers used to deep diving.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Banc des gorgones (★4.0)

Banc des Gorgones is located not far from Ambatoloaka. One of the first dive sites discovered where an abundance of gorgonian corals were found close to the coast.

SCUBA NOSY BE, 207 HELL VILLE

Boboss Epave (★4.3)

2 sites in one! And yes, at the beginning a trawler wreck transformed into a shrimp boat, then to finish a beautiful reef constituted by 2 big potatoes rich in macro and small (frog fish ....).

SCUBA NOSY BE, 207 HELL VILLE

Atnam (★4.4)

This dive site with a fantastic landscape, it is not a site for fishes. One of the most beautiful site of Nosy be in the point of view: landscape, one of my favorites.

SCUBA NOSY BE, 207 HELL VILLE

Caida Wreck (★4.4)

Originally, it is a dhow filled with a cargo of sand that sank in 2004, having dived on it 6 months later, we realized that the wreck was already filled with fish, so we sank 2 other wrecks around it.

SCUBA NOSY BE, 207 HELL VILLE

Madrépore Manta Point (★3.5)

Site located at 13km, 40 minutes by boat. The bottom is 21 meters, and the second part is 15 meters, separated by a field of garden eels. To be done on an ebb tide. The reef top is very nice , the coral are nice.

SCUBA NOSY BE, 207 HELL VILLE

Tanikely sud (★4.3)

The Tanikely park is very famous, beautiful dive site, full of fish, very beautiful corals, in good health, moreover easy diving, not deep, for all levels.

Peter S. (#417559)

Tanikely Pain de Sucre (★4.3)

Tanikély Nord, also known as Pain de Sucre, is a magnificent dive site in the Tanikély marine reserve. A marine reserve means no fishing and lots of fish.

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