Mafia Island

Milimani North (★4.6)

The site starts with some beautiful bommies randomly placed across the white, sandy bottom. The reef itself starts with plenty of hard corals around 5 meters and slowly continues to around 17 meters.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Coral Gardens (★4.5)

Coral Gardens is home to coral bommies teeming with life, which act as mini cleaning stations with shrimps, crabs, and cleaner wrasses. The coral bommies develop into beautiful coral gardens filled with healthy hard coral species.

Mares

Mikadini (★4.5)

Mikadini is a gently sloping fringing reef that cascades down to 25 metres with many brightly colored corals. Mikadini often has a nice current, making for a very exciting drift dive.

Mares

Jina Wall (★4.6)

Lying at the northern tip of Jina Island, ranging in depth from 8 to 26 metres is Jina Wall. At the base of a small, vertical wall that has shallow caverns and overhangs, this site bottoms out in a gravel field.

Aqualung

Kinasi Pass (★4.5)

Perhaps the most famous of all the dive sites in Chole Bay is the mighty Kinasi Pass and its ‘chicken’ pinnacle. Well known for its exciting drift through rocky topography, this site houses caverns and impressive rock formations.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Small Rock (★4.5)

This site has a maximum depth of 16 metres and a minimum of around 3. Small rock is best dived in the early morning, when the dawn light illuminates the sites’s pinnacles and coral structures, giving the whole area a golden glow.

Mares

Milimani South (★4.6)

Milimani means ‘the place of mountains’ in Kiswahili which very aptly describes this dive site with its impressive hard coral formations - towering up from 18 metres to just below the ocean’s surface in some areas.

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Dindini Wall (★4.6)

This is is a rock wall from 8 m down to 25 m, with small caverns and overhangs that make for beautiful scenery. Expect sea fans, whip coral adorned walls interspersed with shelving reef, offering a great variety of soft and hard coral.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Chole Reef South (★4.4)

The reef starts at around 5 m and descends to 17 m, ending with sand and coral rubble where it is common to see scavenging titan triggerfish. We regularly see giant reef rays just a couple of meters of the reef resting on the rubble.

Aqualung

Kinasi Wall (★4.5)

This is a sheltered bank reef, moderately deep and steeply sloping but not a sheer wall as its’ name would suggest. This is a relaxing and beautiful dive but can experience a strong current when dived during the spring tide.

Aqualung

Coral Islands (★4.5)

The site is comprised of three extensive and spectacular coral patches starting at around 9 meters and leveling out at around 17. These gorgeous coral islands are separated by sand channels that reflect ambient light across the diverse, healthy coral formations.

Mares

Corinne’s Reef (★4.6)

Corinne’s Reef is named after the mother of one of the owners of Mafia Island Diving who stumbled upon this site while accompanying on some exploration.

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Shoulder (★4.5)

The Shoulder is the name given to Mafia’s ‘adrenaline’ dive. You dive this site with a very strong current which gets everyone’s hearts beating as they glide across the bottom of the ocean. The maximum depth on this site is around 26 meters. This is for experienced divers only!

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Pyramid (★4.5)

The dive starts around some coral bommies and small rock formations and slowly ascends to a shallow bank reef after passing the distinct formation of a pyramid.

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