bawe house reef

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© Bawe Diving Center, 1111 Zanzibar

bawe house reef

★★★★☆ (143)

This dive site is perfect for beginners as it is 5m deep on high tide with a small drop-off that goes down to 8m. With a lot of juvenile marine life this is a great exploration dive site. shore entry

With a lot of decorated crabs, sea urchins, parrotfish, crown of thorns and Spanish dancer ribbons you’ll never stop discovering new life!

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Dive Sites Nearby

DiveTime Zanzibar, 73107 Zanzibar
One Palm (★4.4)

One Palm (★4.4)

A 20-25 minute boat ride from Kizimkazi, this site is located on the southeast part of the island. The boat anchors near a plateau where the ocean is 6-8 meters deep, from where you swim down a steep slope with colorful coral. The maximum depth is 16-25 meters.
DiveTime Zanzibar, 73107 Zanzibar
Anemona City (★4.3)

Anemona City (★4.3)

Anemona City is only a 10-minute boat ride from Kizimkazi. The boat anchors are near a plateau about 4-5 meters deep. Swimming over the plateau we can already see many corals, small and large with abundant underwater life. We soon reach a slope where we go from 7 meters to a maximum of 15-17 meters.
DiveTime Zanzibar, 73107 Zanzibar
Abbas reef (★4.3)

Abbas reef (★4.3)

Only 5-10 minute boat ride from Kizimkazi, this reef is perfect for beginners but also plenty to see for more advanced divers. It is a small reef with very healthy, beautiful corals, abundant underwater life.
Mares
Pange North (★4.5)

Pange North (★4.5)

This is one of our absolute favourite dive sites. It’s a gently sloping bottom, with beautiful coral formations and big fans. This is also our favourite night dive spot.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic
The Great Northern (★4.4)

The Great Northern (★4.4)

A British cable-laying ship, The Great Northern was built in 1870 and sank on New Year’s Eve in 1902. She now rests in the sand between 4 and 12 m and is a magnificent artificial reef.
Aqualung
Bawe South (★4.6)

Bawe South (★4.6)

The island Bawe just off the coast of Stone Town, is our go-to reef. Bawe South it’s a long shallow reef stretches the whole side of the island, ideal for snorkellers and beginner divers. Deeper we can find big coral bommies, interchange with sandy patches on which huge barrel sponges grow.
Mares
Bawe Island - North (★4.3)

Bawe Island - North (★4.3)

The island Bawe is just off the coast of Stone Town, and it is our go-to reef. Bawe North is a really nice continuous coral wall teeming with life.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic
Coral Garden (★4.4)

Coral Garden (★4.4)

A nice coral drop off that, from the surface, goes to 15 meters maximum depth. On the bottom there is a long sandy plateau. Good spot for beginner levels and training.
Aqualung
Turtle Reef (★4.4)

Turtle Reef (★4.4)

This place is formed by a coral reef that, from the surface, descends very gently in the water. The environment is formed by many species of hard corals of different shapes and colors.
Mares
Coral Garden Reef (★4.3)

Coral Garden Reef (★4.3)

This site is formed by a coral reef that, from the surface, decreases very gently into the water. The environment is formed by many species of hard corals of different shapes and colors.
Mares, Janez Kranjc
Mnemba Sandbanks (★4.3)

Mnemba Sandbanks (★4.3)

This place is formed by a coral reef that, from the surface, decreases very gently in the water. The environment is formed by many species of hard corals of different shapes and colors.
Mares
Small Wall, Mnenba Island (★4.4)

Small Wall, Mnenba Island (★4.4)

Small Wall is a huge coral reef that starts at the surface and reaches to 50 meters of depth. It is a great spot for all levels of divers, from OWD to the XR addict! Around 30 meters there is a second drop off where colorful corals and gorgonians create a very captivating environment.
Scubapro, Stephen Frink
Kichwani (★4.4)

Kichwani (★4.4)

Kichwani is the most popular dive site in Mnemba. It is formed by a big coral reef that starts from the surface and goes to 30 meters depth. The reef is formed by a good mixture of hard and soft corals of different colors. Don’t miss the glassfish shelter at 25 meters!
Mares
Shetani / Three Turtles (★4.0)

Shetani / Three Turtles (★4.0)

This site is a small wall descending from 5 meters to 18 meters maximum. There are pinnacles of coral, both hard and soft, with many small coral fish in amazing shades of color.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic
Wattabomi (★4.2)

Wattabomi (★4.2)

Very easy dive made by different pinnacles at a shallow depth. The pinnacles are formed by different species of hard corals with soft corals and anemones throughout. Following these formations, you can find a coral drop off down to 25 meters.
Mares
Aquarium (★4.2)

Aquarium (★4.2)

This dive site is formed by a coral drop off that starts at 15 meters deep. For this reason divers should be at least advanced certified to dive here. Follow the reef to find two big formations of Turbinaria full of amazingly active fish life.
Mares
Groupers Rocks, Mnemba Island (★4.3)

Groupers Rocks, Mnemba Island (★4.3)

A wonderful drop off that starts at 12 meters forms this site. There is a huge mixture of different species of hard and soft corals, with big colorful sponges that are living on it.
Mares
Tumbatu Lagoon (★4.1)

Tumbatu Lagoon (★4.1)

Tumbatu Lagoon has an average depth of 2 – 18m. The Magic Island in the North of Zanzibar, a wall of corals cover the west side of Tumbatu Island with the most healthy and colorful coral reef in Zanzibar!
Scubapro, Stephen Frink
Seahorse (★4.2)

Seahorse (★4.2)

This dive starts on a big seagrass area in shallow water. It is possible to reach the deeper depths following the coral formations. You many big tube sponges at this site.
Scubapro
West Gardens (★4.3)

West Gardens (★4.3)

One of the most famous snorkeling site in Mnemba, with its 5 meters maximum depth, it offers the possibility to appreciate the marine life in a unique way. The environment is formed by hard coral pinnacles.
Mares
HauntedWall / Ras Misikitini (★4.2)

HauntedWall / Ras Misikitini (★4.2)

Small walls from 5 metres to 18 metres where you can find hard and soft coral. This site is unique for the small wall and offers great visibility and nice temperatures.
Mares
Jackfish Alley (★4.6)

Jackfish Alley (★4.6)

One of the most beautiful dive sites in the Mnemba area. A huge drop off starting from 24 meters goes to 60 meters more or less. The particularity of this site is a fantastic cavern at 35 meters always full of different species of fish.
Mares, Janez Kranjc
The Big Wall (★4.4)

The Big Wall (★4.4)

One of the most suggestive dives of the area, with a huge drop off that goes from 25 meters and reaches at least 60 meters depth. On the wall are present many little caves that create a very particular environment.
Divine Diving Zanzibar, 73107 Zanzibar
Leon’s Wall (★4.3)

Leon’s Wall (★4.3)

Leon’s Wall is a beautiful unspoiled reef, covered with soft corals and sponges with depths ranging from 12-40 meters. You can avoid the crowds at this dive site, while you enjoy all kinds of marine life.
Divine Diving Zanzibar, 73107 Zanzibar
Misoli Reef (★4.3)

Misoli Reef (★4.3)

Misoli Reef averages from 12 to 40 meters deep. It has a large coral island located in a big area of white sand, typical to Zanzibar. Fish life is less abundant here compared to other sites, but many nudibranchs and other small critters can be found, making it a treasure for photographers and macro life lovers.