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Dive pristine reefs in a marine biodiversity hotspot

Our in-depth knowledge of the Bazaruto seascape combined with the strategic location provides unique access to research verified dive locations, embracing both reefs and open-ocean sites in the region. The continuous scientific exploring of the region enables visitors to benefit from our understanding of animals’ ecology, including seasonality, behavioural traits, migratory patterns and influential oceanographic parameters. During your stay, enjoy access to our professional expertise and technology, bringing your experience to a different level: special, unique and memorable.

Dive a variety of exclusive, unique and research verified dive locations

Enrol on a PADI course with our experienced dive instructor

Join pioneering exploratory expeditions in the BANP and beyond

Stay in a sustainable accommodation & learn from our scientists

Encounter the big ocean five: cetaceans, elasmobranchs, reptiles, sirenians and bony fish

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CETACEANS

Aquatic mammals including whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

ELASMOBRANCHS

Cartilaginous fish including sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish.

BONY FISH

Diverse superclass of vertebrates, including snappers, trevallies and groupers.

REPTILES

Paraphyletic grouping including turtles, sea snakes and kraits.

SIRENIANS

Order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals including dugongs.

Marine life

The Bazaruto Archipelago supports over 2000 species of fish and the second most diverse coral reefs in the world. The seascape offers encounters with humpback whales, manta ryas (both oceanic and reef manta rays), various types of dolphins and over 10 species of sharks, including hammerheads, oceanic black-tip sharks, bull sharks and many types of reef sharks. The colourful coral reefs are home to a diverse range of fish, including humphead wrasses, countless types of butterflyfish and trevally’s. The Bazaruto Archipelago also hosts incredible macro life. Nudibranchs, decorator crabs, leaf fish and seahorses are not uncommon on the reefs near Benguerra Island.

Dive site topography

The dive sites compile of high variety of topographies, due to the continuous mixing of nutrients and (strong) currents. Some dive sites are characterised by colourful, shallow reefs covered with soft and hard coral, whereas some deeper dive sites consist of sloping walls or pinnacles with overhangs and swim-throughs. The majority of dive sites feature spectacular macro life and sightings of sharks, rays and pelagic fish.

The big five

Given the richness in marine biodiversity the region has to offer, the big five concept embraces exciting animal families that are commonly encountered in the Bazaruto Archipelago and beyond. The area hosts humpback whales, numerous groups of pelagic sharks and the largest population of dugongs in the West Indian Region, making diving in this area very exciting. We always look out for ‘the big five’: cetaceans, elasmobranchs, reptiles, sirenians and bony fish.

Marine life

The Bazaruto Archipelago supports over 2000 species of fish and the second most diverse coral reefs in the world. The seascape offers encounters with migrating humpback whales, residential cetaceans and 122 shark and ray species, including pelagic sharks and manta rays. The Bazaruto Archipelago also hosts incredible macro life. Nudibranchs, decorator crabs, leaf fish and seahorses are not uncommon on the reefs near Benguerra Island.

The big five

Given the richness in marine biodiversity the region has to offer, the big five concept embraces exciting animal groups that are commonly encountered in the Bazaruto Archipelago and beyond: cetaceans, elasmobranchs, reptiles, sirenians and bony fish. The area hosts migrating humpback whales, pelagic sharks and the largest population of dugongs in the West Indian Region.

CETACEANS

Aquatic mammals including whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

ELASMOBRANCHS

Cartilaginous fish including sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish.

BONY FISH

Diverse superclass of vertebrates, including snappers, trevallies and groupers.

REPTILES

Paraphyletic grouping including turtles, sea snakes and kraits.

SIRENIANS

Order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals including dugongs.

Shark & Ray Species

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Fish species

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