Dive Review of Mafia Island Diving/Mafia Lodge in
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Mafia Island Diving/Mafia Lodge: "Surprisingly good diving at Mafia Island", Jan, 2017, by Eric Schindler, AZ, US ( Contributor 16 reports with 19 Helpful votes). Report 9470 has 5 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Mafia Island is the perfect spot to add in some diving if you are fortunate enough to be visiting East Africa. We did a four night/three days of diving package and found it far better than Zanzibar where we dove 12 years ago. A very professional, friendly dive shop. Varied diving: surprisingly interesting muck dives from the shore, wall dives outside the bay, drift dives, hard coral gardens. Healthy reefs, not as many larger fish as one could have hoped for, but plenty to keep two experienced divers happy for the 8 dives we did. Dive times are tide dependent, and thus the schedule of times for dives available each day moves a half hour up each day. You have to be flexible, but we were able to schedule three dives daily. Diving is done off of traditional dhows that have been adapted for divers. Sometimes you sail back to the shop after motoring out. We enjoyed the other sightseeing options the shop offers: whale shark snorkeling (a 45 minute drive across island), visit to traditional village at Chole Island a short ferry hop across the channel. Very friendly and knowledgeable multi-lingual dive guides and owners
Websites	Mafia Island Diving
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Maldives, Caribbean, Mexico, Red Sea, etc.
Closest Airport	Mafia Island Airport, 20 minutes	Getting There	several flights from Dar es Salaam each day. You are going to be adding this on to exploring Africa (e.g. Safari)
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	76-83°F / 24-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	25-100 Ft/ 8-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Dives were guided though max of four divers per guide. Very helpful and willing to adjust to our needs. Come up with usual 500 psi. Dive sites are never deeper than 90 feet.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Mafia Island Diving/Mafia Lodge in Africa/Mafia Island

Mafia Island Diving/Mafia Lodge: "Surprisingly good diving at Mafia Island", Jan, 2017,

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Dive Review of Mafia Island Diving/Mafia Lodge in
Africa/Mafia Island