Dive Review of Moz divers/Zavora Lodge in
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Moz divers/Zavora Lodge: "out of the way diving in Mozambique", Jan, 2015, by Michael N. Hofman, CA, US ( Sr. Contributor 23 reports with 11 Helpful votes). Report 8299.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	If you happen to go to Johannesburg on your way to a safari and want to do some relatively warm water diving, in a location that's difficult to get to, but with a professional operation, then Moz Divers on the east coast of Mozambique is for you. This location (at Zavora lodge, about a 3 hour drive from the airport at Inhambane) is a big destination for South Africans, who drive cross country on holidays to go there (many folks camp there). We (four of us) stayed in a rented house, with breakfast and dinner supplied by the lodge (limited choices). The diving operation is run quite professionally with generally two dives a day leaving from the beach about 8 am or so. We did 10 dives in a package and the first 8 dives were cold, limited visibility and not so hot. The last day, the visibility improved, the temperature improved (to about 78-79F fro 71-72F) and we saw some smaller fish and loads of nudibranchs, among other things. The crew has a strange way of brining to boat onto shore, in that they drive at top speed onto the sand at the beach -- the first day we didn't know and no one told us and we took the jolt quite hard....But after you get used to it, it's not so bad, along with learning how to flipper into the zodiac (without a ladder but with all the safety gear on board). When you're not diving, make sure to take advantage of the body surfing, which is quite fun as the water was warmer at shore and there were tons of waves. There are many dive destinations along the Mozambique coast, but we only went to this one....If you want an adventure (LAM airlines is quite interesting) with a good dive operation, check it out!
Websites	Moz divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Indonesia, Palau, Caribbean, Hawaii, Vanuatu, Philppines
Closest Airport	3 hours by car	Getting There	fly LAM from Johannesburg, SA
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	71-79°F / 22-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	5-40 Ft/ 2-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	dives were about 60 minutes -- but in general the vis wasn't super and it was cold so no problem
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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By David Vickery in NJ, US at Oct 19, 2015 15:35 EST

What month of the year was this?

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Dive Review of Moz divers/Zavora Lodge in Africa/Mozambique

Moz divers/Zavora Lodge: "out of the way diving in Mozambique", Jan, 2015,

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Dive Review of Moz divers/Zavora Lodge in
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