Scuba diving locations in Tanzania:

• The Mafia Island Marine Park features protected pristine coral and marine life, including visiting whale sharks in season, reclusive dugongs among the seagrass between Mafia and the Rufiji River Delta, and leatherback and green turtles visiting for breeding.
• The Songo Songo Archipelago has amazing, and almost untouched, reefs.
• Pemba Island's west side features sheltered and pretty reefs which are home to large numbers of reef fish.
• The east of Pemba has mostly drift diving due to its exposed coastline so there are plenty of big game fish such as tuna and Giant trevally in large shoals and hammerhead sharks.
• The southern tip of Zanzibar, Kizimkazi, is perfect for drift diving over pristine reefs.
• Mnemba Atoll has shallow and easy dives inside the lagoon and fabulous wall dives on the outside.

When to scuba dive in Tanzania:

The water is warm all year. In Zanzibar, there are heavy rains from late April to early June which may affect visibility. Whale sharks visit Mafia Island from November to January.

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Country data:

Administrative details

• Currency: Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
• Population: is about 43,800,000 (2009)
• Time Zone: EAT (GMT+3)
• Main languages spoken: Swahili, English ## Diveable overseas territories:

Tanzanian diving federations:

Local diving laws and regulations (and PADI-equivalent certifications):

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