Guinjata Bay Dive Sites

Experience the amazing feeling of descending onto the reef between families of green turtles unphased by the divers’ presence

Distance: 700 m
Depth: 20-28 m

As you come through these pinnacles and into the Amphitheatre, you will be enveloped by a blanket of anemones and brightly colored reef

Distance: 700 m
Depth: 12-18 m

The name says it all: lots of honeycomb eels and big green tree corals. Devil rays and small-eye stingray are usually spotted on this site

Distance: 700 m
Depth: 18-30 m

Both a practical and beautiful training site

Distance: 700 m
Depth: 11 m

This reef has a spectacular swim-through filled with great amounts of macro. This is definitely the reef to visit if you want to stay and explore for a fair amount of time

Distance: 800 m
Depth: 18-23 m

Shallow reef with macro sightings all around. Between June and October the migrating humpback whales are usually spotted from this site. Great for new divers to explore

Distance: 800 m
Depth: 10-14 m

Here you will descend into an abundance of marine life, cave formations, ledges and overhangs

Distance: 800 m
Depth: 12-18 m

Shaped like the local pao bread of Mozambique, this reef is filled with marine life. So much so that it’s almost aquarium-like

Distance: 800 m
Depth: 12-18 m

Zone in on this wall to find the most interesting marine life. Also keep an eye out to your other side where open blue water disappears into the deep

Distance: 850 m
Depth: 18-22 m

What makes this reef so special is that, although it’s one of our BEST dive sites, it’s not often dived. It features 10 different types of eels, mantas, whales, potato bass, frog fish and so much more

Distance: 2 km
Depth: 20-28 m

This reef has an almost constant North-to-South current, making it the best drift dive Guinjata has to offer. It’s great for covering a long distance in a short amount of time

Distance: 3 km
Depth: 30 m

This reef is renowned for its striking and picturesque typography, as well as the massive schools of fish overhead

Distance: 3 km
Depth: 14-25 m

Protected by a reef barrier, this site is ideal for snorkeling and perfect for open water students

Distance: 3km
Depth: 3-12 m

On this broken ledge, all 5 species of sea turtles can be spotted. Plenty macro species and fantastic for underwater photography

Distance: 850 m
Depth: 24-30 m

A magnificent deep dive, perfect for spotting sharks and hawksbill turtles

Distance: 900 m
Depth: 35 m

A deep dive close to the shore where frogfish and bull sharks are often seen. Features include big green tree corals with large numbers of game fish

Distance: 900 m
Depth: 35 m

Named after the gigantic green tree corals, each home to a variety of marine species. Here mantas and potato bass are also commonly seen

Distance: 7 km
Depth: 35 m

This reef has a plateau with steep ledges and deep crevices, as well as scattered rock formations and arches that form great swim-throughs. Look out for mantas, marlin, stingrays and sharks

Distance: 8 km
Depth: 30 m

Newly discovered and yet to be mapped out, we think this site might drop to 70m! As our deepest dive, it’s great for tech diving and spotting mantas

Distance: 9 km
Depth: 50-70 m

Rated as one of the top 10 dive sites in the world, this is the only reef where one will find both species of manta rays. Along sheer wall drops from 20m to 35m, mantas, sharks, giant stingray, brindle and potato bass are found

Distance: 10 km
Depth: 35 m

This has got to be our best dive on offer! Linked to Manta Canyon, search for

mantas amongst beautiful, tall pinnacles and cleaning stations

Distance: 10 km
Depth: 30 m

Not often dived, yet one of our favorites! While hanging around amongst big green tree corals with loads of garden eels, look up now and then to spot mantas and devil rays

Distance: 10 km
Depth: 32-40 m

An amazing wall dive site with untouched aquatic life at its best. The wall starts at 28 and drops down to 45m. This is where leopard sharks are mostly seen

Distance: 12 km
Depth: 45 m