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See unique marine life when diving in Madagascar

The tropical waters surrounding Madagascar’s ecologically unique island country make it a diver’s paradise. Year-round, divers flock to this island, the fourth largest in the world, to discover marine life not seen anywhere else. The northwest coast is home to the best diving in Madagascar, where rich coral formations compose a spectacular fringing reef. You can find Madagascar’s best dive sites around Nosy Be, Tanikely, and other small surrounding islands. The south of Madagascar has excellent wreck diving where mythical shipwrecks welcome you like the Winterton, a ship of the India Company that left England and sank on August 20, 1792, and the Nossa Senhora do Carmo, a vessel of the Royal Portuguese Navy that sunk in 1774. Check out the dive site map to see where you can dive in Madagascar today.

Les Arches de Sakatia

The arches of Sakatia: Rock placed on a bottom of 23-24 meters, the top of the rock is at 19-20 meters. This rock has 3 entrances, 3 small arches, after this arch there is a smaller one 30 meters further on, and after a walk on a plateau at 15 meters depth.

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Plage des Amoureux

Diving site located at 12km from Nosy be, 35 minutes by boat. It is a park, there is an entrance fee of 20 000 ariary.Very beautiful diving site, very fishy and a lot of coral diversity

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Abyss

Falling to a depth of 25 meters for Abyss. Falling with a depth of more than 3 meters for Abyss Alyosha. Possible only on ebb tide.

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Mitsio Wreck

Wreck of boat, trawler transformed into shrimp boat, sunk in 2004, belonging to the fishery of Nosy be. The wreck lies between 27 and 28m deep, the top of the wreck is at 20-22 m.

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Atnam

This dive site with a fantastic landscape, it is not a site for fishes. One of the most beautiful site of Nosy be in the point of view: landscape, one of my favorites.

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Madrépore

Site located at 13km, 40 minutes by boat. The bottom is 21 meters, and the second part is 15 meters, separated by a field of garden eels. To be done on an ebb tide. The reef top is very nice , the coral are nice.

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Banc 06

The site Banc 06 is for all levels, site located at 5 KM behind Nosy Sakatia. My point of view on the site: site in general very good vis-a-vis the quantity of fishy 9 times on 10, but from time to time, without apparent reason, few fish.

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Rosario

Rosario is a very good second dive site in the morning because it is not deep, site between 19m and 14m, nice field of fan coral, and good for macro.

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Facci

Facci is a site located 14 km from the diving center. Depth between 22 and 25 meters. It is preferable to do this site as a first dive. Superb plateau covered with giant gorgonians.

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le dôme

Dive site located at 45 m from the center, very nice Dome, with a side filled with superb gorgonian and the other side very fishy. The site is quite deep, nothing less than 23 meters, it is necessary to walk at 25 m almost all the dive.

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