The Shoulder is the name given to Mafia’s ‘adrenaline’ dive. You dive this site with a very strong current which gets everyone’s hearts beating as they glide across the bottom of the ocean. The maximum depth on this site is around 26 meters. This is for experienced divers only!

Lying at the northern tip of Jina Island, ranging in depth from 8 to 26 metres is Jina Wall. At the base of a small, vertical wall that has shallow caverns and overhangs, this site bottoms out in a gravel field.

This is a sheltered bank reef, moderately deep and steeply sloping but not a sheer wall as its’ name would suggest. This is a relaxing and beautiful dive but can experience a strong current when dived during the spring tide.

Corinne’s Reef is named after the mother of one of the owners of Mafia Island Diving who stumbled upon this site while accompanying on some exploration.

The site is comprised of three extensive and spectacular coral patches starting at around 9 meters and leveling out at around 17. These gorgeous coral islands are separated by sand channels that reflect ambient light across the diverse, healthy coral formations.

Kasa is a shallow, extremely colorful and lively reef where one can often see mature green turtle grazing in the seagrass. This site can experience some strong currents.

This is is a rock wall from 8 m down to 25 m, with small caverns and overhangs that make for beautiful scenery. Expect sea fans, whip coral adorned walls interspersed with shelving reef, offering a great variety of soft and hard coral.

Perhaps the most famous of all the dive sites in Chole Bay is the mighty Kinasi Pass and its ‘chicken’ pinnacle. Well known for its exciting drift through rocky topography, this site houses caverns and impressive rock formations.

This site has a maximum depth of 16 metres and a minimum of around 3. Small rock is best dived in the early morning, when the dawn light illuminates the sites’s pinnacles and coral structures, giving the whole area a golden glow.

Coral Gardens is home to coral bommies teeming with life, which act as mini cleaning stations with shrimps, crabs, and cleaner wrasses. The coral bommies develop into beautiful coral gardens filled with healthy hard coral species.