Tridacna elongatissima is a species of giant clam that was first described from the Western Indian Ocean all the way back in 1856. Somewhere along the way the characteristics of this species were thought to be synonymous with Tridacna maxima…
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Support Ocean Guardians In Mozambique
Ocean Guardians Mozambique Did you know that 60% of Mozambicans live close to the ocean and most depend on it for their livelihoods yet many of them do not know how to swim? Ocean Guardians is an education programme run by…
Becoming A PADI Instructor Zambezi’s Story
Education There are three elementary schools on the island with classes up to the 8th grade. While current generations are more likely to attend school, growing up Zambezi and his age group were unlikely to study past the 3rd or…
Coral Settlement Project In Mozambique
Coral Settlement Project Corals are fascinating animals which can reproduce sexually through spawning and asexually through fragmentation. In Mozambique scientist are studying coral spawning and, in particular, where these tiny coral larvae settle onto the reef to gain insight into the long-term…
Searching For Manta Rays With The Queen Of Mantas: Dr. Andrea Marshall
Like many of you, I had a dream of swimming with manta rays. I traveled the world and logged hundreds of dives, yet I never caught sight of a single manta. I had come across different species of Mobula rays which…
VIDEO: Huge Potato Grouper In Tofo Mozambique
Tofo is a popular dive destination in the Inhambane province of Mozambique and is best known for megafauna diving with Manta Ray and Whale sharks. Rich offshore upwelling currents attract all sorts of marine life to the region which makes…
Sherwood Forest Dive Site, Tofo Mozambique
DIVE SITE: SHERWOOD FOREST LOCATION: TOFO, MOZAMBIQUE DIFFICULTY: ADVANCED MARINE LIFE: GO BIG OR GO HOME! Praia de Tofo, Mozambique, is located in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane. Although still relatively unknown to most travellers, it has long been…
Scuba Diving Neptune’s Arm and Vamizi Island Mozmabique
Vamizi Island is located in the North of Mozambique’s Quirimbas Archipelago. This chain of 32 islands stretches along the coast of Mozambique, towards their norther boarder with Tanzania. The waters around Vamizi are rich in marine life, and the island…
Twelve mile reef, Bazaruto Mozambique
Twelve mile reef is one of the norther most reefs in the Bazaruto Archipelago and is well worth the lengthy boat ride from this exotic island destination. Last week we wrote about Two mile reef which is located between Bazaruto and…
The Quirimbas National Marine Park, Mozambique Africa
Northern Mozambique is home to one of the western Indian oceans largest marine parks. The Quirimbas National Park is 7,500 sq kilometers, of which 1522 sq km is designated a Marine Protected Area. The Park includes 11 of the 32…