Peruse the Best Scuba Diving Sites in Africa

Dive the Dahlak islands of the Red Sea off Massawa in Eritrea. Dives in and near the Dahlak Archipelago include: Dry Dock - Intiara - Shumma - Norah - Research station house reef

Dive from liveaboards in the Red Sea off Sudan at: the wreck of Umbria - Sha’ab Rumi, in the South

Some of the world’s finest scuba diving is found in the Red Sea, in the three main diving areas accessible from Egypt: Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada and Dahab. Some Egyptian Red Sea dive sites include: Blue hole - TabaEl Fanus - Abu Ramada - Mangrove Bay - Ras Mohammed - Soma Bay

Go scuba diving around Tabarka or off Hammamet on the west coast of Tunisia in northern Africa

Scuba diving in Southern Africa’s Mozambique at: Ponta Malongane - Bazaruto Archipelago - Querimbas Archipelago - Inhaca Island - Tofo Beach

Scuba dive off the coast of South Arica in: Sodwana Bay - Aliwal Shoal -Protea Banks - Garden Route - Western Cape

Scuba diving at Mnemba Island - Wattabomi, Zanzibar -Hunga Reef in northern Zanzibar

Go scuba diving in the freshwater of the African Rift Valley’s Lake Malawi

There you have it, as you can see there are plenty of great scuba diving sites to choose from in Africa!
Feel welcome to let us know of any African dive sites that we missed out on. Or send us stories about your scuba diving adventures in Africa.

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Terence-Scuba Florida

Been to Naama Bay and must agree that the Red Sea is something special

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