Nosy Be Scuba Diving: Manta Rays, Whale Sharks & Coral Walls
Dive some of Madagascar's finest sites around Nosy Be — manta ray cleaning stations, whale shark aggregations, and dramatic underwater seamounts
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Manta Point Cleaning Station
An ocean where manta rays float motionless while cleaner wrasse remove parasites — divers observe this ritual at 15 to 25 meters
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Whale Shark Aggregation Zone
Between September and December, whale sharks congregate in the channel north of Nosy Be — snorkel encounters almost guaranteed in season
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Coral Garden on Nosy Sakatia
The jagged reef around the island of Sakatia is Nosy Be's most colorful dive — sea fans, gorgonians and schools of anthias in remarkable density
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Cathedral Rock Wall Dive
A dramatic wall dive that descends to 40 meters along a vertical rock wall covered in soft corals, inhabited by turtles and the occasional shark
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Night dive on Nosy Tanikely
Night dives reveal ornamental crabs, sleeping turtles, Spanish dancer nudibranchs and occasional luminescent plankton in the reserve water
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Live-Aboard Diving Safari
Multi-day dive boats explore the more remote reefs around the Nosy Be archipelago — the Radama Islands, Mitsio and beyond — for the serious diver