Macro
down to 30 m
Mwana wa Mwana (Tumbatu)
A Tumbatu reef with corals from 3 m to 12 m where scorpionfish, ghost pipefish and seahorses hide.
- Advanced
- Ghost pipefish
Open Water≤18 m
The Great Northern (Stone Town)
Dive site in Zanzibar, Tanzania
An 1870 British cable-laying ship resting at 4-12 m off Stone Town, now an artificial reef full of shrimps and pipefish.
- Usual dive
- 12 m
- Deepest point
- 12 m
- Level
- Open Water
- Best months
- Mar, Oct–Nov
The story
The Great Northern was a British cable-laying ship built in 1870 that sank on New Year's Eve in 1902. She now rests in the sand off Stone Town between 4 and 12 m as an artificial reef.
Source: zanzibaroneocean.com
The dive
A wreck and artificial reef dive. Known for crustaceans.
Who it's for
Open Water≤18 mSource: zanzibaroneocean.com
Recommended minimum: Open Water (PADI Open Water, CMAS/FFESSM N1).
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck, Artificial reef, Macro
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Crustaceans
- Clownfish
Season in Zanzibar
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Mar, Oct–Nov.
Source: zanzibaroneocean.comWhere is Zanzibar?
The point shows the Zanzibar area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Zanzibar
Drift
down to 25 m
Aquarium (Mnemba)
A gentle Mnemba drift where surgeonfish, Moorish idols, groupers and giant trevallies frequent the reef.
- Advanced
- Trevally
Drift
down to 30 m
Leven Bank
A 6 km ridged seamount well out in the Pemba Channel, drifted at 18-25 m among schools of tuna, kingfish and barracuda.
- Experienced
- Humpback whales
Reef
down to 16 m
Sand Banks (Mnemba)
Mnemba coral gardens at 8-16 m in a mild current, sheltering butterflyfish, pufferfish and sweetlips.
- Open Water
Drift
down to 12 m
Kendwa Reef
A long, shallow Kendwa reef reaching only 10-12 m, drifted gently past many juvenile fish.
- Open Water
Drift
down to 40 m
Kichwani (Mnemba)
A Mnemba coral wall from 2 m down to 30 m, home to many schools of reef fish with pipefish, leaf fish and nudibranchs to find.
- Advanced
- Nudibranchs
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.