Drift
down to 30 m
Amazon
A remote L-shaped reef 21 km out where manta rays, eagle rays, leopard sharks, bowmouth guitarfish and whitetip reef sharks are not uncommon.
- Experienced
- Manta rays
Advanced≤30 m
Outback
Dive site in Tofo, Mozambique
A slow drift along a main wall that grows larger and livelier, with three manta cleaning stations and yellow snappers at the first.
- Usual dive
- 30 m
- Deepest point
- 30 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Apr–Nov
- Current
- Moderate
The dive
A reef and wall dive. Known for manta rays and turtles.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: peri-peridivers.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- DriftYou move with the current and surface away from where you started.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Reef, Wall, Drift
- Current
- Moderate
- Estimated
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Manta rays
- Turtles
Why divers come
- Remote
Season in Tofo
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Apr–Nov.
Source: travel.padi.comWhere is Tofo?
The point shows the Tofo area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Tofo
Drift
down to 32 m
Giant's Castle
A wall drift where giant manta rays visit three cleaning stations and huge potato groupers come to check divers out.
- Experienced
- Manta rays
Drift
down to 28 m
Manta Reef
Tofo's signature deep reef: a gentle north-south drift through an amphitheatre of pinnacles shrouded in fish.
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
Rock formations
down to 30 m
Hogwarts
Two big cleaning stations on the reef top serve giant and reef mantas, and the dive ends through a huge swim-through.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Rock formations
down to 19 m
Marble Arch
A shallow sandy bowl ringed by walls and two archways, with green turtles under the overhangs and a chance of a passing whale shark.
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
Reef
down to 18 m
Krakatoa
A shallow coral reef with plenty of reef and game fish, and one of the best chances of whale sharks on the ride out and back.
- Open Water
- Whale sharks
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.