Hi From Zanzibar

acqua · May 3rd, 2006, 11:49 AM

Hi I m really happy to have found this internet site
seems very interesting , i work as a diving instructor normaly based in maldives , now I m in zanzibar for a month ....low low season , so I can
spend my time waiting for tech -1 reading the forum .

more I dive more I tink DIR is the way to do it , and have fun

Phil O · May 3rd, 2006, 12:24 PM

Welcome to the boards

I've always fancied Zanzibar - what's the diving like there?

dirdave · June 2nd, 2006, 02:50 AM

I worked in stone town as a Instructor for 2 seasons , good triopical diving only a short 20 min trip away;some of the best coral formations I have ever seen , and the party live in stone town is super, the north of the Island(pemba) has whale sharks and BIG tigers , but its bloody hard to get a charter up there , also Tanzania is really close for the safari's

acqua · June 2nd, 2006, 08:36 AM

Hi guys

So I m here for short time ,normally I m based in Maldives and

I have to say yes the dive are nice and the reef is colorful , you can find

many ghost pipe fish and as well ( i never seen before ) sea grass ghost

pipe fish ..really nice animal . but to be onest the dive are shallow and in my

opinion nothing too compare width drift in Maldives width 6 knot current

and gray sharks white tip mantas everywhere . ..and about coral Malos reef

is to compare only width shark & Yaolanda in the read sea .

anyway every sea as somethings to teach you .

cheers

Richard

xalio · June 2nd, 2006, 11:18 AM

hi Richard,
You've joined just at the right time!

I'm off to Zanzibar at the end of sept. Can you recomend any dive centres to use, or sites?
Heard that Pemba is the place to be over there for diving,but recomendations of dive centres or people to dive with seem to be lacking.

Thanks in advance for any info

Regards

Robert

acqua · June 2nd, 2006, 02:43 PM

Hi Robert

about Pemba I know really few things , because I m here since two month

probably I'll know better in the next 3 moths ...after my holiday In Italy

. I m working for the crab diving center www.thecrab.com we are in

Zanzibar so in case you need some information's about Zanzibar just let me know

cheers

Richard

May 3rd, 2006, 11:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
acqua(Offline) New Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maldives Posts: 17	Hi From Zanzibar Hi I m really happy to have found this internet site seems very interesting , i work as a diving instructor normaly based in maldives , now I m in zanzibar for a month ....low low season , so I can spend my time waiting for tech -1 reading the forum . more I dive more I tink DIR is the way to do it , and have fun

May 3rd, 2006, 12:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
Phil O(Offline) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 340	Welcome to the boards I've always fancied Zanzibar - what's the diving like there? __________________ Phil

June 2nd, 2006, 02:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
dirdave(Offline) New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perth Western Australia Posts: 42	zanzibar I worked in stone town as a Instructor for 2 seasons , good triopical diving only a short 20 min trip away;some of the best coral formations I have ever seen , and the party live in stone town is super, the north of the Island(pemba) has whale sharks and BIG tigers , but its bloody hard to get a charter up there , also Tanzania is really close for the safari's __________________ How Hard can it be ?

June 2nd, 2006, 08:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
acqua(Offline) New Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maldives Posts: 17	Hi guys So I m here for short time ,normally I m based in Maldives and I have to say yes the dive are nice and the reef is colorful , you can find many ghost pipe fish and as well ( i never seen before ) sea grass ghost pipe fish ..really nice animal . but to be onest the dive are shallow and in my opinion nothing too compare width drift in Maldives width 6 knot current and gray sharks white tip mantas everywhere . ..and about coral Malos reef is to compare only width shark & Yaolanda in the read sea . anyway every sea as somethings to teach you . cheers Richard

June 2nd, 2006, 11:18 AM	#5 (permalink)
xalio(Offline) New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: UK Posts: 14	hi Richard, You've joined just at the right time! I'm off to Zanzibar at the end of sept. Can you recomend any dive centres to use, or sites? Heard that Pemba is the place to be over there for diving,but recomendations of dive centres or people to dive with seem to be lacking. Thanks in advance for any info Regards Robert

June 2nd, 2006, 02:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
acqua(Offline) New Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maldives Posts: 17	Hi Robert about Pemba I know really few things , because I m here since two month probably I'll know better in the next 3 moths ...after my holiday In Italy . I m working for the crab diving center www.thecrab.com we are in Zanzibar so in case you need some information's about Zanzibar just let me know cheers Richard