Mayotte
France · Indian Ocean
Mayotte is a French overseas territory nestled between Madagascar and Mozambique, encircled by one of the world's largest and most intact coral lagoons, with whale sharks, humpback whales, and resident manta rays year-round.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is fairly quiet.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
38 species across the dive sites here
Frances'S Sparrowhawk
Seen 1 month ago
at Passe en S
Cleaner Wrasse
Seen 1 month ago
at La Vigie
Least concern
Green Sea Turtle
Seen 1 month ago
at Passe en S
Least concern
Small Giant Clam
Seen 2 months ago
at Plateau de Mamoudzou
Least concern
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Seen 3 months ago
at Prony
Critically endangered
Loch'S Chromodoris
Seen 7 months ago
at Plateau de Mamoudzou
Batfish
Seen 10 months ago
at Banc du Choizil
Least concern
Humpback Whale
Seen 11 months ago
at Banc du Choizil
Least concern
Comoro Blue-Pigeon
Seen Nov 2024
at Banc du Geyser
Near threatened
Comoro Island Skink
Seen Nov 2024
at Banc du Geyser
Least concern
Porites-Eating Nudibranch
Seen Oct 2024
at Plateau de Mamoudzou
Malagasy Paradise-Flycatcher
Seen Oct 2024
at Banc du Geyser
Least concern
Anjouan Sunbird
Seen Aug 2024
at Banc du Geyser
Least concern
Bigeye Trevally
Seen year round
at Banc du Choizil
Least concern
Brain Coral
Seen year round
at Jardin des Coraux
Least concern
Dugong
Seen year round
at Jardin des Coraux
Vulnerable
Giant Grouper
Seen year round
at Banc du Choizil
Great Barracuda
Seen year round
at Passe en S
Least concern
Grey Reef Shark
Seen year round
at Passe en S
Endangered
Grouper
Seen year round
at Jardin des Coraux
Humphead Parrotfish
Seen year round
at Passe en S
Vulnerable
Manta Ray
Seen year round
at La Vigie
Midnight Snapper
Seen year round
at Banc du Choizil
Least concern
Napoleon Wrasse
Seen year round
at Plateau de Mamoudzou
Endangered
Nurse Shark
Seen year round
at Banc du Choizil
Vulnerable
Oceanic Manta Ray
Seen year round
at Prony
Endangered
Parrotfish
Seen year round
at Jardin des Coraux
Porites Coral
Seen year round
at Jardin des Coraux
Least concern
Sea Fan
Seen year round
at La Vigie
Sea Urchin
Seen year round
at Jardin des Coraux
Silvertip Shark
Seen year round
at Banc du Geyser
Vulnerable
Table Coral
Seen year round
at Jardin des Coraux
Endangered
Tiger Shark
Seen year round
at Banc du Geyser
Near threatened
Trumpetfish
Seen year round
at Jardin des Coraux
Whip Coral
Seen year round
at La Vigie
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Seasonal visitor
at Prony
Critically endangered
Whale Shark
Seasonal visitor
at Plateau de Mamoudzou
Endangered
Five-Lined Snake-Eyed Skink
Rare sighting
at Banc du Geyser
Vulnerable
Dive sites
Passe en S
great barracuda · grey reef shark · humphead parrotfish · green sea turtle
Plateau de Mamoudzou
green sea turtle · napoleon wrasse · whale shark · loch's chromodoris
Prony
oceanic manta ray · scalloped hammerhead shark · hawksbill sea turtle · frances's sparrowhawk
Banc du Geyser
tiger shark · silvertip shark · humpback whale · anjouan sunbird
Jardin des Coraux
green sea turtle · hawksbill sea turtle · dugong · table coral
La Vigie
whale shark · manta ray · great barracuda · cleaner wrasse