Giraffe Seahorse confirmed 1 month ago

Manta Reef Inhambane

Inhambane · Mozambique

A permanent cleaning station on a shallow pinnacle complex where resident oceanic and reef manta rays queue in spiraling aggregations while cleaner wrasse and remora remove parasites in a near-daily ritual. Visibility here often stretches beyond 20 metres, letting divers hover midwater and watch mantas perform graceful barrel rolls through plankton blooms. The site sits in a natural upwelling corridor that concentrates zooplankton, explaining why the same individual mantas return week after week throughout the year.

Conditions

Depth

8 to 28 m

Open water and up

Current

Can be moderate

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

10 to 18 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

21 to 29°C

5mm wetsuit

Month by month

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Water (°C)	26	27	27	25	23	22	21	21	22	24	25	26
Vis (m)	15	15	15	15	12	10	10	12	15	15	15	15
Current	Moderate	Moderate	Gentle	Gentle	Gentle	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Gentle	Gentle	Moderate	Moderate