Fundu Gap

A narrow channel on the northwest coast of Pemba where the current accelerates and squeezes through a gap between two coral ridges, creating conditions that attract enormous schools of chevron barracuda in a spinning tornado formation that dwarfs anything you have seen on more visited reefs. The wall on the south side of the gap drops beyond 50 m and is covered in extraordinary black coral trees at depth, their branches hosting tiny shrimp and gobies visible only on close inspection. When the current runs at pace the drift is exhilarating — you fly past sea fans the height of a person and the blue water beyond the wall feels infinite. Big grouper lurk at the base of every coral head. This is frontier diving at its absolute best!