Diving in Mozambique/Island Rock

The dive site Island Rock is an inshore rocky reef with coral in the Paindane area near Inhambane in Southern Mozambique

Visibility
Visibility can exceed 15 to 20m

Topography
Small islet/Large rock, probably covered at high tide, more or less crescent shaped with bay facing seaward. Bay full of big outcrops, boulders, overhangs, gullies, arches etc on sand bottom.

Get in
Access to this site is by boat.

Marine life
Variety of fish and a wider range of seaweeds than most other dive sites in the area. Orange starfish, Olive green starfish, feather stars, Small white and Red/yellow sea fans, Orange ridge sponge, mottled sponge, wall sponge, Feathery hydroids, grey sponge, Goldies, grey moray, Banded and Purple feather duster worms, Yellow zoanthids, small bushy Green, Brown and Red algae, twiggy coralline algae, small tubular white sponges, Chocolate dip, Toby, Freckled hawkfish, 6 stripe soapfish, Parrot fish, Spotted moray, Semicircle angelfish, Pearly butterfly fish, Longnose butterfly fish, Dusky sweepers, nudibranchs.

Routes
No particular route recommended.

Hazards
No site specific hazards known.

Skills
No special skills required.

Equipment
No special equipment recommended.

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