I found at least 20 other websites in various languages portraying Zanzibar as the new pelagic next destination. Ranking highest for diving in Zanzibar are photos of whale sharks that were not taken in Zanzibar, and were probably copied from the internet.

There is even a calendar telling you exactly which month each of them can be spotted. From the magical blue whale giants, minke whales, whale sharks, manta rays, hammerheads and more. Why should they spread misinformation, right?Īccording to the PADI Travel – diving in Zanzibar page, you can see almost every sought-after pelagic right here in Zanzibar. We teach PADI Courses in our shop every day. To my opinion, the writer has never dived in Zanzibar. The photos in this guide are great, but most of them were not taken anywhere in the Indian Ocean. Now, this article is long, very thorough, and even offers exact seasons for watching all these animals. I found that in Zanzibar you can “explore forgotten shipwrecks and swim with manatees, rays, whale sharks”. I decided to search the web and find why everyone these days are so eager to dive with pelagic in Zanzibar. Diving in Zanzibar with Whale Sharks & Manta Rays? We recently get many of these emails, and I often wonder where people get these ideas.įeatured image by Domingo Trejo.

Preferably with manta rays, whale sharks, whales, hammerheads, sharks, and other big fish. We are not so interested in small fish, and we want to dive with the big animals. So, we are coming to Zanzibar soon and want to book a day of diving.

Manta ray next to shark