Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Malawi
Ready to check out the best sites in Malawi for scuba diving, snorkeling, shore diving, free diving or other ocean activities? Zentacle has 11 dive sites, snorkel spots, beaches, and more. Discover hand-curated maps, along with reviews and photos from nature lovers like you.
No matter what you're looking for, you can find a diverse range of the best ocean activities in Malawi to suit your needs.
#3 - Maleri Island
Malawi, Lake Malawi
Great place / Millions of cichlids! Different species than in CapeMclear
Rent a boat with compressor from Esther Grant at Kambiri Point / Stuart Grant's Fish Farm
#4 - Nakantenga Island
Malawi, Lake Malawi
Wonderful Place! Millions of fish
Rent a boat at Stuard Grant's Fish Farm / Kambiri Point / Salima
#5 - Tumbe Island's Aquarium
Malawi, Lake Malawi
Awsome divesite! Millions of Cichlids!
From Chembeh / Cape McLear
#6 - Tumbe Island Northeast
Malawi, Lake Malawi
Nice place with beautiful granite formations and canyons
From Chembeh
#7 - Simbabwe Rock
Malawi, Lake Malawi
Very cool place! A pinacle of Rock with lots of caves going down to +100m Visbility is great down to 50m from where it gets murky. Big catfish down there!
#10 - Otter Point
Malawi, Lake Malawi
Big boulders of granite rock. Lots of swim-throughs. Many aulonocaras and catfish. The visibility is rather low due to mudy grounds and slight current. Not as good as Tumbe Island but still worth one or two dives.
By boat from Chembeh Village / Kayak Africa Diveshop
Otter Point is also known as Otter Point - Cape McLear.
#11 - Nkhata Bay
Malawi, Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi is part of Africa's Great Rift Valley. It boasts huge underwater rock formations as well as beautiful sandy beaches. The lake is host to one of the biological wonders of the world, the Cichlids.
Cichlids are a large and widespread family of fish found in rivers and lakes all over the world. What makes Malawi Cichlids so special is the sheer number of species and the speed at which they evolved. It is estimated that up to 1500 species exist in the lake.
To access the country of Malawi it is generally recommended to fly. Lake Malawi stretches from the North to the South of the country and Mozambique as well as Tanzania border along the lake.