Indian Ocean6 sites5 countries

Dive sites: Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean dive sites — depth, conditions, and required training level.

Comoros

Grand Comore Chomoni Coast

Moroni · Grande Comore · Comoros

Volcanic walls plunging from the shore into the deep Mozambique Channel off Grand Comore, where coelacanth habitat, pristine hard coral, and passing humpback whales create one of the Indian Ocean's most unexplored dive frontiers.

France

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Le Port Artificial Reef

Le Port · Reunion Island · France

A purpose-built artificial reef complex off Reunion's west coast designed to restore marine habitat lost to coastal development, now attracting groupers, turtles, and diverse reef fish in the shadow of the Piton des Neiges volcano.

Madagascar

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Ifaty Reef

Toliara · Atsimo-Andrefana · Madagascar

Madagascar's largest accessible barrier reef stretching 18 kilometres off the southwest coast, where unique Indo-Pacific coral assemblages shelter seahorses, frogfish, and ghost pipefish in waters few divers have explored.

Nosy Iranja Reef

Nosy Be · Diana Region · Madagascar

A remote twin-island reef off Madagascar's northwest coast where hawksbill turtles nest, pristine coral gardens thrive beyond the reach of dynamite fishing, and the reef's isolation ensures encounters with genuinely wild marine life.

Mauritius

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Grand Baie Aquarium

Grand Baie · Rivière du Rempart District · Mauritius

A sheltered coral garden inside the northern lagoon of Mauritius where dense coral heads, resident moray eels, and colourful reef fish create a natural aquarium ideal for new divers and underwater photographers.

Mozambique

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Inhambane Manta Reef

Inhambane · Inhambane Province · Mozambique

A shallow offshore reef south of Inhambane where resident giant manta rays gather at cleaning stations year-round, offering some of the most reliable and intimate manta encounters in the Indian Ocean.