Jeff's Pro Dive Centre, 20km south of Inhambane and just 25km south of Tofo, on the stunning beach of Praia do Jangamo, is perfectly positioned to dive some of the most exciting dive sites in the world. Right here in our backyard is Southern Mozambique's predominantly unexplored fringing reef with breathtaking corals, where you can see countless schools of game fish and turtles, snorkel with whale sharks and dolphins, scuba dive with manta rays, watch humpback whales and dive the world famous Manta Reef and Kingfisher reef system. For more information about the local marine life including Manta Rays, Whale Sharks and Humpback Whales download a copy of our marine fauna guide.

As a PADI 5* Gold Palm Instructor Development Centre (IDC) we specialise in offering all PADI courses, up to and including PADI instructor (OWSI), and also Sharklife Manta Ray and Whale Shark speciality courses in conjucnction with sharklife.co.za. If you are interested in Profesional Go Pro courses in Mozambique visit our dedicated Go Pro Website otherwise read the information beneath on our PADI scuba diving courses or download a copy of our PADI Dive Courses and Dive Site Information Guide.

The dive centre is DAN accredited and a DANSA Safety Partner, all DM's are certified oxygen providers and dives are taken under the strict control of our highly qualified and experienced skippers and PADI dive masters & PADI instructors.

Follow the links below to read about a selection of the dive courses on offer and the dive sites that we dive, or click to download a copy of our price list.

Scuba diving in the Inhambane area of Mozambiques Manta Coast is of the best available anywhere in the world! Still largely protected and not overcrowded, the size, variety and volume of sealife on the reefs in the area is astounding. There are few dive sites where sitings of both the magnificent Manta Ray and Whale Sharks are so frequent, not to speak of game fish of all shapes and sizes. Yet the underwater photographer's interest is often captured by the smaller exotic creatures such as Manta Shrimps, Spanish Dancers and other colorful nudibranches.

The fringing reef system just off-shore of Jangamo Bay will satisfy divers of all tastes and experience levels and is guaranteed to leave you hungry for more.

You can check out the swim-throughs at Caves, the cryptic Paperfish at Devil's Peak, go deep and marvel at the pelagics in Disneyland, or check into the salon at Hard Rock and let the cleaner shrimps do what they do best. And if macro photography is your thing, the resident Nudibranch population at Pao Rock will have you clicking away to your heart's content.

Here at Jeff's Palm Resort we are lucky enough to be within touching distance of truly world-class dive locations. Manta Reef, one of the top sites in the world is just a 20-minute boat ride away. At a depth of 24m it is the perfect spot to experience deep diving for the first time; and with 3 registered Manta Ray cleaning stations, countless schooling reef fish, moray eels of every variety and inquisitive potato groupers, your dives at Manta Reef are guaranteed to delight and the memories will stay with you forever.

In the same neighbourhood as Manta Reef, are XTC and Green Tree, two lesser visited, deeper sites that also boast 3 Manta cleaning stations giving you the chance to see yet more Manta Rays, beautiful untouched coral formations and are the perfect spots to try enriched air NITROX diving for the first time.

South of Praia de Jangamo and Guinjata Bay, is Paindane where strong currents give rise to the "Paindane Express". Drift over the reef systems looking out for the whole spectrum of megafauna including Manta Rays, Whale Sharks, Marlins and Sailfish

The fringing reef system just off-shore of Jangamo Bay will satisfy divers of all tastes and experience levels and is guaranteed to leave you hungry for more.

Batfish Pinnacle, Caves & Playgrounds:

Batfish Pinnacle: Schools of the enigmatic batfish gave this site its name, while plenty of game fish, potato bass, white tip sharks and turtles will also pop bye for a visit. Whip, plate and staghorn corals abound, whilst the pinnacle provides an interesting obstacle for encircling fish shoals. The pinnacle is also a great night dive, keep your eyes peeled for sleeping turtles and parrot fish under the ledges.

Caves & Playgrounds: A breathtaking shallow dive and for many beginners a fantastic introduction to the underwater world. An amphitheatre is filled with shoals of blue-banded snappers, big eye cressi tails, a multitude of nudibranches, paperfish, morays and crustaceans. The various swim-thrus and boulders feature exciting species such as a resident Dragon Moray, Orangutan crabs and if you're lucky you might even spy an Octopus.

Avg depth 12m | Max depth 16m

Devils Peak:

One of our greatest local dive sites, Devils Peak is an almost free standing rock with a swim through and is home to Potato Bass, an abundance of frogfish, arrow and porcelain crabs, ghost pipefish, resident paperfish and juvenile emperor angel fish. Plenty of caves and overhangs to explore for the more experienced diver!

Avg depth 12m | Max depth 19m

Disneyland & Tombstone:

A perfect spot for the adventure seeker! These newly discovered deep dives is one of Southern Mozambique's best kept secrets. As we descend, you'll purr at the massive schools of game fish cruising past in the blue, and once we're down there you'll be so amazed by the density of fish, you won't know where to look.

The perfect place for sighting sting rays, sharks, greentree coral with resident morays intertwined, long nose hawk hawkfish, sea apples and shoals of game fish including the sensational sailfish.

Avg depth 22m | Max depth 38m | EANx28 recommended

Hard Rock:

Situated just offshore, hard rock is a very short boat trip. Keep your eyes open for the most spectacular and interesting creatures you have ever seen! Cleaner shrimps, anyone for a manicure? Seamoths, bar tail flat heads, plenty of moray's, crayfish, devil firefish, flat worms and more...

Avg depth 15m | Max depth 22m | EANx36 recommended

Lego:

This brand new dive site has recently been discovered in the bay just opposite Jeff's Pro Dive Centre. Lego is located just minutes away from our launching spot and is so untouched that every dive is almost guaranteed to throw up a surprise or two...

Avg depth 18m | Max depth 24m | EANx36 recommended

Pao Rock(s)!:

A Praia do Jangamo classic. Only a 3 min boat ride from the beach, this reef brags numerous species of morays, reef sharks, crocodile flat heads, mantis and cleaner shrimps, crustaceans and sting rays. Interested in macro photography? The resident nudibranch population will have you clicking away to your heart's content!

Avg depth 12m | Max depth 18m

Turtle Creek:

Experience the amazing feeling when descending onto a reef between families of Green Turtles, which do not even seem bothered by the divers presence.

Avg depth 18m | Max depth 24m | EANx36 recommended

Northern & Southern Reefs

Here at Jeff's Palm Resort we are lucky enough to be within touching distance of truly world-class dive locations. Manta Reef, one of the top sites in the world is just a 20-minute boat ride away. At a depth of 24m it is the perfect spot to experience deep diving for the first time; and with 3 registered Manta Ray cleaning stations, countless schooling reef fish, moray eels of every variety and inquisitive potato groupers, your dives at Manta are guaranteed to delight and the memories will stay with you forever.

Greentree:

A deep site on the kingfisher reef, Green tree is a 10m high wall rising from the sand at over 32 meters covered in Green Tree corals and home to longnose hawkfish, yellow sea apples, big shoals of reef fish and potato grouper. Two cleaning stations mean that the reef is also frequented by Manta Rays and Devil Rays schooling along with game fish are common sights.

Avg depth 32m | Max depth 40m | EANx28 recommended

Island Rock:

Island Rock is another of Jeff's Pro Dives new dive sites along the Manta Coast.A shallow site, less than 14m, the dive is one of our most interesting locations with big overhangs boulders and swim throughs. Take a peak into the many cracksand crevices and you will find an abundance of morays, crayfish, lionfish and scorpionfish. Game fish, reef sharks and raggies and even the occasion Manta Ray or Ray Shark have been known to make an appearance.

Avg depth 12m | Max depth 14m

Manta Reef:

Fast becoming famous throughout the dive community Manta Reef is regarded as one of the best dives sites in southern Africa if not the world. The reef offers a huge diversity of marine life including numerous giant manta rays.The reef has north and south walls with adjecent pinnacles creating canyons and gullies at depths of 24m to 28m.

These walls provide shelter for large schools of yellow snapper, barracuda, bigeyes and hundreds of red fang trigger fish. Large potato grouper inhabit overhangs and small caves along with turtles and sweetlips. The list of stunning marine life is endless. The cracks and crevices are home to scorpionfish, morays (giant, honeycomb, yellow edge, white mouth, geometric...), crocodile fish, Spanish dancers and a whole array of nudibranches and cowries.

There are three cleaning stations where huge Manta Rays circle and hover allowing small fish to remove parasites from their bodies. Playful devil rays and sometime eagle rays swim above the reef and on occasion a wide variety of sharks are seen.

Avg depth 22m | Max depth 28m | EANx36 Recommended

Paindane Express:

A favourite of all the staff working at Jeff's Pro Dive Centre, this site gains it name due to the strong currents that are usually found on the reef. The reef begins close to shore in about 18m of water and runs rapidly down to 32m. Brilliantly coloured purple corals, Gorgonian Sea fans, fast moving game fish, and reef sharks make for a particulally interesting trip. Plus Whale sharks, marlin, sail fish and even Sun fish have been known to make an appearance.

Avg depth 24m | Max depth 32m | EANx32 recommended

XTC:

Also having two cleaning stations this lesser dived sitewith its crevices and ledges is often the place to observe manta rays quietly circling while being groomed by cleaner wrasse. Garden eels, turtles, devil rays as well as leopard sharks and bow mouthed guitarfish make this a favourite.

Avg depth 26m | Max depth 32m | EANx32 recommended

Whether you're experiencing the underwater world for the first time or you're an experienced diver looking to broaden your horizons, our experienced PADI Instructors are always on hand to ensure your time diving at Jeff's Palm Resort is relaxing, rewarding and fun.

As a PADI 5* Gold Palm Instructor Development Centre (IDC) dive centre, we offer all PADI diving courses from beginner to instructor, so whether this is your first time heading underwater or your an experienced diver looking to try your hand at something new, we have a course to suit your needs.

Our shallow house reefs are perfectly suited for that first trip under the ocean surface and you'll be amazed at the variety of marine life right here in our backyard. Further from home, our deeper reefs house opportunities for all manner of exciting diving activities:

We offer special rates for scuba diving groups, fishing teams and conferences. Give us a call and check out our low season specials and 'fly in packages'. Full board as well as self- catering packages available.

PADI Discover Scuba Diving

1/2 day including 1 Confined Water Dive and 1 Open Water Dive

If you're looking for a convenient way to try scuba, look to a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience to broaden your horizons. Give it a try. Diving can change your life.

The Discover Scuba Diving course provides an introduction to SCUBA diving that includes confined water training plus a dive to 12 meters; a great opportunity to try scuba diving in a tropical environment with no commitment, plus Discover Scuba Diving skills may be credited toward the PADI Open Water Diver certification

PADI Bubblemaker & Seal Team

1/2 day including 1 Confined Water Dive and 1 Open Water Dive

Discover Scuba for Kids: for young adventurers, the bubble maker program is an introduction to the thrill of breathing underwater. If you're eight or nine years of age, now is your chance to take the plunge with a PADI Instructor and go diving.

The PADI Seal Team is for young divers who are looking for an action-packed, adventurous program filled with exciting scuba "Aqua Missions." Have you ever wondered what it's like to dive with flashlights, take pictures underwater or float effortlessly like an Astronaut? If you have, this is your chance to explore these exciting adventures in a swimming pool.

As a PADI Seal, you learn the basics of safe diving and explore different Aqua Missions - or specialty dives - like wreck, navigation, buoyancy, underwater photography, environmental awareness and more.

PADI Open Water Diver Course

3 to 4 days including 5 Confined Water Dives and 4 Open Water Dives

If you've always wondered what lies beneath the surface, now's the time to find out. Start the journey of a lifetime with the PADI Open Water Course. It will change you forever, certifying you as a PADI diver, enabling you to dive anywhere in the world to 18 meters.

During the course you will spend half a day mastering key skills within our custom built training pool, which you will then use during four progressively deeper divers over the following days on some of the most diverse and unexplored coral reefs in the world. Each evening a short informative presentation covers the academic aspects of the course further developing your knowledge and understanding. There truly isn't any better place to learn!

Earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification is just the beginning. As a certified diver, fabulous dive destinations, exciting people, unparalleled adventure and uncommon tranquillity await you.

PADI Scuba Diver

2 days including 3 Confined Water Dives and 2 Open Water Dives

The PADI Scuba diver course is designed for those with insufficient time to complete the full Open Water course. The qualification, which can be upgraded at any time, allows you to dive anywhere in the world to 12 meters under the supervision of a PADI professional.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

2 to 3 days including 5 Open Water Dives

Move up and experience real adventure with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course and have the opportunity to try some of diving's most rewarding and useful activities. These skills make diving much more than underwater sightseeing. Plus, the Advanced Open Water Diver course takes you one step closer to Master Scuba Diver - the ultimate non professional certification in diving.

This course is designed to improve dive skills making divers feel more comfortable and knowledgeable in the water whilst experiencing a new range of environments and increasing your depth limit to 30 meters. The course consists of five open water adventure dives from a list of over 20 for you to choose from. With your PADI Instructor you complete the deep and navigation Adventure Dives. These dives boost your confidence as you build these foundational skills. Then, you choose three additional dives from more than 15 Adventure Dives to complete your course.

Increase your depths and visit cleaning stations whilst watching Manta Rays circle on our stunning deep reefs with a Deep dive, learn the techniques needed to produce wonderful photos of our vibrant flora and fauna with a Digital Photography dive, watch the ocean fly by and experience the currents of the Mozambique channel with a Drift dive, discover the fish diversity of the region, learn about reef surveying and the importance divers have in aquatic conservation with a Project AWARE Fish ID dive, increase your dive times and learn about computers with a Multi Level / Computer dive, dive safer whilst increasing your dive times by diving with Enriched Air NITROX, plus many more available.

PADI Adventure Dives

Half day including 1 Open Water Dive

Take a step toward becoming a PADI Advanced Diver and experience new environments. PADI Adventure dives count towards the Adventure Diver & Advanced Open Water qualifications but allow for you to split the course into smaller pieces.

PADI SCUBA Review / Refresher

This is a course for qualified divers who haven't dived for a while and need to refresh their dive skills. Chose from a short refresh of key skills in our custom built training pool or a full SCUBA review covering a full theory session including tables a confined water session to refresh all skills and a dive to one of our house reefs..

PADI Rescue Diver

2 to 3 days including 5 Open Water Dives

"Challenging" and "rewarding" best describe the PADI Rescue Diver course. Building upon what you've already learned, this course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur. The fun part about this course is rising to challenges and mastering them. Most divers find this course both demanding and rewarding, and at the end, say it's the best course they've ever taken.

As you master rescue techniques, adapting your new-found skills to suit a variety of different situations both in and out of the water, your confidence levels will soar. In addition, the "tool box" of techniques, skills and knowledge you have accumulated throughout the Rescue Diver Program will give you the expertise and confidence to handle almost any emergency situation.

PADI Specialities & PADI Master Scuba Diver

Take a step toward becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver and experience new environments. Sharpen Your Skills with the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating

More than a pipe dream? Absolutely! Do it by becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver - a rating that puts you in a class of distinction - writing your ticket to endless adventure and opportunities through the experience and scuba training that sets you apart.

With the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating, you have reached the highest non professional level in the PADI System of diver education. It means that you have acquired significant training and experience in a variety of dive environments. See all the specialty diver courses offered.

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Deep Diver

2 Days | 4 Open Water Dives

The lure of the deep; that siren song that calls you to dive deeper - just to see what's down there... What fascinating sites await you? What captivating creatures will you see?

Dive deeper with confidence with the PADI Deep Diver speciality course. You'll experience underwater adventures below the 18m limit recommended for open water divers. You'll see things the less adventurous divers never see and learn about the special equipment and techniques reserved for deep diving. And, you'll manage to overcome the challenges associated with diving down to 40 meters

Drift Diver

2 Days | 2 Open Water Dives

Like a shark, you'll glide over the reef. The underwater world whizzes by fast - often faster than you can swim, and faster than many DPVs. Yet, you barely flick a fin, you roll effortlessly while smiling to your buddy. This is a typical drift dive - floating with the current rather than trying to swim against it. It's not only easier and more relaxing but in some places it's the only practical way to dive because the current is too strong.

The PADI Drift Diver courses teaches you the specialised techniques you need to know to enjoy drift diving. In the course, you learn the techniques for staying with your buddy, drifting in a group, different entries appropriate for different types of drift diving, and safety considerations. The course covers all three of the primary drift diving techniques used throughout the world: with floats, without floats and the use of DSMBs.

Whether you drift dive primarily because conditions call for it, or because you love it for its own sake and seek it, the PADI Drift Diver Course covers what you need to know to go with the flow.

Enriched Air NITROX

Half Day Theory Session with Optional Open Water Dive

Welcome to PADI's most popular specialties. Diving with enriched air NITROX lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. Diving with enriched air means more time underwater - but you need to be certified as an EANx Diver to get enriched air fills.

Whether you're into underwater photography or wreck diving, on vacation in some tropical paradise or just out for a leisurely day of diving at your local dive site, the EANx Diver course helps you get more out of diving by giving you more time underwater. Plus, by diving with EANx Nitrox you may feel less tired on your vacation.

Night Diver

2 Days | 4 Open Water Dives

Underwater Digital Photography is quickly becoming one of the most fascinating activities for underwater enthusiasts around the world.If you are a snorkeler, scuba diver or aquatic enthusiast, you now have the added thrill of reliving your favourite experiences by capturing the wonder and adventure of the aquatic realm with digital underwater photography. Whether you're into casual or serious photography, you can learn important photographic techniques by using the PADI Digital Underwater Photography materials.

The content primarily focuses on today's point-and-shoot cameras, giving you step by step instructions on how easily obtain captivating underwater photos. This guide will help you avoid the frustration of trying to teach yourself the art of digital photography through trial and error. You will shorten your learning curve and get great underwater photos immediately by reading the materials and enrolling in a PADI Digital Underwater Speciality Photography program here at Jeff's Pro Dive. Don't wait; striking pictures and self satisfaction are only a click away

Underwater Digital Photography

1 Day | 2 Open Water Dives

Underwater Digital Photography is quickly becoming one of the most fascinating activities for underwater enthusiasts around the world. If you are a snorkeler, scuba diver or aquatic enthusiast, you now have the added thrill of reliving your favourite experiences by capturing the wonder and adventure of the aquatic realm with digital underwater photography. Whether you're into casual or serious photography, you can learn important photographic techniques by using the PADI Digital Underwater Photography materials.

The content primarily focuses on today's point-and-shoot cameras, giving you step by step instructions on how easily obtain captivating underwater photos. This guide will help you avoid the frustration of trying to teach yourself the art of digital photography through trial and error. You will shorten your learning curve and get great underwater photos immediately by reading the materials and enrolling in a PADI Digital Underwater Speciality Photography program here at Jeff's Pro Dive. Don't wait; striking pictures and self satisfaction are only a click away

Divemaster

4 to 6 weeks

Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers. PADI Divemaster internship in Mozambique

During the PADI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems. You put this knowledge into action through an internship or series of practical training exercises.

To read more about the divemaster courses on offer on at Jeffs Pro Dive Centre and other Go Pro Courses please visit our desiginated Go-Pro in Mozambique PADI professional development website.

Instructor

10 day IDC followed by 2 day IE

The PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) is the heart of the PADI Instructor training process. This program is designed for PADI Divemasters (or any qualifying certification from another training organization) who would like to become certified as PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor to be able to teach and conduct PADI diver courses.

Your PADI Instructor Development Course is one of the most important steps in becoming a successful dive educator. You want to have FUN and you need to feel comfortable while going through this process with us. To make sure you receive the most rewarding and valuable PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) training experience, we have included many different items into your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) package.

To read more about the instructor development courses (IDC) on offer on at Jeffs Pro Dive Centre and other Go Pro Courses please visit our desiginated Go-Pro in Mozambique PADI professional development website.