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
