The Kingfisher Reef - Scuba Diving with Manta Rays in Mozambique

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 34m | Max depth 40m | EANx28 recommended
Recommended for:Experienced Dives, Deep Diver Training

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
Recommended for: Advanced Open Water Qualified Divers

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
Recommended for: Experienced Divers, Advanced and Deep Training