Dive Review of Manta Resort in
Africa/Pemba Island, Tanzania

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Manta Resort: "Combo safari and dive trip to Tanzania", Jun, 2018, by Derek Smith, ON, CA ( 1 report). Report 10344.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The good - lots of critters and small fish, mostly healthy corals although house reef badly damaged. Staff generally very helpful, dive guides very capable. What we didn't know before we left home - the boats are very basic, just a bench on each side. Equipment was laid in the bottom of the boat, no rinse bucket or any accommodation for cameras. Each day the wind started to pick up early in the morning and by 9am the water was very rough making exit challenging – all gear was removed in water and handed up to the crew. The bad – unfortunately what could be a great dive destination has been ruined by overfishing. Each day hundreds of boats went out and caught anything of any size. Many islanders were snorkeling from shore and spear fishing. There was a small conservation area right off the resort but the locals did not respect it. Did not see a single shark or ray or any large fish and only one very small turtle.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Indonesia, Philippines, Palau, Maldives, Australia, Caribbean
Closest Airport	Pemba	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	82-°F / 28-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	No facilities on the boat, camera had to be left lying on a narrow bench or on the floor of the boat along with tanks, regs, etc in rough conditions

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Dive Review of Manta Resort in Africa/Pemba Island, Tanzania

Manta Resort: "Combo safari and dive trip to Tanzania", Jun, 2018,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Manta Resort in
Africa/Pemba Island, Tanzania