Hunga
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About this site
Hunga is a reef dive site located in the open ocean off Nungwi, in northern Zanzibar, and is typically paired with the nearby site of Nankiville. The reef reaches a maximum depth of 16 metres, sitting on a flat sandy bottom well covered with corals. Large coral bommies are scattered across the site, made up mainly of hard corals alongside a colourful variety of soft corals.
The marine life at Hunga rewards both active scanning and careful observation. Schooling snappers and dusky sweepers congregate at the North tip, while the South tip holds a crack where a leaf fish hides among clouds of glass fish. Shoals of barracuda, snappers, and sweetlips move through the site, along with individual napoleons and groupers. Searching the sandy areas between rocks turns up crocodile fish and scorpionfish, and nudibranchs, marbled groupers, and lobsters in the reef crevices are also commonly encountered.
The site is accessed by boat, and divers should be prepared for a quick descent to around 15 metres. Visibility is generally great, which contributes to the site's appeal. Hunga is well suited to beginner and intermediate divers, given its maximum depth of 16 metres and accessible conditions.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Red-knobbed Sea StarProtoreaster linckiReported here · unconfirmed
Multicolored Knobbed Sea StarPentaceraster mammillatusReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasReported here · unconfirmed
Skunk AnemonefishAmphiprion akallopisosReported here · unconfirmed
Black Longspine UrchinDiadema setosumReported here · unconfirmed
Pacific TrumpetfishAulostomus chinensisReported here · unconfirmed
Leaf ScorpionfishTaenianotus triacanthusReported here · unconfirmed
Moorish IdolZanclus cornutusReported here · unconfirmed
Indian Ocean HumbugDascyllus abudafurReported here · unconfirmed
CrocodilefishCrocodilefishReported here · unconfirmed
LobsterLobsterReported here · unconfirmed
GlassfishGlassfishReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Leaf scorpionfishLeaf scorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaReported here · unconfirmed
SweetlipsSweetlipsReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseReported here · unconfirmed
ScorpionfishScorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
ParrotfishParrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
SurgeonfishSurgeonfishReported here · unconfirmed
UnicornfishUnicornfishReported here · unconfirmed
BatfishBatfishReported here · unconfirmed
Eagle rayEagle rayReported here · unconfirmed
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