Conditions & tides
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Marine forecast via Copernicus Marine. Score is a rule-based guide from swell/wind vs. the site's exposure — always dive your own assessment.
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About this site
Toliara sits on the southwest coast of Madagascar, along the Mozambique Channel, and the reef systems offshore are dotted with dive sites accessed by boat from town. L'Arche lies among these reef formations in the waters off Toliara.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Masked MorayGymnothorax breedeniReported here · unconfirmed
Leaf ScorpionfishTaenianotus triacanthusReported here · unconfirmed
Moorish IdolZanclus cornutusReported here · unconfirmed
Indian Redfin ButterflyfishChaetodon trifasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Sixbar WrasseThalassoma hardwickeReported here · unconfirmed
Skunk AnemonefishAmphiprion akallopisosReported here · unconfirmed
Green Bird WrasseGomphosus caeruleusReported here · unconfirmed
Blackspotted PufferArothron nigropunctatusReported here · unconfirmed
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