Wattabomi
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About this site
Wattabomi, also called Moray Eel City, is a sloping reef at Mnemba Atoll off Zanzibar. It is dived at 6 to 25 m and suits all levels, since the gentle slope lets each diver pick a depth. The reef starts at about 7 m and is a puzzle of coral blocks full of life, with big bommies scattered across a sandy bottom. Currents are mild, and strong ones turn it into a drift.
Lionfish, scorpionfish, several kinds of moray eel, leaf fish, nudibranchs and giant stonefish rest among the coral. Lettuce corals draw fusiliers and schooling snappers, with sweetlips and marbled groupers, crescent-tail bigeyes, octopus and frogfish. Thousands of garden eels poke from the shallow sand at the end of the dive. Bottlenose dolphins pass through all year, and the site is good for photography.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
SnapperSnapperConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
OctopusOctopusConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
DolphinDolphinReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperConfirmed present · 4 independent sources
ScorpionfishScorpionfishConfirmed present · 5 independent sources
TriggerfishTriggerfishReported here · unconfirmed
AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
TrevallyTrevallyReported here · unconfirmed
Eagle rayEagle rayReported here · unconfirmed
StonefishStonefishConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
LionfishLionfishConfirmed present · 4 independent sources
Leaf scorpionfishLeaf scorpionfishConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
NudibranchNudibranchConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
FusilierFusilierReported here · unconfirmed
SweetlipsSweetlipsReported here · unconfirmed
Garden eelGarden eelReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
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