Where to Dive in September
The best scuba diving destinations with excellent conditions this month
Excellent Diving
Príncipe Island
São Tomé and PríncipeHighlights: Manta ray season, exceptional visibility.
Highlights: Best visibility of the year, abundant marine life
Flic en Flac
MauritiusHighlights: Visibility starts to improve again, warmer water.
Belle Mare
MauritiusHighlights: Water starts to warm up, visibility remains superb. Good for spotting larger pelagics.
Pemba Island
TanzaniaHighlights: Manta ray season begins, good chance of sightings in specific areas.
Chagos Archipelago
British Indian Ocean TerritoryHighlights: Transition back to drier season, visibility improves
Peros Banhos
British Indian Ocean TerritoryHighlights: Transition back to drier season, visibility improves
Oran Bay
AlgeriaHighlights: Visibility improves again, good for observing octopus and nudibranchs.
Jijel
AlgeriaHighlights: Visibility improves, good for macro photography and observing cephalopods.
Sharm El Sheikh
EgyptHighlights: Visibility improves as temperatures start to cool slightly.
Tiran Island
EgyptHighlights: Visibility improves, good chance of seeing sharks
Ain El Ghazala
LibyaHighlights: Post-summer clarity returning, good for exploring shipwrecks
Susah
LibyaHighlights: Improved visibility, good for exploring submerged structures
Bijagos Archipelago
Guinea-BissauHighlights: Visibility improving, potential for manta rays
Joal-Fadiouth
SenegalHighlights: Visibility improves significantly, good for reef exploration.
Banana Islands
Sierra LeoneHighlights: Visibility significantly improves, good for exploring reefs.
Turtle Islands
Sierra LeoneHighlights: Visibility significantly improves, excellent for exploring reefs and spotting turtles.
Benguela
AngolaHighlights: Water starts to warm up. Visibility improves. Beginning of plankton blooms.
Lobito
AngolaHighlights: Water begins to warm. Visibility improves. Increased plankton activity.
Namibe
AngolaHighlights: Water starts to warm. Visibility improves. Beginning of plankton blooms.
Bioko Island
Equatorial GuineaHighlights: Manta ray season, good conditions for encountering larger marine life.
Corisco Island
Equatorial GuineaHighlights: Manta ray season, excellent conditions for encountering large marine life.
Annobón Island
Equatorial GuineaHighlights: Manta ray season, prime conditions for encountering large marine life.
Ilhéu das Rolas
São Tomé and PríncipeHighlights: End of whale shark season, manta rays appear
São Tomé Northern Coast
São Tomé and PríncipeHighlights: Manta rays appear, good visibility
São Tomé Southern Coast
São Tomé and PríncipeHighlights: Manta ray season, excellent visibility.
Pedras Tinhosas
São Tomé and PríncipeHighlights: Manta ray season, excellent visibility.
Lake Tanganyika
BurundiHighlights: Excellent visibility, cichlid breeding season
Moheli Marine Park
ComorosHighlights: Peak humpback whale season, good visibility
Mayotte
ComorosHighlights: Manta ray season winding down, good pelagic activity
Dissei Island
EritreaHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of the season for schooling fish.
Nora and Nokra Islands
EritreaHighlights: Excellent visibility, good for spotting larger fish.
Highlights: Manta ray season begins, good visibility
Highlights: Good visibility, potential for larger pelagics
Highlights: Good visibility, potential for sightings of larger marine animals
Highlights: Continued good diving, transition to warmer waters.
Nosy Be
MadagascarHighlights: Warming waters, good for spotting pelagic species.
Nosy Tanikely
MadagascarHighlights: Transition to warmer waters, good for reef fish activity
Île Sainte-Marie
MadagascarHighlights: Warming waters, good for reef fish and invertebrates
Nosy Mitsio
MadagascarHighlights: Warming waters, good for reef fish and invertebrate activity
Le Morne
MauritiusHighlights: Water starts to warm, visibility remains very good. Manta ray season begins.
Blue Bay Marine Park
MauritiusHighlights: Water starts to warm, visibility remains good. Manta ray sightings are possible.
N'Gouja Reef
MayotteHighlights: Calm seas, good visibility for observing reef inhabitants
M'Bouzi Island
MayotteHighlights: Good visibility, potential for turtles and reef sharks
Etang-Salé
RéunionHighlights: Manta ray season winding down, good macro and lava formations
Praslin
SeychellesHighlights: Visibility starts to improve, potential for early whale shark sightings.
La Digue
SeychellesHighlights: Visibility starts to improve, potential for early whale shark sightings.
Silhouette Island
SeychellesHighlights: Visibility starts to improve, potential for early whale shark sightings.
Zanzibar
TanzaniaHighlights: Manta ray season begins, good chance of sightings.
Mafia Island
TanzaniaHighlights: Manta ray season begins, good chance of sightings.
Protea Banks
South AfricaHighlights: Manta rays still present, good shark sightings
Salomon Atoll
British Indian Ocean TerritoryHighlights: Rainy season ending, visibility improving, good for spotting reef fish.