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Abalone

Mzouazia, Mayotte

Photo: Jerome Paillet (IFREMER, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Centre Bretagne - ZI de la Pointe du Diable - CS 10070 - 29280 Plouzané) · CC BY 4.0

LevelBeginner-friendly

Water bodyMozambique Channel

Water temp26–29°C

Estimated from climate dataMar–Dec

About this site

Abalone is a dive site near Mzouazia, Mayotte, Mayotte, in the Mozambique Channel. Generally suitable for beginners. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes groupers, dolphins, nudibranchs, sea turtles, jacks. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 26 to 29 °C over the year.

Conditions by month

BestGoodMixed

OctoberBest

Typically one of the best months here.

Marine life

Recorded nearby

Lined BristletoothCtenochaetus striatus
Bigeye EmperorMonotaxis grandoculis
Indian Ocean Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus
Twotone TangZebrasoma scopas
Peacock GrouperCephalopholis argus
Redmouth GrouperAethaloperca rogaa
Green JobfishAprion virescens
Brown SurgeonfishAcanthurus nigrofuscus

Nearby sites

Straight-line distances.

Sources: OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org