Mwana Wa Mwana

Mwana Wa Mwana is a favorite local dive site. Depth ranges from 2m to 15m. The name of this site means baby of the baby in Swahili. Mwana wa Mwana is a small island north of Tumbatu; in low tide, the two islands are connected by a sandbank.

Critters at this site

Seahorses, silverfish, cuttlefish, scorpion fish, lionfish, nudibranchs, moray eels, octopus, leaf fish can be spotted here.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Granulated Sea Star

Choriaster granulatus1 obs.

Durban dancing shrimp

Rhynchocinetes durbanensis1 obs.

Day Octopus

Octopus cyanea1 obs.

Ocellate Phyllidia

Phyllidia ocellata1 obs.

Black Longspine Urchin

Diadema setosum1 obs.

Spiny Cushion Star

Culcita schmideliana1 obs.

Miller's Nembrotha

Nembrotha milleri1 obs.

Flower Urchin

Toxopneustes pileolus1 obs.

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Glass shrimp

Cuapetes tenuipes2 obs.

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Svamp

Mycale humilis1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Halomitra pileus1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cyerce nigricans1 obs.