INDIAN OCEAN
Nosy Be · Nosy Tanikely
- Madagascar
- All levels
- April - December
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- All levels
- Depth guide
- Shallow reef 5-20 m
- When to go
- April - December
- Site type
- Marine Reserve
Featured wildlife
- Whale shark
- Green turtle
- Hawksbill turtle
- Whitetip reef shark
About this dive site
Madagascar’s easy marine park with turtles and seasonal whale sharks.
Off northwest Madagascar, Nosy Tanikely is a day-boat reserve with healthy hard coral, hawksbills and reef fish. Nosy Be operators also run whale-shark snorkels and Mitsio archipelago trips when plankton blooms.
Whale-shark trips follow plankton and monsoon patterns; local crews pick the site - not the brochure. Calendar peak is April - December, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Nosy Be day to day, not just the map pin.