Diving in Zanzibar & Pemba Island
Local PADI Dive Resort in 📍Zanzibar and 📍Pemba Island
Zanzibar
Dive Zanzibar’s best reefs located in the North: the marine reserve of
Mnemba Island, Nungwi, Tumbatu, and Leven Bank
Pemba
Dive Pemba’s pristine vertical walls, thriving coral gardens,
and spectacular underwater landscapes
Try Diving
Explore a new world beneath the waves with our half-day Discover Scuba Diving course
Learn To Dive
Get certified or upgrade your skills with premium beginner to advanced PADI scuba diving courses
Dive With Us
Explore the best reefs in the archipelago with our local dive professionals
Plan your Zanzibar scuba diving adventure with Fun Divers Zanzibar — the first locally-owned PADI Dive Resort with bases in Nungwi and Pemba Island. We run daily diving excursions to the region’s top reefs. Enjoy our small groups, expert local guides, free premium gear, a complimentary scuba refresher, and more…
Why Dive With Us?
Dive with the people who truly belong to these waters.
Our professional dive center team is led by Zanzibaris who grew up as local fishermen.
Today, our senior guides pass their decades of experience and their unmatched reef legacy down to the next generation of local PADI Professionals training with us—ensuring a safe, authentic diving excursion for every skill level.
Local Guides
Our experienced local PADI Pros will introduce you to the best diving Zanzibar and Pemba Island have to offer.
Personalised Diving
We plan your dives together with you and tailor them to your needs and qualifications.
Small Groups
Diving is offered only in small groups to allow you an exclusive underwater experience.
Premium Gear
Dive with confidence using meticulously maintained Scubapro and Mares equipment, provided completely free of charge.
Professional Service
As a PADI Dive Resort and a Divers Alert Network Industry Partner, we value our customers dive safety and are committed to professional dive training.
Pemba Dive & Stay
Discover your authentic Pemba Island dive holiday with our locally-owned PADI Dive Resort
Diving Zanzibar
Our base at Nungwi Beach is the central starting point for your excursions to the best reefs of Zanzibar Island.
From here you have a choice to visit the amazing spots in the marine reserve of Mnemba Island, Tumbatu Island, Nungwi and Leven Bank.
Best dive sites in Zanzibar North
Huge Variety of Diving
Whether you prefer colorful coral walls, sloping reefs, plate corals, bommies or terraced coral gardens, the variety of wall and reef diving suits every level of diver qualification.
Common Sea Life Sightings
Besides over 500 species of marine life, you can discover a wide range of hard and soft corals diving the reefs around Zanzibar’s north coast. Where we usually encounter pods of dolphins, sea turtles, tropical reef fish, a large variety of macro marine life and extraordinary sea creatures.
Mnemba Island
The reefs around Mnemba Island are declared marine conservation area in Zanzibar.
Diving in Mnemba is well known for encounters with pods of dolphins, diverse marine life and great visibility. Dolphins sightings are a regular occurrence. We sometimes encounter them during a dive.
Explore the best dive sites in Mnemba Island.
Dolphins in Mnemba
Diving Conditions
The warm Indian Ocean waters around Zanzibar makes for easy relaxed diving in calmer sea conditions.
- Water Temperature: 24-29 degrees Celsius
- Visibility: 20-60 meters
- Diving Difficulty: All levels
- Depth Range: 2-30+ meters
Time To Go Diving
While these tropical waters are warm year-round, the ultimate diving experience happens exclusively in the Zanzibar Island north region during March, April, May, and November.
In these specific months, the strong seasonal winds drop, leaving behind glass-calm seas, crystal-clear visibility, and a higher volume of marine life.
Learn more about the Nungwi diving season in March, April, and May…
Diving Pemba
The reefs along the northwest coast of this remote paradise are considered the secret dive gem of the Zanzibar Archipelago.
Renowned for its pristine and extraordinary dive sites, Pemba is home to vibrant marine life and breathtaking underwater landscapes—all far from the crowds. Here, unique underwater wonders meet true island tranquility.
Our PADI Dive Resort on Pemba — your authentic beachfront Dive & Stay
Dive & Stay
Fun Divers Zanzibar offers an authentic dive & stay experience right on Pemba’s untouched northwest coast.
This idyllic location means you are just a short boat ride away from the island’s premier dive sites, including the legendary Swiss Reef, Shimba Wall, Shimba Hills, Njao Gap, Fundo Gap, and many more.
After an amazing day of scuba diving, relax in our comfortable resort rooms and enjoy delicious meals at our beachside kitchen, set right on the pristine white sands.
Scuba Specials
Book your personalised underwater adventure in Zanzibar and Pemba Island at excellent rates
Pre-Bookings
Save 20% in Zanzibar or 15% in Pemba when you pre-book for February to November.
Free T-Shirt
Get your free Fun Divers Zanzibar t-shirt when you complete 4 or more dives in Zanzibar, or 6 or more dives around Pemba Island with us.
Bonus Dive
Book a double dive in Nungwi and get a free 3rd bonus dive on the same excursion in February to November.