Mention you are a Scuba Diver Girls Fan and bring a copy of this offer page and get 10% discount on diving or courses excluding the teaching materials with us. Diving the Crab, Diani Beach Kenya was established by the renowned boat builder Mario Scianna and been operating since 1982. Since then Diving the Crab has devoted itself to offering professional experienced service to its clients. With friendly and helpful team recognized worldwide. It was the first dive operator in East Africa to have created the first artificial reef consisting of a 470 ton fishing trawler sunk in 2001 and has proven very successful creating a new home to the marine life. With 11 custom built dive boats, a total of 150 sets of new diving equipment, 350 dive tanks and are serviced every 6 months by the resident technician in the state of the art workshop. The compressor room is capable of filling 28 tanks in a session and is set up, serviced and maintained up by Bauer East Africa. Diving the crab is a PADI 5 star, SSI Platinum and BSAC Resorts Center offering all courses from the simple Fun Dive up to the professional Dive Instructor. The courses can be conducted at any time and in most languages such as German, Italian, French, English Swedish and Swahili. With a total of 29 dive sites all with in a 40 minute boat ride there is a possibility of seeing dolphins on the way and even the gentle giant of the ocean the Whale Shark.
Kenya has an amazing underwater marine life with a wide variety corals and fish which offers a fantastic opportunity for underwater photography and marine enthusiasts.
Diving Wrecks in Kenya Waa Wreck - The H.M.S. Hildasay. Sunk June 21st 1945. "H.M.S. Hildasay" and her sister ship "H.M.S. Shapinsay" were armed steam trawlers based at Mombasa and allocated to the Kenya Royal Navy volunteer reserve in the latter part of the World War II. Built in 1941 these two vessels had been used as mine sweepers off the East African Coast replacing two older earlier vessels. HMS Hildasay lies in the sand at 22m hull up, which means the wreck itself is not wildly interesting. However, there are always interesting and rare fish on and around the wreck so it is a dive that is well worth doing.
FV Alpha Funguo MFV Alpha Funguo, a 44.5-meter steel tuna long line fishing vessel with a gross tonnage of 385, arrived in Mombasa by sea from South Korea in March 1980 where she started long lining for tuna along the East African coastline generally within a 200-mile radius of Mombasa. In June 1997 she ran aground, after a fire, on a reef just outside the harbor of Mombasa at Shelly Beach. Southern Engineering Co. LTD. then salvaged her bring her into the harbour. She then sat in dock till Diving The Crab bought her in 2001 for use as an artificial reef. MFV Alpha Funguo became the first artificial reef to be created for the purpose of diving tourism on the Kenyan Coast. Arriving with MFV Funguo from the Mombasa Harbor were a small school of Sergeant Major's. These were not known to exist south of Mombasa Island. Their numbers have now increased and are a common sight around the anchor line and have been known to accompany divers during the ascent and decent.
Best Time to Dive in Kenya You can dive in Kenya all year round as temperature factors aren't really an issue. One of the things that you can base your diving time around is the migration patterns of certain marine animals that you might wish to see during your dive times. If you want to see whale sharks, then you can visit Kenya in October through till April and Humpback Whales migration is from July through till October.
Best Places to Dive in Kenya Types of Marine Life in Kenya Soft and Hard Coral's, Parrotfish, Acropora, Sweetlips, Barracuda Black and White Tipped Reef Sharks, Snapper, Anemones, Trevally, Tuna, Moray Eels, Leaf Fish, Frog Fish Ghost Pipe fish, Sea Turtles, and many other types of Indian Ocean fish.
Kenya Diving Fact Sheet: Average Air Temperature: 25 °C – 35 °C Average Water Temperature: 22 °C – 29 °C Recommended Exposure Protection: A 3mm – 7 mm wetsuit is recommended for most dives. Average Visibility: 5 – 30 meters Coldest Times: June to October Hottest Times: November to May Best Diving months: October through to April Airport Info: Charter flights fly into Mombasa otherwise most airlines fly into Moi international airport Nairobi, connecting flights are then available daily to the coast airports, Lamu, Malindi, Mombasa and Diani. Language: Although there are over 40 tribes in Kenya the language most widely spoken is Swahili, most people understand and speak English and because the coast is a popular tourist destination many of the local people also speak Italian and German. Health: Drink bottled water only and lots of it to stay hydrated in the hot climate. Be wary of Food and vegetables that haven't been cooked or peeled.
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