Sherwood
Why dive here
With 95+ marine species recorded in the area - including blue sharks, bull sharks, humpback whales, manta rays and mobula rays (devil rays) - Sherwood offers some of Bazaruto Archipelago's richest reef diving. Water ranges 24-29°C, warmest January, February, March.
Sherwood sits a quick boat ride from shore, a reef that tops out around 22 meters and bottoms at 29m. We've always found its main draw to be the large cleaning station on the primary rock dome, a busy spot where you might spend most of your dive watching diamondback puffers and redtail scads get a scrub. Visibility averages 13 meters, which is decent enough for spotting the basketfish and spotted tinselfish that hang around the corals. If you're lucky, a loggerhead turtle might cruise past. It's a relaxed dive, good for photographers keen on observing smaller reef life without strong currents.
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Peri-Peri Divers
Diversity Scuba
Liquid Dive Adventures
Tofo Scuba
Guinjata Dive Centre
Barra Reef Divers
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Conditions
Ocean conditions, forecast and tides for Sherwood
Sherwood Ocean Conditions
Monthly averages for Sherwood, sourced from Open-Meteo marine data + Copernicus Marine (EU) - nearest station: Open-Meteo marine grid (-21.65, 35.55) (0km away)
October Averages
Sea Temperature
26°C
78°F · Range: 24.7–27.4°C
Current Speed
14.76 cm/s
Direction: SW (208.3°)
Chlorophyll-a
0.09 mg/m³
Very clear (oligotrophic)
Salinity
35.09 PSU
Based on 4 years of monitoring data · Data sources: Open-Meteo marine data + Copernicus Marine (EU)
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