Simons Town / Chimney
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) - Simons Town / Chimney offers some of Bazaruto Archipelago's richest reef diving. Water ranges 24-29°C, warmest January, February, March.
Simons Town, or Chimney as some call it, is a decent enough dive if you're looking for something different in Bazaruto. It’s a shallow spot, topping out around 17 meters, and the main draw is the rock formations. You’ll find these large chimneys, riddled with cracks and crevices, where all sorts of smaller critters like hatchet fish and boxer snipe eels like to hang out. We've seen diamondback puffers tucked into the overhangs, and if you’re lucky, a green-eye spurdog might eye you from a dark corner. Visibility averages around 11 meters, so you'll want a good day to really appreciate the contours of the reef. It's a nice easy dive, good for taking your time and poking around.
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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 Simons Town / Chimney
Simons Town / Chimney Ocean Conditions
Monthly averages for Simons Town / Chimney, 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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