Diving The Crab was established in 1985 when the first school was opened at Jadini Beach Hotel. Since then we have concentrated all our efforts in providing a professional and dedicated service to our clients. As a result our reputation is known worldwide.

We are extremely privileged to be operating on Kenya's south coast, where the Idyllic Indian Ocean provides warm hospitable waters, teeming with marine life.
Often on our way to dive sites the boat will slow down to play with a school
of friendly dolphins or the gentlest of giants, the whale shark. DIVING IS OUR RELIGION

OUR EQUIPMENT
Between our various bases we have 250 cylinders and 150 full sets of equipment which are immaculately maintained and serviced every 6 months. We have no equipment over two years old.

With the exception of Nitrox and Rebreather equipment, we work principally with Mares and Free Shark.

Our Nitrox and Rebreather centers are the only ones found in East Africa, all fitted with state of the art equipment.

OUR BOATS
Our fleet consists of 8 fully functional dive boats that have been custom built
for Kenya's seas by the owner of Diving The Crab, Mr. Mario Scianna.
All our boats are powered by Mercury outboards giving us speeds of 20-40 knots,
thus ensuring a quick and enjoyable ride to all our dive sites.

THE DIVE SITES
We organize trips for single, double, half day and full day dive excursions.
Within 25 minutes boat ride from our bases we can offer 32 different dive
sites which are listed below.

Waa Wreck
The H.M.S. HildasayHMS Hildasay Sunk June 21st 1945 and now lies in the sand at 22 mtrs 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.Boat Ride: 25 minAverage Depth: 22m

Kasa Kubwa
A nice slope with some interesting coral formations. Keep your eyes open for turtles, which are often seen resting here.Boat Ride: 20minAverage Depth: 13m

Miru
A very different reef. Reef top at 27 meters with drop offs to 50 meters. Dense growths of whip coral and sea fans. Lot's of yellow snappers and a resident school of barracuda makes this a short but very interesting dive. Nitrox recommended. Boat Ride: 20minAverage Depth: 30m

Kikadini Reef
There is a depression at the deep end (18-20 mtrs) of the reef which boasts very large number of fish. Before the reef forms a long, very interesting wall to 23meters which has large coral bloacks to add movement and depth to this very prolific reef. There are also two or three species of fish that are found only on this reef.Boat Ride: 25minAverage Depth: 14m

Maweni
Similar to Pongwe but lies slightly further out to sea, therefore offering a greater chance of mantas and pelagic fish. Also excellent nudibranch spotting as this reef is isolated from the main reef.Boat Ride: 15minAverage Depth: 15m

Capricho
The southern part of the reef is a coral drop off which gradually softens into a coral reef. Flat at 12-15 meters. Turtles, stingrays and schools of Jack and butterfly fish make this reef their home. Boat Ride: 10minAverage Depth: 13m

Pongwe
A patch reef, which sticks off the main reef somewhat like a spur. The southern end offers the best coral and fish life. An enjoyable drift dive.Boat Ride: 15minAverage Depth: 14m

Twiga
This reef boasts some of the best coral formations on the South coast. At one point of the dive one dives over a large field of sea anemone's which makes this one of our most pleasant dives.Boat Ride: 10 minAverage Depth: 13m

Tiwi
Due to this reef being on a river outlet it is only worth diving from November to April. The wall allows for attractive photography, with caves and overhangs making the perfect background.Boat Ride: 5 minAverage Depth: 10m

Mwamchemwa
A long thin reef perfect for beginners and those looking for a long dive.Boat Ride: 5minAverage Depth: 10m

Kongo
Gently sloping reef approximately 650 meters long makes this a very relaxing and enjoyable second dive. Lot's of turtles!!Boat Ride: 5minAverage Depth: 12m

Mwanamochi
This is a long reef (1.5 kms) that is usually drifted if conditions allow. There is an exciting coral head on the reef that often has huge amounts of small reef fish. We often see turtles and sometimes the odd manta ray on the dive. Boat Ride: 5minAverage Depth: 12m

Kisima Mungu
NomadsA long drift dive on a gently sloping reef. Although not very rich in coral life it is well known for sightings of seldom seen fish such as ghost pipe fish, guitar rays, leaf fish, turtles, and very occasionally whitetips lying in the sand further out from the reef.Boat Ride: 5 minAverage Depth: 10m

MFV Funguo
Sunk 21st February 2002MV Funguo ran aground on the reef outside Kilindini Harbor. She was salvaged and was then sunk by Diving The Crab and Dream Diving - Kaskazi as an artificial reef off Diani Beach. A must for any experience diver. Nitrox recommendedBoat Ride: 5minAverage Depth: 22m

Mwanyaza
A pretty gentle slope with turtles and stingrays in force. Due to the fact thatthe reef lies only 10 mins away from the dive base, an ideal beginners dive.Boat Ride: 10minAverage Depth: 14m

Igloo
This reef is named after an aborted underwater habitat was abandoned here. There is a very fish rich step with a nice population of sweetlips by the igloo.Boat Ride: 5minAverage Depth: 12m

Galu Reef
Attractive corals and groups of fish. It is on this reef that we see most of the rarer fish (sea horses, ghost pipe fish, frog fish, flying gurnards, ghost morays and leaf fish).Boat Ride:5minAverage Depth:13m

Dzinani
A very pleasant drift dive which can be dived by beginners on the shallower western side and by experienced divers on the deeper eastern side. A necklace of coral reefs which lie in white sand offer a very attractive contrast of landscapes. Large schools of fish on the southern reefs make this an extremely interesting dive.Boat Ride:20minAvergae Depth:15m

Maftaha
An outcropping from the main fringing reef, maftaha is a small island of life attached to the main reef by a thin coral umbilical cord, one of our prettiest and most fish abundant reefs. Because the reef is surrounded an three sides by open ocean, there is a good possibility of whalesharks and mantas during the season.Boat Ride: 10 min from Chale / 25 min from DianiAverage Depth: 15m

Kinondo Reef
This reef has the most amount of fish of any reef on the South Coast. Large schools of Barracuda, shoals of yellow and blue lined Snappers, red Snappers, Trigger Fish, Morays and the greatest possibility of seeing Pelagic fish.Boat Ride: 20minAverage Depth:13m

Mwabungu
A single small (200 meters long) patch reef from 25 meters to 14 meters which lies off the main fringing reef, Due to its isolation from the rest of the reef a very dense fauna aggregation can be found here.

Msambweni
The eastern most corner of this reef is the place to be. Drop to 25 meters, kneel in the sand and watch the fish world move by. More fish than any overstocked aquarium could dream of.Nitrox recommended.Boat Ride: 20minAverage Depth: 18m

Gazi
As fairly deep lying reef, it means that kingfish, jackfish, mantas and occasionally white tips often visit this reef. Coral life is not as intense as on other reefs but large stingrays often visit the overhangs on the eastern face. Nitrox recommended.Boat Ride: 15mAverage Depth: 18m

Shimo La Samaki
A very small but highly interesting reef for a small group of slow moving, macro dedicated divers. Caves, canyons and overhangs make this a very fish dense dive with lots of hiding places for stingrays, moray eels and huge shoals of glassfish.Boat Ride: 15minAverage Depth: 16m

Mtumbawe
The southern corner of this reef offers a steep drop off to 28 meters with lots of overhangs around the current facing corner. Rich coral life gave this reef its name and the drop off on the eastern side offers a large fish population.Boat Ride: 15minAvergae Depth: 15m

Papa Mshilingi
A gentle drift dive with nice corals and fish groups. However the main attraction here from October to March is the large amounts of Whale sharks (after which the reef is named) and mantas, which are seen. It is not rare for groups of divers to hover in 12 meters off the reef for up to 15 minutes as mantas and whale sharks repeatedly circle them.Boat Ride: 5minAverage Depth: 12m

Chale Corner
On the northern side of the main reef pass into Chale island. This dive site has some attractive coral formations with a nice slope. White tips occasionally seen here and large amounts of stingrays and guitar rays make this a must to do while at Chale Island.Boat Ride: 5minAverage Depth: 14m

Mkurumuji
Named after the river, which this reef is closest to. The top of the ref is a pretty coral flat, which slowly slopes down to the reef "teeth" on the eastern side. These are small projections out to sea, which offer coral and fish at deeper depths.Boat Ride: 5minAverage Depth: 15m