Night dive in Malawi Lake

Night dive in Malawi Lake, more precisely in Nhkata Bay, is famous because of the eagle-fish feeding time.

Night dive in Malawi Lake

In Nhkata bay there is a dive center called Aqua Africa, and it was 70 USD for a night dive. I went diving with a spanish girl and 2 israelis.

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The dive spot is called playground and is only 5 minutes by boat from the dive center. Considering none of the girls were certified divers we could only reach a maximum depth of 12 meters. For this reason the divemaster, Kristen chose a close spot.

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We followed the guide rope until 12 meters depth and started to look for the school of fishes.

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The eagle fishes were all over the place looking for food.

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We also saw some other colorful fishes and crabs.

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I did not felt uncomfortable or affraid of diving at night, different from what people usually tell about night dives.

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One of the girls had the air almost in the end so we needed to go back to the surface after 34 minutes underwater. It was a great experience and very special considering was my first night dive and in a lake.

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