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Underwater at Whale Island Cave

Whale Island Cave

Watamu Marine Park · Kenya

A cavern system tucked beneath the limestone outcrop of Whale Island, where nurse sharks cluster on the sandy floor in groups of 6 or more, resting side by side like logs in the dim blue light. Spiny lobsters bristle from every overhang above them, their antennae waving in the faint surge. The entrance glows with filtered sunlight and the cave opens into a swim-through that brings you out into a coral garden thick with anthias and butterflyfish. This is a shallow, intimate dive packed with personality and wildly photogenic at every turn!

Conditions

Depth

5 to 18 m

Good for beginners

Current

Can be moderate

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

8 to 15 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

23 to 29°C

5 mm full suit

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Gear

  • Basic kit

    • Mask and fins
    • BCD and regulator
    • 5mm full wetsuit · cooler water
    • Dive computer