Diving in the lake.

Wow what a great site !!!!!
Well here goes,
does anyone know of a good dive operator or rental service on the lake. Any personal experiences would be great, thanks..

Please post any replies here.
Phil

Hey Phil

I`ve dived in the lake and the two best places in my opinion are Nkhata Bay and the islands off Salima.

In Nkhata bay I used Aqua Africa ( they have a page on this site ) and got good kit and good guides. (recomend). Dive sites were okay as well.

Salima bay is a bit more go it alone as I didn`t find any dive companies there but I got kit off a guy I met in a bar and went diving with him on the islands. (great)

PS I was there 2 years ago.

Jimbo

watch out for the hippo`s

hi everybody
I'm going to dive in malawi lake on march 00.
I would like to know if the water is clear during this period (rainny period), if it's easy to see the fihs and if it's safe.
I'm interesting also by all sort of informations who can help me for my futur trip (1 month).

Thanks a lot
Seb (france)

Phil, Probably one of the finest freshwater dive spots in Africa and definitely on Lake Malawi is to be found off of Kande Island. The PADI dive school "Aquanuts" offers inexpensive, personalized courses and the owner, Phil Parker has over twenty years diving experience in Africa, both Scuba and Free-Diving. The school is based in Kande Beach Campsite, which is well worth visting anyway. For futher info, contact Phil Parker PObox 22 Kande, Nkhata Bay District,Malawi C.Afica. Keep in mind the post is very slow. Directions to the campsite are available in any good, up to date guidebook.

Aquanuts Kande is v. good. Check out the info on www.africaguide.com/mwaya Mwaya is very relaxing and beautiful.

Thanks all for the info I haven`t been to this forum for a while, its good to see some answers to my question.
Cheers