Tanzania offers divers world-class reefs and plentiful schools of tropical fish just offshore of popular beaches and secluded locations.
Dive courses are offered at many of the hotels and lodges on the mainland coast as well as Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia islands, and is a rewarding skill to learn while on holiday, but the surface swimmer need not despair – most of the reefs are accessible to snorkellers and equipment is easily rented from dive shops and lodges.
Diving can be done year-round, but during the rains visibility can be limited.