Diving Tofo - SHERWOOD FOREST

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Tofo Beach
“MILD / HOT”
3.5 km
5 mins
26-33m
33m
20 mins
Lying south of Giant’s, Sherwood Forest is one of four deep sites 3 km directly east of the dive centre. It offers a dive full of colour and life unmatched by any other reef here in Tofo. When visibility reaches more than 25m, be sure to grab your camera as this reef, one of our deepest, offers great photographic opportunities. The rock, which can only be described as a large unpalatable mushroom, is the perfect shelter for turtles and leopard sharks. The caves and gullies cut away at its base offer brilliant swim-throughs and its dome is covered in vivid green coral trees. This coral attracts thousands of multi-coloured goldies and cleaning wrasse eagerly awaiting the odd manta ray or two. Many potato and brindle bass can be seen scuttling under the ledges and overhangs or socialising in the shoals of pelagic game fish. The advantage of Sherwood is that it sits very close to shore and is incredibly photogenic in good visibility. However, due to the limited bottom time and dome-like shape of the reef, which doesn’t offer much protection in strong current, this “MILD/HOT” site is only offered to experienced Divers or as a qualifying dive of the Advanced Open Water certificate.
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Lions Den

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Tofo Beach
“MILD”
28m
20 mins
Manta cleaning station
Lion’s Den – situated between Giant’s Castle and Sherwood Forest 3.5 km directly offshore – is Peri-Peri Divers’ newest dive site. It’s ideal for experienced divers on big packages who want something …

Buddies Reef

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Tofo Beach
“LEMON & HERB”
14 mtrs
50-60 mins
8 km south of the dive centre in the heart of the picturesque “Barra Bay,” Buddies Reef is another beautiful alternative to Clownfish Reef and Anchor Bay – perfect for your Open Water dives 1 & 2. …
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Mikes Cupboard

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Tofo Beach
“LEMON & HERB”
18m
45 mins
Mike’s Cupboard is a fantastic shallow site with a wide variety of macro life that is great for those who like to test their spotting ability. The site is made up of three main potholes. The first two …

COVID-19

To help divers prepare for the new reality of diving during COVID-19 at Peri-Peri Divers. Our Mozambican Government, SSI and the Divers Alert Network (DAN) recently issued advice to dive operators on how to safely resume operations.


While this guidance gives divers an inkling of what they can expect when returning to our dive shop the risk cannot be entirely eliminated when interacting with other people.

Below we will list what we at Peri-Peri Divers are implementing to Safeguard as best we can our staff, friends and family divers from this unprecedented pandemic.


  • Firstly, all staff members have been trained in both SSI & DAN International COVID preventative methods
  • We have made available cleaning stations with sanitizer on the 2 x entry points to the dive shop, around the centre and in the bathrooms·
  • Temperatures will be taken on entry
  • All entrants will be required to sign in and out of the diving shop, allowing us to trace should the unthinkable arise.
  • Each guest will be given their own regulator where needed to use for the duration of your stay. We have disinfectant in all dip tanks for cleaning after each dive/use.
  • There will be special markers on the floor 1.5m apart for kiting up and de-kitting.
  • We will have a 1 person in, one person out rule for the toilet and hot showers
  • There will be a reduced capacity on all dive / snorkelling excursions with a maximum of 8 total divers / snorkellers
  • Masks / buffers to be worn at all times once outside of the dive shop, launching, beaching and in the boat.
  • Water and light snacks will be available on all boats, but it is recommended you bring your own.

What we ask of you…

  • Please make use of all the sanitizing stations as much as makes you feel comfortable
  • Please be respectful of distancing rules whether that be at sea or in the shop and that each person has their own principles and ideals
  • Can we suggest you bring a diving pouch containing a mask, or facial buffer (also helps with the sun), water bottle (keeping with you at all times), gloves, lock for your locker (we do have @ 100MZN), probably most importantly a pen, sunblock, sunglasses and hat.
  • Stay distant at the surface or in the boat and visually buddy check your dive partners equipment
  • Try to kit up solo, again, both in the shop and out at sea.
  • Breath through regulators in close proximity at the surface before entering the dive boat
  • Watch where you are pointing the snorkel
  • Try to smear defog not saliva when cleaning your mask lens

Above all else, don’t forget to smile.


Our promise to you…

  • To constantly as best we can, disinfect and clean all spaces and equipment.
  • All staff will be temperature checked and be required to clean hands as much as possible
  • We will provide hand sanitizer to guests with a minimum of 60% alcohol
  • We will make your safety our priority and if there is something that has been overlooked or makes you uncomfortable please say and we will do all we can to rectify.


We are living in extreme times and an ever changing world so it’s important to understand what we got into diving for in the first place and know that it may be a difficult transition to begin with but we will get over this as long as we can adhere to the rule changes and be respectful to individuals and the business needs alike.. so enjoy you time with us and hopefully the diving will blow your mind!