Mysterious shapes appear before our eyes.

The diving association of Nosy Be artificially sank several wrecks, four to be precise.

Two wrecks are now nothing but a mass of scrap, while the other two, sunk in 2007, are still in perfect condition and will make these explorations fascinating and unforgettable, certainly to be noted among the most beautiful of your diving experience.

Photography lovers will want a double lens camera, but especially for Mitsio we recommend a wide angle.

On the sandy bottom, about at 27/29 meters, there are three wrecks. The Lanzetra, an old sailing boat whose remains are represented just by the hull. The Zaida, sunk in 2003 and very close to the previous one: what remains is just various iron and steel cables which host large schools of fish; and finally the Mitsio, in perfect navigation setting, sunk in May 2007 for the repopulation of marine flora and fauna.

As soon as we start our dive, we can understand why this dive is so loved by divers as well as by fishermen.

From the first meters, we immediately meet platax fish, barracudas and squadrons of carangids.

As you go down you start to see the shape of the first wreck due to the huge quantity of sedentary fish.

After passing the thick barrier of Lutjanidae, sardines and mackerels, you can see the wreck Mitsio with its castle that rises up to 18 meters.

Life hasn’t wasted a single moment to proliferate.

Scorpion fish and lion fish, boxfishes, stonefish, two large ocean groupers wander around while a leopard moray eel peeks out.

The Zaida is about 40/50 mt from the previous wreck and excites the interest of divers since the fish, from time to time, decides to move just here.

The visibility with flowing tide is not so great sometimes, making this dive suitable for advanced divers.

Level: Advanced
Photograhpy: Environment

Not far from Nosy Sakatia, in a navigation setting and slightly sloping on the left side, resting on the sandy bottom, we find the Mahavelona at a depth of 28 meters.

Sunk in 2007, like Mitsio, it is interesting even if life struggles to proliferate here.

Some medium-sized blue-tipped carangids swim while trying to spot their prey and glassfish clouds hide in the darkness inside the wreck.

Nudibranchs and needlefish are scattered near the sand or attached to the hull. Swimming for 10 meters eastwards, the seabed creates a small wall with some passages, and going back, we end our dive wrapped by shoals of riflebirds reuniting on the gorgonie of Chameau, a dive site not far away.

Level: Advanced
Photorgraphy: Environment