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| Watamu (Malindi Marine Park) |  
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Description:
Many hotels offer diving in the superb coral gardens of the Watamu Marine National Park. Most of the diving sites are just outside the main fringing coral reefs that protect Turtle Bay, the name of the bay in which the diving centre is located. All are within the jurisdiction of Kenya Wildlife Service, and are protected areas, either as National Marine Parks or National Marine Reserves. | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Mombasa Airport |
| Average watertemp: Min 25 - Max 30 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 15 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Corals |
| Seasonality: October to April |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Bottlenose Dolphins |  | |  | | | | | | | | | |  | |
| | | Coastal fish & Reef Life |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Octopus, Scorpion fish, Lion fish, Nudibranchs, Angel fish, Groupers, Buterfly fish, Leaf Fish, Lobsters,
| | | Green turtles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Manta rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Moray eels |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Giant Moray, Honeycomb Moray.
| | | Pelagic fish | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pelagics such as Kingfish, Barracuda, Napoleon Wrasse, Jacks/Trevallies, Spanish Mackrel.
| | | Stingrays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Blue Spotted Rays, Thornback Rays and Marble Reef Rays
| | | Whale sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Whitetip reef sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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