Il Balenottero

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What you'll see (22)

Striped Eel CatfishPlotosus lineatusseen 4× near here

Mangrove Red SnapperLutjanus argentimaculatusseen 4× near here

Sixspot GlidergobyValenciennea sexguttataseen 4× near here

Blackspot SnapperLutjanus fulviflammaseen 4× near here

Crown SquirrelfishSargocentron diademaseen 3× near here

Floral Maori WrasseCheilinus chlorourusseen 3× near here

Blacktail SnapperLutjanus fulvusseen 3× near here

Eyestripe SurgeonfishAcanthurus dussumieriseen 3× near here

Raccoon ButterflyfishChaetodon lunulaseen 2× near here

Indian Redfin ButterflyfishChaetodon trifasciatusseen 2× near here

Vagabond ButterflyfishChaetodon vagabundusseen 2× near here

Yellow BoxfishOstracion cubicumseen 2× near here

Indo-Pacific Sergeant MajorAbudefduf vaigiensisseen 2× near here

silver moonyMonodactylus argenteusseen 2× near here

Thin-shelled Rock CrabGrapsus tenuicrustatusseen 2× near here

Sixbar WrasseThalassoma hardwickeseen 2× near here

Indian Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidusseen 2× near here

Blue-barred ParrotfishScarus ghobbanseen 2× near here

Blacklip ButterflyfishChaetodon kleiniiseen 2× near here

Zigzag WrasseHalichoeres scapularisseen 2× near here

Semicircle AngelfishPomacanthus semicirculatusseen 2× near here

Fiveline CardinalfishCheilodipterus quinquelineatusseen 2× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

6,255km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. the only logged site in the area.

When people dive it

Busiest Mar, Jul · almost nobody dives it Feb, May.

From 472 logged sightings — when divers are in the water, which is not quite the same as when visibility is best.

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Moon and tides

Waning gibbous

71% lit · day 20 of the lunar month

Neap tides

Neap tides — the smallest range of the month, so the weakest currents. Easy conditions and usually the clearest water, though a drift site may barely drift.

New 10 Oct Full 26 Oct

Phase computed here, not fetched. This is the spring/neap cycle, which sets how hard the water moves — not a tide table: no free source publishes high and low water for Southeast Asian reefs, and the range peaks a day or two after the moon does, by an amount that varies with the coast. For times on the day, ask the operator.

Getting there

~20h 12m

door to water, each way · 4 legs

FlightNosy Be, Madagascar (NOS)~10h 57mFlight time plus the airports at both ends. A connection adds to it.Find flights →
Transferthe jetty~6h 45mRoad transfer to the coast, usually arranged by the resort or liveaboard.Directions →
Ferrythe crossing~2hAt this distance the last stretch is a scheduled crossing rather than a dive boat, so book it before the flight — a missed sailing usually costs a day. Which crossing it is has been worked out from the distance and not from a timetable; ask the operator.
Dive boatIl Balenottero~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 Il Balenottero on Google Maps 🧭 Route from Nosy Be, Madagascar

Times marked ~ are estimated from straight-line distance and will be roughly right at best. The road legs are the ones Google Maps answers properly; it will not plan the ferry or the dive boat at all. A dive site's coordinates put a pin in open water, so the map link drops you on the site, not on a jetty.

Details

Island: Nosy Boraha
Country: Madagascar
Marks: 17°0.028'S 49°51.078'E
Position: -17.0005, 49.8513

Where it is

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Sightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.