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St Lazarus Bank is situated in the Mozambique channel about 100 nautical miles east of the northern Mozambique coast. This shallow seamount (approximately 30km long and 20km wide) covers almost 200 square kilometres has exceptional physical and biological characteristics that make it a biodiversity hotspot and a paradise for yellow fin tuna, dogtooth tuna and marlin.
Although the St Lazarus Bank is known as an atoll the reefs do not reach
the surface and back-reef lagoons, typical for atolls, are lacking. The
central, table-like platform of the seamount reaches from six to about
60 m deep on the margins and rapidly drops to around 2000 m on all
sides. Expect an abundance of fish and birds feasting on an ocean of
delicacies, especially during August to December when it is Mantis
Shrimp season and billions of these crustaceans rise to the surface to
mate every year.
Large exemplars of predatory fish species can
be found in these waters and includes snappers, jacks and this is one of
the few areas left on earth where pelagic fish can still be found in
large quantities. Manta rays, sharks (around eight species to date),
whale sharks, huge schools of feeding barracuda, many species of king
fish, red snappers, green and hawksbill turtles, pods of humpback
dolphins and humpbacked whales (in season) frequent these waters.
A trip to St Lazarus Bank is the ultimate holiday for experienced divers
and fishermen. Here the fish are so abundant and monstrous that using
rapala or tackle less than 50 lb is asking for trouble. It is not a
surprise that this area is known as “Legendary St Lazarus Bank” and you
could be one of the few who not only talk and dream about fishing or
diving here, but can experience something that few people have
experienced before.
