Long regarded as merely a safe place to go for shallow training dives, the depths of Kilima beach have revealed all sorts of secrets. In the middle of this wide bay, the reef drops quite sharply from 30-50m/ 100-170ft., and is characterized by lots of interesting crevices, some of which hide resting reef sharks, smaller bamboo sharks or rays. Further down lies a steep rocky outcrop which drops to 80m/260ft, which has a large anchor lodged firmly at its base, the fish life is good here, with yellow backed fusiliers flowing continuously over the reef, and some species of very large squirrel fish, hanging motionless either singly or in aggregations amongst the whips and fans. Being proximal to such deep water, very large pelagics are sometimes on the move here.
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