Morocco – Shark diving
Morocco offers a varied coastline on the Atlantic where sharks are repeatedly sighted, including blue sharks and mako sharks. Shark diving is not common here at present, but the coastal regions attract divers with impressive underwater landscapes, rock formations and rich marine life. Areas with cliffs, wrecks and drift dives are particularly popular with experienced divers, enabling shark sightings even without guided shark tours.

Shark species in Morocco

Angel shark
Squatina squatina
Atlantic nurse shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus
Blackmouth catshark
Galeus melastomus
Blacktip shark
Carcharhinus limbatus
Blue shark
Prionace glauca
Bluntnose sixgill shark
Hexanchus griseus
Bronze whaler shark
Carcharhinus brachyurus
Bull shark
Carcharhinus leucas
Common smooth-hound
Mustelus mustelus
Common thresher shark
Alopias vulpinus
Dusky shark
Carcharhinus obscurus












