Boadzulu Island
boh-ah-DZOO-loo EYE-land (approx.)
The atlas records 27 collection-point forms from Boadzulu Island, across 18 genera.
14.2516°S 35.1421°E
Boadzulu Island is a rocky island in Lake Malawi, off Malawi's south-eastern shore, about 2 km east-northeast of Makokola Reef.
Where it is
Boadzulu Island is at the southern end of Lake Malawi, 330 mi south of the lake's northern tip.
Nearest collection points: Makokola Reef 1.2 mi south-west · Crocodile Rocks 3 mi south · South East Arm 4.4 mi south-east
Shore, third and distances are measured from the coordinates above against the lake’s mapped outline.
The water
Lake-wide measured chemistry of Lake Malawi — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.
Nearest measured station: Monkey Bay (south basin) (~35 km) — Visibility (Secchi) 12.5 m
This site
Surface temperature here
Across Mar–Nov, monthly means run 73 °F to 81 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1604 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.
Temperature: ESA Climate Change Initiative, Lakes_cci v3.0 (Asfour et al. 2026; doi:10.5285/a56dba09df8a42ec9fba8b8c7a5e1f69). Chemistry on this page remains the lake's own.
The site
The site's photographs are captioned from its eastern side, where exposed rock forms the shoreline.
Each entry below is the population of that species recorded here — the form aquarists keep and breed as a distinct, provenance-labelled line. Crossing forms from different collection points is considered hybridisation in the hobby.