Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Malawi · Malawi

Kambiri Point

kahm-BEE-ree POYNT (approx.)

The atlas records 7 collection-point forms from Kambiri Point, across 6 genera.

13.7750°S 34.6175°E

Kambiri Point is a point on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 2 km south-south-west of Senga Bay.

Where it is

Kambiri Point is on the western shore of Lake Malawi, in its southern third (297 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Senga Bay 1.4 mi north · Namalenje Island 3.5 mi north-east · Senga Point 4.3 mi north

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.

Temperature75.2–84.2 °F24–29 °C
pH8.2–8.6alkaline
Hardnessmoderately soft, alkaline, well-buffered79 ppm
Conductivity≈250–260 µS/cmmeasured range

Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~24 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

This site

Habitatintermediatesandy shore with some rocks, near Senga Bay

Surface temperature here

Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 75 °F to 82 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1335 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

73°76°79°82°Jan: too few clear satellite days (1)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (4)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (6)–MApr: 80 °F mean (78 °F–82 °F), 38 clear satellite daysAMay: 78 °F mean (77 °F–79 °F), 143 clear satellite daysMJun: 76 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 192 clear satellite daysJJul: 75 °F mean (74 °F–76 °F), 209 clear satellite daysJAug: 75 °F mean (74 °F–76 °F), 276 clear satellite daysASep: 76 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 264 clear satellite daysSOct: 80 °F mean (78 °F–82 °F), 142 clear satellite daysONov: 82 °F mean (79 °F–83 °F), 55 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (5)–D
Surface temperature by month near Kambiri Point — dot = mean, bar = typical range (10th–90th percentile), “–” = too cloudy to measure.

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

A site photograph captioned "Some rocks at the sandy shore at Kambiri Point" is credited to Ad Konings.

Sources
  1. malawi.si — Kambiri Point, Lake Malawi, Malawi: location page and photo gallery (captions by Ad Konings, Pete Barnes)

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.

Buccochromis (1)

Dimidiochromis (1)

Lethrinops (1)

Otopharynx (1)

Protomelas (2)

Tramitichromis (1)

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