Luwala Reef
loo-WAH-lah REEF (approx.)
The atlas records 31 collection-point forms from Luwala Reef, across 17 genera.
13.7661°S 34.9375°E
Luwala Reef is a Lake Malawi collection point on Malawi's eastern shore, between Chimwalani (Eccles) Reef to the east and Liwewe Reef to the west.
Where it is
Luwala Reef is in open water about 2.5 mi off the eastern shore, in the southern third of Lake Malawi (296 mi south of the lake's northern tip).
Nearest collection points: Chimwalani Reef 1.7 mi east · Liwewe Reef 1.8 mi west · Chitedze Rock 1.9 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.
Nearest measured station: Monkey Bay (south basin) (~28 km) — Visibility (Secchi) 12.5 m
This site
Surface temperature here
Across Apr–Nov, monthly means run 75 °F to 81 °F — coolest in Jul. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (1459 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.
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.