Makokola Reef
mah-koh-KOH-lah REEF (approx.)
The atlas records 17 collection-point forms from Makokola Reef, across 13 genera.
14.2594°S 35.1258°E
Makokola Reef is a reef off Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 2 km west-south-west of Boadzulu Island.
Where it is
Makokola Reef is at the southern end of Lake Malawi, 331 mi south of the lake's northern tip.
Nearest collection points: Boadzulu Island 1.2 mi north-east · Crocodile Rocks 2.9 mi south-east · Nkopola 5 mi south
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
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 (1588 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
Site photographs repeatedly show fishermen working the reef, with Boadzulu Island visible in the distance.
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.