Nkopola
The atlas records 1 collection-point form from Nkopola.
14.3261°S 35.1533°E
Nkopola is a collection point on Lake Malawi's Malawian shore, about 2 km north-north-west of Ntali.
Where it is
Nkopola is at the southern end of Lake Malawi, 336 mi south of the lake's northern tip.
Nearest collection points: Crocodile Rocks 2.2 mi north · South East Arm 3.5 mi north-east · Makokola Reef 5 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) (~42 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 (1568 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
A 1971 aerial photograph shows Nkopola Lodge, now Sunbird Nkopola Lodge, on the cliffs above the beach.
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.