Malindi, located on Kenya’s northern coast in Kilifi County, sits roughly 120 kilometers northeast of Mombasa. The town enjoys a broad bay with eight kilometers of golden sand beach, offering shallow waters ranging from just a meter at high tide to about five meters near the outer reef at low tide. Just offshore, the Malindi Marine National Park and Reserve spans 70 square kilometers, providing protected reefs, extensive seagrass meadows, and significant mangrove channels.