On dark nights, if you are lucky to get the right water conditions, you can see a show even without going into the water. Adrian Conan Doyle spent some of his fathers' book royalties on a trip to these waters in the 1950's. Here is his description of a night spent anchored in a lagoon south of Zanzibar Island.
Mara moja nilikuwa ninazaniwa kando ya kisiwa cha changuu wakati wa mwezi mpevu na niliyoyaona hapo hayawezi kusahaulika na katika usiku wa giza na kama utabahatika kupata maji muafaka unaweza kuona naonesho hata bila ya kuigia majini. Adrian Conan Doyle alitumia sehemu ya malipo ya babu yake ya uandishi vitabu kwa kuja kwenye maji ya aina hiyo katika m,iaka ya 1950.