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Day-1 - North Male Atoll
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Banana Reef:
Assembling the diving gear body checks and we jump off the dhoni I start
descending and to fly with the current passing near the wall that is covered
with thousands of blue triggerfish jacks moray eels large groupers and two
big hawksbill turtles the visibility is good and I feel good with the
weights and equipment.
Manta Point:
According to the Maldivian dive master in this season Manta Point is
actually No Manta point, the dive is a strong current drift dive and we fly
near the wall passing near two white tip reef sharks that swim away from us
I'm used to the blue trigger fish but it is still spectacular we also see
two big hawksbill turtles that ignores us and continue feeding on the
corals.
Nassimo Thila:
The dive is as usual a strong current drift dive near a coral wall with lots
of caves that gives you a chance to stop in a shelter from the strong
current the caves are full of soft corals and a unique emerald blue soft
coral that I've never saw before we saw a big white tip shark big groupers
and when se did our 5 meters safety stop we saw a big Manta Ray on the reef
I'm swimming against the current trying to get near her but at three meter
from her she is just flying away from her with several remoras attached to
her.
Furahna south:
This dive turns to be the most crazy dive I've ever done it starts as a
strong current drift dive but then the current got stronger and underwater
sand storms started me and my dive body found refuge in a cave and just
watched the underwater sand storm after getting back to the surface we
entered a vortex and for some minutes we just circled each other till we got
out of it.
Day-2 - North Male Atoll
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Back Faru:
Wall dive against mild to weak current lots of fish.
Maagiri Thila:
Reef dive without current 1 giant Napoleon Humphead followed us.
Banana Reef:
Drift dive with the strong current the wall is still covered with blue
triggerfish and other types of fish.
Day-3 - South Male Atoll
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Kiki Reef:
Drift dive with weak current lots of fish saw 1 turtle.
Bolifushi Wreck:
We entered the water and headed to the wreck when from the wreck a hawksbill
turtle swam to us and played with us swam from one diver to the other and
didn't accept no for an answer (he is probably used to being fed by divers)
the wreck it self lies on its back and is full with groupers some very large
and several types of shrimps the sands around the wreck are inhabited by
garden eels, we left the wreck and continue along the reef into a school of
hundreds of juvenile jacks that surrounded us from every direction it was
very impressing.
Laguna Caves:
Back to strong currents and drift diving we saw big dog toothed tunas a
hawksbill turtle and a green turtle as we flew with the current.
Day-4 - South Male Atoll
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Vadho Caves:
Mild current took us along the wall but also enabled us to stop and look
around and indeed we saw 1 white tip reef shark passed below us and run away
we stopped in a cave entrance to look at some big yellow groupers and in a
cave 1 meter above 4 large black spotted sting rays just laid there and we
stayed there for several minutes just looking at them breath we continue the
dive saw some tunas and on the safety stop an eagle ray flew over me the
best dive till now I thought.
Dhigu Thila:
Again mild current the visibility was medium but we saw 1 white tip and 1
black tip reef sharks got an excellent view on a hawksbill turtle in a coral
feast and some big groupers.
Myaru Faru:
Drift dive with strong current to the entrance of a channel at 16 meters we
stopped in a view point just holding tight to everything that could hold us
and stayed and watch 3 big white tip reef sharks one of them pregnant female
as they circle effortlessly with and against the current we stayed there
till we had to go up and on the way up we saw 2 big stingrays 1 laying on
the bottom and one swimming bellow us another excellent dive.
Day-5- South Male & Felidho Atoll
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Kuda Giri Wreck:
Went down to the wreck that sits on the bottom of a coral pinnacle (Thila in
maldivian) lots of small fish and some big bat fish and some big jacks on
the way up we circled the thila till we got up.
Medhu Faru:
We dove in a mild to strong drift dive to the entrance of the channel and
stopped in 28 meters hold to the ground and watched the shark show with 1
gray reef shark escorted with 9 white tip shark in all sizes swimming bellow
us keeping a distance between them and us when we had to continue the dive
we were joined with a giant napoleon saw 2 big turtles and at the blue water
a group of giant travellies in a big number swam. Although I saw a big
number of hammerheads together in the past I never saw so many reef sharks
together but it was only the beginning.
Kudhiboli Kandu:
We dove with the wall in a reef that suppose to have mantas but the
visibility was bad due to the sun angle and the amount of plankton in the
water the most interesting thing in the dive was anemones in large number
getting close for the night and the clown fish trying to hide in what left
of the shelter the anemones once provided.
Day-6 - Felidho Atoll
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Kuna Yashi Kandu:
Again diving in low visibility we saw a small white tip shark swimming above
us a stingray and a school of jacks.
Myaru Kandu:
Incredible wall dive with week current into the channel we couldn't go deep
due to decompression limits so we stopped at 21 meters and I managed to see
some big tunas and a really big gray shark that swap away.
Dhevana Kandu:
Diving against the current to the channel corner where the current got to be
very strong we went to 26 meters held the ground and watched the show that
started with 7 eagle rays that swam with the current after they passed ewe
noticed the sharks in the depth I couldn't count their number but there were
several white tips and several grays when the time came we had to leave them
and on the way up we saw 2 huge lobsters hiding in a small cave. Best
dive till now I thought.
Day-7 - Felidho & South Male Atoll
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Alimatha Kandu:
Last day of diving and we are diving against the current to the corner of
the channel a friendly napoleon escorts us 1 small white tip shark passes
above us we recognize the corner by a group of big black fish that I don't
know what type they are we are stop at 30 meters and watch the show tunas
travellies and of course white tip and gray reef sharks bellow us in very
close range at one point I had a white tip and a gray sharks in my frame
when a big stingray just swam between them (wow) then a giant barracuda
joined the show on the way up we saw a small white tip shark another
stingray and an eagle ray them swam below us giving us an excellent view of
the white spots. Best dive in the trip I thought but wait for the next
dive.
Guraidu South Kandu:
The usual routine swimming against the mild current to the corner where the
current is very strong holding to the ground and watching the show that this
time started with 22 eagle rays (that is the average number from all the
other divers report) that swam with the current and of course the white tip
and gray reef sharks that swam bellow us all the group continued the dive
and me and my diving body decided to stay for several more minutes knowing
its our last day dive and seeing that we have enough air and we are still in
the safe deco zone, and then an amazing thing happened the sharks no longer
timid by the large number of divers started coming up and swam all around us
ignoring us this is the best dive from many excellent ones I thought.
Kuda Thila:
As a dessert we did a night dive in 8 meter around the thila lots of shrimp
crab soft and hard corals but the most amazing thing was two big turtles
sleeping inside a cave at 8 meters. |