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The Maldives

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The Maldive islands, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island country consisting of a group of atolls south of India between Minicoy Island and the Chagos Archipelago and about seven hundred kilometres south-west of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean. The twenty-six atolls of Maldives encompass a territory featuring 1,192 islets of which 200 are inhabited. With an an average ground level of 1.5 metres above sea leavel this is the smallest Asian country in the world and inhabitated with a population descended from the Sri Lankan and Indian people to the north.
The Madives many atolls are swept by the Indian oceans current creating channels for pelagics to swim in and carrying the nutrients for the stunning coral reefs to flourish. This creates the perfect habitat for reef fishes and the larger pelagic fish to feed and grow. The Maldives hosts a myriad of marine life large and small with the emphasis whilst diving on the larger animals. Manta rays love the currents that travel across the reefs and gather here in large numbers to be cleaned and hang in the currents to feed. Whale sharks are drawn to the area during their migration around the Indian ocean to feed on the plankton blooms that occurs in various areas around the Maldives creating a magnet for adventurous divers at certain times of the year. Schools of colourful reef fish hang above the stunning soft coral reef that are the trademark of the Maldives and sharks patrol off the walls in the blue looking for their next meal. The Maldives is unrivalled in beauty and maine life and the best way to see some of this amazing area is by joining a liveaboard cruise.

Maldives dives sites

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Ari atoll

Kudarah thila
Type of dive: Reef dive
Description: One of the best dive sites for soft coral and fish life. The marine life here is so abundant, that the divers have named it ‘fish soup’. The thila is in a circular shape and can be covered in a single dive at different depths, if the current is not very strong.

Maaya thila
Type of dive: Reef dive / Night dive
Description: The thilais about 80mters in diameter. The whole thila can be done at different depths in a single dive. There are many caves and overhangs around the thila. The large rocks on the north eastern side have large black coral trees growing on them. The site is famous for the sharks and a great barracuda which reside here. The site can be dived at any time of the day, each with different activity going on the reef. The best chance to get close to these creatures is at night time, when they are hunting. You will see sharks, barracudas, rays and eels trying to grab a morsel.

Bathala maaga kanthila
Type of dive: Drift dive
Description: The northern tip of Magaa reef extends into Bathalaa Kandu, is home to a number of grey reef sharks and white-tip reef sharks. They can be seen patrolling along the reef looking for food.

Maalhos thila (Blue curves)
Type of dive: Drift dive / Reef dive
Description: The thila is known for the abundance of soft coral growth on the thila, particularly the blue/violet colored variety that grows on the ceiling of the caves and overhangs, thus the name ‘blue caves’. In addition a large variety of fish life can be observed here.

Rasdhoo Madivaru
Type of dive: Drift dive / Channel dive
Description: The reef on the southern side of Rasdhoo drops vertically to the ocean depths. The site is home to a school of Scalloped Hammerhead sharks (sphyrna lewini). In the early hours of the morning they rise from the deep waters off the atoll into the shallower depths, accessible to divers.

South Male atoll

Guraidhoo Kandu South
Type of dive: Drift dive / channel dive
Description: Since the eastern side of the channel is Open Ocean, large predatory fish can regularly be spotted here. This site is famous for sightings of sharks, schools of eagle rays and the occasional Sail fish and Hammerheads. The best condition to do the dive is when the current is flowing into the Atoll. The dive begins on the outer reef following the current into the atoll. Most of the pelagic species can be observed on the eastern side, where the reef drops off into the deep ocean. At the end of the dive in the channel, along the reef you can find overhangs with plenty of soft coral growth and small fish.

Kandooma thila
Type of dive: Drift dive / reef dive
Description: Located in a channel, the reef is subject to strong currents at times. The ocean currents carry lot of nutrients to the reef, supporting an abundance of sea life.
The site is well renowned for the soft coral growth, turtles, diverse fish life and invertebrates found on the reef. At the reef slope you may find sharks and eagle rays.

Embudu express
Type of dive: Drift dive / channel dive.
Description: Similar to Guraidhoo Kandu, but more sharks are likely to be spotted here.
The currents can be very strong at times. The stronger the current however the better chance of seeing sharks. Under the guidance of an experienced dive guide, the dive can be managed done easily.

Mv Monsoon dive sites - The Maldives more northern atolls

The Northern Reefs of the Maldives are relatively untouched reefs which gives divers the chance to get away from crowded dive sites. MY Monsoon departs from the popular resort of Kuredu Island and offers dives in Lhaviyani Atoll, Raa Atoll, Baa Atoll, the newly opened Noonu Atoll and occasionally we also dive in Shaviyani Atoll. The Itineraries are kept flexible to seek the best diving according to weather conditions and season. Lhaviyani Atoll has some excellent channel dives with plenty of fish around the entrances. 'Fushifaru Kandu' is the main attraction, and in the right conditions produces encounters with grey reef sharks, barracuda, eagle rays and seasonal mantas. Another famous dive is the 'Kuredu Express', this site gives divers the opportunity to see just about everything the Maldives has to offer. From schools of trevally, black snapper, sometimes eagle rays and grey reefs sharks to leaf fish and morays, there is something for everybody here. The ‘Shipyard’ offers divers the unique opportunity of enjoying two wrecks in one dive.

Gaafaru Falhu is a small Atoll that is almost completely enclosed by a fringing reef that has only three channels. There are three known wrecks on the north side: Lady Christine a survey vessel - sank 1974; The Erlangen a German cargo vessel - sank 1894; and the SS Seagull - sank in 1879.

Baa Atoll is rapidly gaining recognition as a new dive spot for enthusiasts keen to escape the crowds of the more popular dive sites in the Maldives. One of these reasons is the number of whalesharks and manta rays that visit the area during the southwest monsoon especially from August to November. With a number of established dive sites offering healthy coral and plentiful marine life Baa Atoll has a mix of Thila and Kandu's to dive. The spectacular‘Dhonfanu Thila’ with excellent soft coral on the walls and hard coral on top is covered with fish like fusilier, blue striped snapper, trevally, tuna and eagle ray. ‘Dhigu Thila’ a long narrow reef with drop offs and caves, lots of seafans and whips and ‘Nelivaru Thila’ is famous for the manta cleaning stations and huge fish life.

Raa Atoll is a beautiful atoll with at present only one resort and is generally dived by those on a liveabord. A huge Atoll with a mixture of thilas and kandu's gives the diver a chance to seek new and undiscovered sites. With only a handful of "stock" dives in this atoll, when in this area it is often the case of jumping in at a new GPS location and seeing what happens. This can produce some amazing results and often surprise even the most experienced divers.

Noonu Atoll only recently opened to tourism still has a wealth of dive sites to discover. With most of the diving in Noonu Atoll conducted on Thilas diving in this area offers some beautiful topography with caves and overhangs. Orimas Thila' is one of the first officially documented sites and has been producing some great grey reef shark dives to date. Another frequently visited site on this Atoll is 'Xmas Rock', home to large schools of snapper and barracuda this christmas tree shaped thila is a fantastic atmospheric dive. And there is ‘Orivaru Thila’ with brilliant table corals on top of the reef, which offers plenty of protection for morays and shy reef fish.

North Male Atoll is situated centrally in the Maldives this Atoll is home to the nations' capital Male, and the international airport. The diving is varied with good channels on both the east and west side and some remarkable Thilas. Famous scuba dive sites would include Lankan Finolhu, where Mantas are reliably found during the south west monsoon season, Nassimo Thila one of the prettiest soft coral dive sites in the islands, Banana Reef teeming with fish, and HP reef which is a beautiful nutrient rich Thila, situated on the south east side of Male.

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