TAJ CORAL/HEMBADHU HOUSE REEF: wreck from 15 to 22 m covered of sponges and black corals, schools of glass fishes, fusiliers, snappers; often napoleons, little manta, eagle rays, guitar sharks and white tip are also seen. In the afternoon many sting rays and nurse sharks are coming under the main jetty to take the food from our staff. Excellent & easy night dives. HITHI THILA: 25 min by boat; it’s a drift dive, from 8 to 30 m, white tip and nurse sharks, bat fishes, turtles, sweet lips, napoleons and soft coral all around. From December to April Manta rays circle the Thila. HEMBADHU KANDU: 20 min by boat; channel/drift dive with some small caves; white tip sharks, napoleons, morays and school of pelagic fishes.KUDA FARU: 40 min by boat; channel/drift dive, depending on the current white tip and gray sharks,silver tips, napoleons, eagle and sting rays. Schools of sweet lips, snappers and fusiliers. MADI THILA: 15 min by boat; form 8 to 30 m with some overhangs and caves with blue and yellow soft corals. White tip sharks, stingrays and garden eels. From Dec to Apr manta rays and whale shark too. MADIVARU BERU: 20 min by boat; out side reef from 5 to 30 m, school of eagle rays and also white tip sharks and sting rays and sometimes also manta rays. MAS THILA: 10 min by boat, from 5 m slowly slopes down to 25/30 m. big schools of fusiliers and snappers, a lot of feather stars in various colors, sweet lips, butterfly fishes and nudibranch. RASFARI: 50min by boat; out side reef/drift dive; a Thila near the main reef drops from 24 to over 40 m.Grey reef sharks, silver tip, white tip sharks and great barracuda, eagle rays and big eye trevally. IHIGA: 25 min by boat; out side reef/drift dive, from 5 to 30 m. White tip sharks, sting rays, garden eel and leaf fish, moray eels and schools of red tooth trigger fishes. MADIGAA: 30 min by boat; out side reef/drift dive form 5 to 30mts. White tip sharks, sting rays, garden eel and moray eels and various coral fishes. ZIYAARA KANDU: 30 min by boat; channel/drift dive; the reef stretches at the corner, at 27 m is a small arch to swim through. White tip sharks, eagle rays, sting rays, turtles, sweet lips, napoleons. ERI FARU: 40 min by boat; channel/drift dive; on the sandy bottom at 17 m between the main reef and the Thila in front of it, sting rays and white tip sharks. The reef features napoleons, turtles and various invertebrates. HIMMIYA BERU: 50 min by boat; reef gently slopes form 5 to 25 m. White tip sharks, schools of fusiliers, blue striped snappers, glass fishes, napoleons and turtles. ZIYAARA THILA: 35 min by boat; long Thila rising till 9 m. Sandy streets splitting the reef apart.White tip sharks, sting rays and schools of fusiliers, of snappers, parrot fishes and soft corals.
ARI ATOLL MUSHIMASMINGILI THILA & MAAYA THILA nice Thilas with white tip and gray sharks HALAVELI WRECK characterized for the stingrays coming very close by RASDHOO to watch hammer head sharks at 06.00 o’clock in the morning NORTH MALE ATOLL HELENGHELI THILA, KAGI SOUTH MALE ATOLL GURAIDHOO KANDU, MIARU FARU, KUDA HURAA, LOSFUSHI & KUDA GIRI WRECK GAAFARU ATOLL WRECKS |