Maldives dive site map. The sunrise fishing is fun and the tuna sashimi is delicious and scuba diving is wonderful and the sea is beautiful and very thank you here to ms karen. Grey reef sharks and hammerhead sharks. In its former life as a fishing trawler the 30 metre long wreck was sunk to form an artificial reef.
The density and diversity of the underwater fauna of the maldives have made this archipelago one of the most popular destinations for divers. The fesdu wreck is located in the centre of the ari atoll one of the most famous dive spots of the maldives and a protected dive site area. It boasts a bit of.
Banana reef north male atoll. Banana reef is the dive site that put the maldives on the map. I met with the australian diver who is the pioneer at the adaaran diving facilityhope will have sometime to see atbondi.
Click on dive site name at left to go to that resorts web page. After a slow start it has now become fully colonised with dense clouds of glassfish anthias. Divesite is an interactive map for divers with the best dive spots worldwide.
Individual islands within an atoll are generally surrounded by a reef that creates a sheltered lagoon. Though scattered across thousands of square miles of ocean dive sites in the maldives fall into three general categories based on structure. All maldives scuba diving dive sites map reviews from other divers conditions divecenters the central baa lhaviyani north south male alifu alifu alifu dhaalu vaavu atolls.
At the maldives dive sites there is the largest concentration of reef manta rays in the world with an estimated population of 5000 to 7000 rays. We did scuba diving with team of dive one and ssi. To start looking for dive spots type a region or a site name in the search bar.
Share your diving experiences keep track of your dives online. 2 main features you are likely to encounter at the dive sites in the maldives are the current swept channels and the pinnacles that act like magnets for marine life. Found on the eastern edge of the atoll fotteyo kandu is one of the most favored dive sites found throughout the maldives.
Now protected by a marine area this reef was the countrys first internationally famous site for good reason. Typically sand bottomed and less than 60 feet deep lagoons offer relaxed diving on coral formations. Hooray you received our letter.
This site is home to abundant marine life and stunning coral structures however some of the most exciting parts of this dive site is found in its caves overhangs and swim throughs which are full of yellow soft corals.