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31/05 2008

Maldives Honeymoon – Occoboli Thila

Diving in the MaldivesA great little scenic dive to finish off the maldives holiday, and also my 60th dive. Great to finish off on a round number for some reason!  After the problems with my sinuses the previous day, I was a bit worried I’d be stuck atREAD MORE

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30/05 2008

Maldives Honeymoon – Fingerpoint Reef

Hammer Head SharkThis site is a thila and noted for shark sightings. Expect to see white tip, grey reef, silver tips and if you are lucky even hammer head sharks.  Sadly, we didn’t see any sharks, and I had problems with my sinuses, which meant I hadREAD MORE

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29/05 2008

Maldives Honeymoon – Olhahali Caves

Diving in the MaldivesThe Olhahli Caves are the northern tip of the North Male Atoll – on the north Reetha Rah.  There are a couple of small caves at 15 and 20 metres but the main attraction is a big cave 40 metres long at a depth ofREAD MORE

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29/05 2008

Maldives Honeymoon – Nelivaru Thila

White Fin SharkYet another dive on the Nelivaru Thila.   This time we saw a great display of white finned sharks.  They were cleaning in/around the reef at about 30 meters, right at the start of our dive. We stayed there at 30 metres for about 20 minutes,READ MORE

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28/05 2008

Maldives Honeymoon – Maddoo Giri

Diving in the MaldivesThe Maddoo Giri was absolutely fantastic.  Its a strangle old reef being 25m-30m at its deepest, and 3m on top. There’s an absolutely breathtaking swim through / hole on the northern side of the reef.  We dropped on the western side into 28m, and swamREAD MORE

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28/05 2008

Maldives Honeymoon – Nelivaru

Diving in the MaldivesOn this occassion we were honoured to see an absolutely fantastic Manta Ray display on the eastern side of the Thila towards the end of the dive. We all slumped down onto the reef at about 15m and watched these fantastic animals fly above theREAD MORE

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28/05 2008

Maldives Honeymoon – Dhonfanu Thila

TurtleDhonfanu is an oval shaped reef starting at a depth of 7 to 14 meters. One side of the Thila forms a beautiful swim-through beginning at 18 meters and ending around 25 meters. There is a canyon on the other side of the Thila betweenREAD MORE

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27/05 2008

Maldives Honeymoon – Horubadhoo House Reef

Dive Cylinders

This was another dive on the Horubadhoo Thila, or Dhigali Haa, as its also known.  However, this time it was a night dive!  We had a nice drift with a gentle current, and about 4m visibility.

Posted in Diving
27/05 2008

Maldives Honeymoon – Dhigu Thila

Diving in the MaldivesDhigu Thila is a very long, narrow reef which rises from the sea floor to the crest at 8 to 16 meters depth. Both sides of the Thila drop down like a wall and most of the overhangs are between 20 to 25 meters. OnREAD MORE

Posted in Diving
27/05 2008

Maldives Honeymoon – Dhigali

Diving in the MaldivesThis dive site is a marine protected reef. The top of the Thila (a submerged mountain) is 12 to 16 meters deep and is inhabited by different coloured varieties of soft and hard corals. If conditions are optimal, you will see a vast scale ofREAD MORE