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Best of the Maldives

October 2011

Dive Day 5
 

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Dive 14 - Kuda Rah Thila - South Ari Atoll

A dive with a lot of Morays, some beautiful cleaner shrimps and lots of Anemonefish.

Two Morays sharing a hole...
 






Thomas coming out of the swim through...





Dive 15 - Kandooma Thila - South Male Atoll

Another impressive deep dive with some good Shark, Eagle Ray and Turtle sightings.

A large Napoleonfish that swam over and checked me out...






Sweetlips, a pair of Raccoon Butterflyfish and a shoal of Head-band Butterflyfish...





A turtle goes into the blue in the distance...




Hawksbill Turtle...
 


 

This guy was really ripping into some of the soft corals...

Neil hovering...


Dive 16 - Kandooma Out - South Male Atoll

A sunset dive, the highlight of which, was a close encounter with a Leopard Shark (Footage can be found on my Facebook page).

There were also a large number of Morays on the steep reef wall drop-off.

Honeycomb Moray... 


Saddled Pufferfish...

Lionfish...


 


Lionfish by torchlight...






Another Honeycomb Moray swimming freely...





Giant Moray...





Spiny Maldivian Lobster...

 


 

Next stop - Dive Day 6 & Male

Travel to Dive day 2 Dive day 3 Dive day 4 Dive day 5 Dive day 6 & Male

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