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
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