| Trip
Ref: SQ289 - 10th to 21st May 2009 |
Male
to the Southern Atolls |
|
Day
|
DIVE
SITE
|
ATOLL
|
NOTES
|
| Day
1 - Sunday 10th |
N.
Male |
|
| Morning |
--- |
" |
Collected
from Male airport and transfered to Sea Queen. |
| Dive
1 |
Miyaru
Faru
27.8m/46mins |
S.
Male |
Very
relaxing check dive, gentle drift, w-tips, 2 turtles,
so many Honeycomb morays ,pair of spotted porcelain crabs,
large shoals of sweetlips and redtail butterflyfish, stingray. |
| anchorage |
Gulhi |
" |
|
| Day
2 - Monday 11th |
S.
Male |
|
| Dive
1 |
Cocoa
Thila
41.3m/44mins
|
" |
Large
greys cleaning,
100’s & 100’s of big eye jacks, green and hawksbill turtles, HC
& common moray sitting
together, eaglerays , large shoals of midnight snappers,
w-tips. |
| Dive
2 |
Hathi
Kolhu
25.6m/50mins |
" |
Fab
critter dive, 3 ribbon eels, adult & juv lysiosquilloidea
mantis shrimp, large common moray being cleaned by a pair
of amboin Shrimp, pair of porcelain crabs, lionfish, lovely
white leaffish, 60+ pompanos, large napoleon fish. |
| Dive
3 |
Alimathaa
kandu
27.4m/53mins |
Vaavu |
100’s
of red snappers, very big eagleray, turtles, w-tips, Elysiidae
& Facelinidae nudibranchs, many banded shrimps, stunning
large coral blocks,
free swimming HC moray. |
| anchorage |
Alimathaa |
" |
|
| Day
3 - Tuesday 12th |
Vaavu |
|
| Dive
1 |
Miyaru
Corner
36.1m/60mins |
" |
Large
whiptail ray being
cleaned, many masked pufferfish, w-tips, 100’s
of humphead snappers, turtle, wave of yellow spot snappers,
dogtooth tuna, millions of fusiliers. |
| Dive
2 |
Anbara
Thila
22.9m/64mins |
" |
Very
pretty dive with the most stunning display of hard corals
and full of small reef fish, so many different types of
butterflyfish, jacks charging the silversides. |
| Dive
3 |
Mulaku
Kandu
34m/62mins |
" |
Drift
dive along the overhangs full of the most amazing blue
soft coral, 3 types of sweetlips plus juv sweetlips, large
shoals of humphead snappers & bluestripe snappers,
the corner was full of large coral blocks used as a cleaning
station by all the smaller reef fish, large napoleon fish. |
| anchorage |
West
corner of Vanhuravahli |
" |
|
| Day
4 - Wednesday 13th |
Meemu |
|
| Dive
1 |
Vanhuravalhi
Kandu
24.8m/58mins |
" |
Swift
drift along the inside of the channel to the corner to
be met by a wall of jacks and midnight snappers, two leaffish,
Halimeda ghost pipe fish,
juv sweetlips, every
type of reef fish cleaning on the large coral blocks on
the reef top, large napleons, w-tips, tuna. |
| Dive
2 |
Vanhuravalhi
Kandu
37.5m/31mins |
" |
Crossed
the channel, w-tips,100’s & 100’s of bigeye jacks,
large shoal of barracuda swirling around us, and the coral
along the front is totaly breathtaking. |
| Dive
3 |
Ahaa
Giri
19.7m/70mins |
" |
Very
pretty coral garden of staghorn and hard corals all covered
in small reef fish and glassfish, juv turtle ,mating octopus,
many coral groupers being cleaned by cleaner shrimps.
Lovely anemones full of anemone fish. |
| anchorage |
Muli |
" |
|
| Day
5 - Thursday 14th |
Meemu |
|
| Dive
1 |
Kurali
Kandu
14.5m/67mins |
" |
Three
mantas cleaning, two eaglerays
joining in on the fun, large female stingray, Honeycomb
moray, large napoleon being cleaned, lionfish, many juv
razorfish. |
| Dive
2 |
Olhugiri
Corner
26.7m/62mins |
" |
Hammerhead,
four eaglerays, leaffish, many coral blocks on the corner
and on the front of the channel, large shoal of midnight
snappers, dogtooth tuna, turtle, freeway of fusiliers
& rainbow runers, large shoal of oceanic triggerfish. |
| Dive
3 |
Coral
Garden Giri
25.4m/67mins |
" |
The
whole site covered in a lovely display of healthy hard
corals, many large groups of 2 spot snappers, batfish
in the overhangs, jacks charging the silversides, pipefish,
zillions fuseliers, many soapfish, turtle, so many butterflyfish,
harlequin filefish, really pretty site!!!!! (new site). |
| anchorage |
Ufuriyaa |
" |
|
| Day
6 - Friday 15th |
Thaa |
|
| Dive
1 |
Guradidhoo
corner/channel
29.0m/53mins |
" |
Two
feathertail rays, whiptail ray, four turtles, really big
napoleon, large shoal of circular batfish, oceanic triggerfish,
large coral blocks covered in so many reef fish, freeway
of fuseleirs, w-tips, bigeye jacks. |
| Dive
2 |
Vadinolhu
Kandu
28.7m/37mins |
Laamu |
Fast
drift dive along the front of the channel, so many w-tips
with females being followed closely by several males ,stingray, juv greys, eaglerays, turtles, finished
by a drift over an alley of nesting yellow margin triggerfish. |
| Dive
3 |
Maavah
Kandu
37.1m/48mins |
" |
100’s
of bigeye jacks, large groups of juv great barracudas,
very nosey grey shark, two feathertail rays, mass garden
of sand eels, Merlot the leaffish, large shoals of sweetlips
& midnight snappers. |
| anchorage |
Maavah |
" |
|
| Day
7 - Saturday 16th |
Laamu |
|
| Dive
1 |
Maavah
Kandu
28.2m/59mins |
" |
W-tips
sleeping, whip tail ray, Merlot the leaf fish, oceanic
trigger fish, large shoals of sweet-lips, matting octopus,
large great barracuda, orange line sand goby. |
| Dive
2 |
Hithadhoo
Channel
28.0m/45mins |
" |
Very
interesting reef, large coral blocks covered in many different
reef fish, w-tips ,large napoleon, two leaffish, pair of large robust pipefish,
three turtles, juv w-tips. |
| Dive
3 |
Maria
Giri
27.7m/65mins |
" |
Truly
stunning dive with the most amazing hard coral display
and also very interesting coral formations covered in
reef fish, black coral bushes full of glass fish, very
small juv midnight snappers, batfish, harlequin filefish,
juv turtle. |
| anchorage |
Gaadhoo |
" |
Guests
went to visit local island and mango plantation. |
| Day
8 - Sunday 17th |
Huvadhoo |
|
| Morning |
--- |
" |
56
mile crossing from Laamu to Huvadhoo Atoll. |
| Dive
1 |
Melaium
Corner
30.1m/51mins |
" |
Large
Leopard shark, Circular batfish,
absolutely stunning coverage of hard corals, large shoals
of bluestripe snappers and yellow goatfish, humphead parrotfish
five large napoleons together. |
| Dive2 |
Maudhoo
Kandu
26.4m/44mins |
" |
Amazing
table corals as far as your eye can see, many great barracuda,
constant bypass of eaglerays, w-tips and stingrays. |
| anchorage |
Hithaadhoo |
" |
Visit
bird island to watch the Lesser Frigate Birds and to watch
the sunset. |
| Day
9 - Monday 18th |
Huvadhoo |
|
| Dive
1 |
Viligili
Kandu
33.5m/43mins |
" |
20+
grey sharks, bumphead parrot fish,
many w-tips, 100’s & 100’s of bigeye jacks, large
shoal of bigeye jacks, eagleray. |
| Dive
2 |
Kuredhoo
Kandu
27.3m/53mins |
" |
Fab
dive 3 leopard sharks,
three stingrays, three hawksbills chasing each other around,
eaglerays, large poritidae covered in bluestripe snappers
and fab drift along an alley of stunning fan corals. |
| Dive
3 |
Kuredhoo
Kandu
29.6m/43mins |
" |
So
many turtles including a very hungry one, two leopard sharks,
large stingray being cleaned, two eaglerays, on the outside
reef there was zillions of Anthias covering the whole
reef. |
| anchorage |
Hadahaa |
" |
Guests
went over to an uninhabited island to watch the sunset. |
| Day
10 - Tuesday 19th |
Huvadhoo |
|
| Dive
1 |
Kondey
Kandu
29.4m/60mins |
" |
Gentle
drift along large gulley of table corals on each side
and layer after layer of fan corals, many stingrays, four
eaglerays, huge formations of staghorn coral
and again zillions of anthias covering the outside reef,
great barracuda. |
| Dive
2 |
Maareha
Kandu
27.4m/45mins |
" |
WOW!
SHARKS AND SO MANY OF THEM, BOTH JUV AND LARGE FAT ADULT
GREYS 40+ TOGETHER - VERY EXCITING!! |
| Dive
3 |
Araigaththaa
Reef
16.4m/61mins |
" |
Lovely
relaxing island reef, with very good hard coral and full
of small reef fish, so many groups of Harlequin file fish
some groups as many as ten or eleven juv turtles, lovely
anemones, 3 spot flounder. |
| anchorage |
Araigaththaa |
" |
Island
visit to unhabited Island, and amazing sunset. |
| Day
11 - Wednesday 20th |
Huvadhoo |
|
| Dive
1 |
Maareha
Kandu
52.0m/36mins |
" |
20+
grey sharks hanging out in the overhang, 100s of
bigeye jacks, rainbow runners, great barracuda. |
| Dive
2 |
Fish
Giri
28.6m/67mins |
" |
Two
juv greys, w-tips, large shoals of fosters barracuda,
big eye jacks, blue spined trevally. juv turtle, batfish,
large shoals of 2 spot snappers and yellow goat fish. |
| Dive
3 |
Havodigala
Giri
20.6m/67mins |
" |
So
many different coloured anemones, bluestripe snappers,
bigeyes, bat fish large coverage of cabbage coral, and
a rainbow of reef fish at 5m. |
| anchorage |
Thinadhoo |
" |
Evening
relaxing and watching the trip DVD. |
| Day
12 - Thursday 21st |
Huvadhoo |
|
| Morning |
--- |
" |
Transfer
to the airport for the flight back to North Male then
onwards to home. |
| Total
Number of Dives = 30 dives |
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