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With the latest set of Manta Ray sightings having been analysed, we would like to introduce you to 3 more individuals that have appeared around the Lhaviyani Atoll in the past few months.
These individuals all have a story to tell. Meet one of the most frequent visitors to the Atoll, as well as one of the Mantas that traveled a long way to get here.
And we would like to ask for your help to name one of these majestic rays, that until (more…)
April proved to be a bumper month for Manta sightings in the Lhaviyani Atoll, with Dhanifaru notching up it’s 100th identified visitor!
101 separate Manta Rays have now been photographed and subsequently identified from just this one snorkel site.
As the action on Dhanifaru slows down due to the change in the Monsoon, the sightings of the past few months has thrown up some interesting new findings: (more…)
Seagrass Ghost Pipe Fish that is!
Markko had just finished a confined water dive with Golan and Per as part of his Open Water Course, when he stumbled across 2 little ghost pipe fish.
After having completed their skills, Markko headed off for a swim with his students in front of the house reef hut. On their way back to the steps Markko suddenly spotted two pieces of sea grass, moving in a strange way… (more…)
It wasn’t even DJ night and the dive center team were running around late in the evening this week!
At around 11:30 pm, the ‘Turtle Phone’ rang to let us know about that there was a turtle nest hatching on the north side of Kuredu!
When we arrived on the beach, it was clear to see that some help was needed as the beach was swarming with the baby turtles! Unable to (more…)
Following on from his whistle-stop of Europe last year, Yaafis took to the road once more summer to see and experience something new.
Clearly the taste of the Alps fueled a desire to climb for Yaafis, as he has just returned from nearly 3 weeks in Nepal’s beautiful Sagarmatha National Park.
At over 3,000 meters above sea level, Sagaramatha is the highest National Park in the world, containing (more…)
A couple of weeks ago Sebastjan and Barbara, both from Slovenia, joined our team on Kuredu.
Sebastjan completes our Instructor Team and brings not only a lot of experience with him, but also a lot of enthusiam! Having only worked in cold waters back in Europe, he is over the moon to have the chance to teach and guide in the warm tropical waters of the Indian Ocean.
Barbara is supporting our Office Team and (more…)
The excitement regarding the Fish World Cup is now slowly coming to an end…
Today marks the 3rd place play off with the Dolphins taking on the Cleaner Shrimps. Tomorrow will see the grand final take place between the Clown Fish and the Lion Fish!
The World Cup has been a great success. In total there were 204 applications from Fish Teams, but unfortunately only 32 teams got (more…)
The Kuredu House Reef threw up some additional surprises for both our divers and snorkelers this week.
Shortly after our morning snorkel boat headed out to the first site of the day, they called in to tell us about 10 Manta Rays cruising around the first coral block on the house reef, close to the lagoon.
Sightings of Mantas on the Kuredu House (more…)
Two days ago Yaafis went out to Kuredu Express with 3 divers and once again the dive site produced the goods as they had a great dive.
Although the currents were quite small, the action thrown out by Express was nevertheless pretty impressive.
Welcomed by grey reef sharks right at the beginning of the dive, the divers also had the resident school of jack fish and the some huge (more…)
For tonight’s game between the Cleaner Shrimp and the Lion Fish, one contest you really need to keep a close eye on is between the goalkeepers of each team. The Banded Boxer Shrimp and the Zebra Dwarf Lion Fish are pulling on the number 1 shirts this evening for their teams.
Thanks to its long arms, the Banded Boxer Shrimp is well made for the job as keeper, helped by the fact it can easily reach the (more…)
