The Maldives - Scuba Liveaboard, Hulhumale, Private Islands, Ep. 21
After hiking the Annapurna Circuit and relaxing for a few days in Kathmandu we flew to the exact opposite environment landing in the Maldives. We boarded a 7 day scuba liveaboard and set off towards the atolls. The scenery was blue in all directions and light turquoise around the island protected reefs. There were thousands of islands, each one more picturesque then the one we just left. We had some rain and rough seas, but that didn’t really effect our dives since we were underwater. Also, we are about a month out of season, which is why we were able to afford this deeply discounted ship. All in all we did so many dives for us that it would be almost too much. We pushed our limits of decompression diving, saw some amazing underwater marine life, and went searching unsuccessfully for the Whaleshark.
Summary of our dive logs:
Lankan Paradiss, North Maw Atoll // 22 meters, 57 minutes // 5 manta, turtle, octopus, eel
Kandooma Thila, South Male // 32.2 meters, 42 minutes // 2 sharks
Alimathy Jetty, Vaauu Atoll // 13.6 meters, 43 minutes // night dive with Nurse sharks everywhere
Myrna Kandu, Vaauu Atoll // 32 meters, 52 minutes // drift dive, 2 eels, pooping parrotfish
Kudu Rah Thilla, South Ari Atoll // 27.4 meters, 49 minutes // nudi branch, 2 octopus, 6 sharks
Broken Rock, South Ari Atoll // 27.4 meters, 55 minutes // white tip and black tip reef sharks, Phantom Bannerfish school
Diggunah boyro, South Ari Atoll // 25.1 meters, 54 minutes // No whaleshark, scorpionfish, nudibranch, eels
Radiggah Thila, South Atoll // 29 meters, 47 minutes // large school of barracuda
Moo Fushi Corner, North Ari Atoll // 33.6 meters, 55 minutes // 20-30 black tip reef sharks, 2 safety stops
Moo Fushi Corner, North Ari Atoll second dive // 37.8 meters, 44 minutes // 10 reef sharks, 25 eagle rays, 2 safety stops
Fesdhoo Wreck, North Ari Atoll // 31.2 meters, 44 minutes // wreck dive, eels, manta, octopus, harlequin sweetlips
Fish Head, North Ari Atoll // 33 meters, 61 minutes // reef sharks, octopus
Maaya Thila // 31 meters, 51 minutes // 10 sharks, 2 eagle rays, 2 turtles, nudibranch, octopus
Batala Kanthila // 22.1 meters, 60 minutes // sharks, triggerfish, octopus, nudibranch
Lion Head, Maldives // 35.3 meters, 51 minutes // drift dive, wall dive, last dive
Next // We charter a boat in Lefkada, Greece and sail around the Ionian sea
Music:
How About Nah // roljui
Muffled Tines // roljui