Trip Report : AUG.11-17, 2018, Male, Ari and Vaavu Atoll Route Vol.1

[Maldives] Trip Report : AUG.11-17, 2018, Male, Ari and Vaavu Atoll Route Vol.1

Hi, this is Rena!  I am excited to be reporting our trips this season.  Yay!   The new Maldives dive cruise season has just started.  The day 1, we went to Fish Tank in North Male for the check dive. There was a bit of current but it was okay for us to enjoy Pink Whiprays and 4 Honeycomb Morays’ heads sticking out from one place! These are such unique scene we can encounter at this point. The 2nd dive was a night dive at Fesdhoo Goni in North Ari Atoll aiming for night Manta Rays!  The fish first appeared was not Mantas but Nurse Sharks! They did go circle around our boat for a while then Manta Rays came later!!! We immediately jumped into the water but we missed them in the water. It was after the Manta had left.  The air temperature was 26-33 deg.C. The water temperature was 28-29 deg.C. The visibility was 10-30m. The 3mm wet suite was recommended. To be continued…