[Maldives] Trip Report : JAN. 19-25, 2019, Male Ari Vaavu Route Vol.3

[#Maldives] Trip Report : JAN. 19-25, 2019, #Male #Ari #Vaavu Route Vol.3

The day 4, our 1st dive of the day was at Rangali Madivaru in the South Ari Atoll aiming for Manta Rays. We successfully encountered with 3 of them! That was a great start of a day! The 2nd dive was at Moofushi Kandu. On the was to get to the cleaning station, we ran into a big school of baby Spotted Eagle Rays! They were so cute!!! And we found a few of Manta Rays at the station. The biggest one was about 6 meter size! The 3rd dive was at Fesdhoo Wreck in the North Ari Atoll. The Pigmy Sweepers and Barracudas’ babies were gathered around the wreck. Also endemic Aurora Shrimp Gobbies were seen in the sand area. The 4th dive was supposed to be at Fesdhoo Goni as a night dive aimed for Manta. We waited with a bright light to attract Manta Rays. Unfortunately no Manta appeared. So we gave up the 4th dive. The air temperature was 26-33 deg.C. The water temperature was 26-28 deg.C.  To be continued…