Nov 27 2010

MV Orion itinerary – scuba diving holidays in Maldives

The dive log made on board Orion between the 15th and 26th November 2010 may give you a taste about famous dive sites maldives. Diving starts in the early morning and makes your breakfast on board after the dive extremly tasty. After having a rest on board, the second dive starts – maybe whale shark watching in ari atoll? Dive number three is usually offered in the afternoon, in between the dives you have plenty of time to enjoy the comfort on board MV Orion, one of the best Maldives dive safari boat. This is the latest dive report:

16/11 – Kurumba HR (N.MALE) – White tips, eagle rays
- Lankan Manta Point (N.MALE) – 3 mantas on cleaning station. 2 hawkbills

17/11 – Rasdhoo Blue (RASDHOO) – 17 hammerheads @ 28m. 1 swam around whole group.
                Oceanic eagle ray
             - Rasdhoo Madivaru (RASDHOO) – white tips, jacks, trevallys, napoleon, 5 grey reef
                sharks @ corner
           - Gangehi Beyru (N.ARI) – after snorkelling with mantas. tunas, napleon, white tips

18/11 - Miyaruga Thila (N.ARI) – 3 grey reefs, juvenile white tips, bat fish, trevally…
           - Hafusha Thila (N.ARI) – aquarium dive no current. lots of white tips, trevally,
                juvenile eagle swam with us for nealy 10mins
           - Maaya Thila (N.ARI) – 3 grey reefs, white tips, turtles, stingray
              – Maaya Thila (N.ARI) - nite dive: sting ray directly under boat, hunting morays, white tips,
                1 juvenile grey reef, turtles

19/11 - Fish Head (N.ARI) - Jacks, trevallys, turtles, stingray, 2 grey reefs
- Dega Thila (S.ARI) – yellow paper scorpion fish, jacks, trevallys, turtle, bat fish, white tip
– Radhdhiggaa Thila (S.ARI) – baracudas, white tips, bat fish, tunas, nudibranches, flatworms…

20/11 – Machchafushi Wreck (S.ARI) – guitar shark @ 30m, stingrays, bat fish…
            – Snorkeling with whalesharks @ Maamigili Beyru – check out the Video
              - Holiday Island (S.ARI) – 1 whaleshark, 25mobulae, turtles, white tips
              – Ariyadhoo Beyru (S.ARI) – snappers, sweetlips, napoleon…

21/11 - 5 Rocks (S.ARI) – strong current, crossed from main reef. big napoleon, giant baracuda,
                tunas, white tips..
             - Kuda Giri Wreck (S.MALE) – brown paper scorpionfish, jacks, trevallys, tunas, nudibranches…
                Travelling back to Male….

23/11 - Lankan Manta Point (N.MALE) – 6 mantas on cleaning station, plus another 7 around station.
            – Feydhoo Finolhu (N.MALE) – nice wall dive, drift dive. green sea turtle
            – Maaya Thila (N.ARI) - lots of white tips hunting on top reef, along with 2 giant morays
                 fighting each other. Black spotted sting ray on top reef. 2 Hawksbill turtles and a cuttlefish

24/11 - Hafusha Thila (N.ARI) – Straight down to top reef, 6 adult Grey Reefs, 1 pregnant, and
                1 juvenile Grey Reef, white tips, dog tooth tunas
              – Fesdu Wreck (N.ARI) – garden eels, nudibranches, white tip
            – Fish Head (N.ARI) - 5 grey reefs with 4 white tips and 2 napoleons with hawksbill. lots of trevally
                and giant trevally, some stingrays in overhangs. end of dive 2 grey reefs on top reef.
25/1 1 – Omadhoo Thila (S.ARI) – tunas, red snappers, sweetlips, soft corals
              - Black Coral (S.ARI) – turtle, stingray, morays, black coral bushes, juvenile white tips
             - Dega Thila (S.ARI) – sting rays, overhangs, trevally, no leaf fish

26/11 - Radhdhiggaa Thila (S.ARI) – grey reefs, soft corals, sea fans, trevally…
             - Snorkelling with 2 whalesharks – check out the Video
             - Maamigili Beyru (S.ARI) – 1 whale shark on the dive!
              – Kudarah Thila (S.ARI) - short headed anemone shrimps, blue stripped snappers,
                seafans, soft corals

sounds good?

This could be your scuba diving holidays in maldives….We are happy to be at your service in case you have more questions or if you want to place your booking.

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