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Clown fish like to hide in the anemone for protection

A form of stingray, but with spots

An octopus reaching out with on of its arms to attempt to mate with the female (far left)

Xille and Amanda

Fesdhoo Wreck

Inside the wreck at Machchafushi

A crane on the deck of the wreck at Machchafushi

A stonefish lying on the Machchafushi wreck.  They are highly venomous, you can usually die with in a half hour.

A shot of bungalows with the reef underneath

The mothership for our diving

Octopus coming out of its hole

This site had a very large number of yellow snapper, easily in the thousands.

Nurse sharks are very tame

See my teeth!  This was taken from about a foot away from the shark, with a fisheye lens

Xille had some food for the rays

There are 19 reef sharks in this picture, but there were a total of 32.  they ranged in size from about 3 feet to over 6 feet.

The inside of Blue Force One, where we would meet or hang out to stay cool.

The stairs going down to rooms is on the right, the store in the back.

Where we ate our meals

The foredeck of the boat

The lounge on the third deck, with the bar in the back on the left

The top deck on the boat

A reef shark at Rasdhoo Corner

Another large school of snapper

Dive guide Gabriel using his fins to "skimboard" along in the current during a safety stop

About 9 feet in diameter

Although the water is not very clear, there are 11 sharks partially or fully visible

Using the reef hooks to watch the animals in the deep water

A huge field of healthy staghorn coral

Healthy staghorn coral surrounded by healthy bud acropora coral

A mixture of coral

Just after the tiger shark found its food in the rocks.

The harbor entrance to Fuvahmukah, right where the tiger sharks are fed.

The divers watching the tiger shark feeding

More healthy coral

With dive guide Maria underneath

The male is at the bottom, extending an arm to the female at the top

A better view of the octopus sex, the female at the bottom (white in the crevice), the male at the top, extending its arm

A large school of these snapper

Gayan on the right, Ahmed Hassan (Ammaday) in the middle

He served drinks at the bar, as well as helping with food service

The videographer on the trip

Two of our dive guides

Another of the dive guides