Maldives 2021

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