Maldives 2025

Back to the Maldives, heading to the southern most atoll in the Maldives, Addu.  Lots of big animals like sharks and manta rays, with many channel dives to watch the animals in the deep water.

Hawksbill Turtle Resting
Coral Garden
Turtle
Manta Ray (Feb 4, 2025)

Manta Ray (Feb 4, 2025)

With dive guide Maria underneath

JMP02667 (Feb 5, 2025)

JMP02667 (Feb 5, 2025)

(Feb 5, 2025)

Clown Fish School (Feb 6, 2025)

Clown Fish School (Feb 6, 2025)

Octopus Sex (Feb 6, 2025)

Octopus Sex (Feb 6, 2025)

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

Octopus Sex 2 (Feb 6, 2025)

Octopus Sex 2 (Feb 6, 2025)

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

Hawksbill Turtle Resting (Feb 6, 2025)

Hawksbill Turtle Resting (Feb 6, 2025)

Great Moray Eel (Feb 6, 2025)

Great Moray Eel (Feb 6, 2025)

Humpback Red Snapper (Feb 6, 2025)

Humpback Red Snapper (Feb 6, 2025)

A large school of these snapper

Yellow Snapper (Feb 6, 2025)

Yellow Snapper (Feb 6, 2025)

Another large school of snapper

Drift Skimming (Feb 8, 2025)

Drift Skimming (Feb 8, 2025)

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

Coral Garden (Feb 9, 2025)

Coral Garden (Feb 9, 2025)

Table Coral (Feb 9, 2025)

Table Coral (Feb 9, 2025)

About 9 feet in diameter

Shark Feeding (Feb 10, 2025)

Shark Feeding (Feb 10, 2025)

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

Channel Dive (Feb 11, 2025)

Channel Dive (Feb 11, 2025)

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

Staghorn Coral (Feb 11, 2025)

Staghorn Coral (Feb 11, 2025)

A huge field of healthy staghorn coral

Robust Staghorn Coral (Feb 11, 2025)

Robust Staghorn Coral (Feb 11, 2025)

Healthy staghorn coral surrounded by healthy bud acropora coral

Elegant Pachyseris Coral (Feb 11, 2025)

Elegant Pachyseris Coral (Feb 11, 2025)

Brain Coral (Feb 11, 2025)

Brain Coral (Feb 11, 2025)

Coral Grove (Feb 11, 2025)

Coral Grove (Feb 11, 2025)

A mixture of coral

Buffet On the Beach (Feb 11, 2025)

Buffet On the Beach (Feb 11, 2025)

Waiting for Dinner (Feb 11, 2025)

Waiting for Dinner (Feb 11, 2025)

Tiger Shark Eating (Feb 12, 2025)

Tiger Shark Eating (Feb 12, 2025)

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

Tiger Shark (Feb 12, 2025)

Tiger Shark (Feb 12, 2025)

Fuvahmulah Entrance (Feb 12, 2025)

Fuvahmulah Entrance (Feb 12, 2025)

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

Tiger Shark Viewing (Feb 12, 2025)

Tiger Shark Viewing (Feb 12, 2025)

The divers watching the tiger shark feeding

Tiger Shark Eating 2 (Feb 12, 2025)

Tiger Shark Eating 2 (Feb 12, 2025)

(Feb 12, 2025)

The tiger shark came VERY close to the divers (myself included)

Turtle (Feb 13, 2025)

Turtle (Feb 13, 2025)

Mixed Coral (Feb 14, 2025)

Mixed Coral (Feb 14, 2025)

More healthy coral

Boat Crew (Feb 11, 2025)

Boat Crew (Feb 11, 2025)

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

Tharanga (Feb 11, 2025)

Tharanga (Feb 11, 2025)

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

Joram (Feb 11, 2025)

Joram (Feb 11, 2025)

The videographer on the trip

Gabriel and Maria (Feb 11, 2025)

Gabriel and Maria (Feb 11, 2025)

Two of our dive guides

Yaqui (Feb 11, 2025)

Yaqui (Feb 11, 2025)

Another of the dive guides