| SQ48 | DIVE SITE | ATOLL | NOTES | |||
| 02-Sep-02 | Monday | |||||
| dive 1 | Manta point | N. Male | 3 w. tips, 5 manta: fly past and on manta point. | |||
| â | Himmafushi | |||||
| 03-Sep-02 | Tuesday | |||||
| dive 1 | HP Reef | N. Male | 5 eagle rays, schools jack & Snapper | |||
| dive 2 | Trixies Caves | “ | Schooling jack, scorpionfish, mantis shrimp | |||
| dive 3 | Helengeli thila | “ | Eagle ray, midnight snappers, fusiliers, manta? Big out current | |||
| â | Kagi | |||||
| 04-Sep-02 | Wednesday | |||||
| dive 1 | Aligau | Lhaviyani | Honeycomb morays, h.granulata stingray | |||
| dive 2 | Faadhoo Kandu | “ | Very fishy! Nurse shark, marble and feathertail stingrays | |||
| dive 3 | Faadhoo kandu night dive | “ | Another nurse shark, Halimeda GPF, slipper lobster, loads of spiny lobsters, giant s. lips | |||
| â | Faadhoo | Ashore for island visit | ||||
| 05-Sep-02 | Thursday | |||||
| dive 1 | Fushifaru kandu | Lhaviyani | 100s of Grey shark, eagle ray, big trevally | |||
| dive 2 | Fushifaru thila/kandu | “ | dozens of HC morays, marble and feathertail rays, napoleons | |||
| dive 3 | Kuredu Caves | “ | Lovely! Many very friendly huge green turtles, golden jack, groupers, napoleons | |||
| â | Kuredu | |||||
| 06-Sep-02 | Friday | |||||
| dive 1 | Kuredu Express | Lhaviyani | Out currents, grey sharks, stingrays, eagle rays, jacks, ponpano, manta, giant s. lips, tuna etc!! | |||
| dive 2 | Felivaru Kandu | “ | Grey shark, eagle ray, snappers | |||
| dive 3 | Shipyard | “ | Sweepers everywhere, eagle ray, big current | |||
| â | Hinnavaru | Ashore to Komandhoo for drinks | ||||
| 07-Sep-02 | Saturday | |||||
| dive 1 | Hinnavaru Kandu/faru | Lhaviyani | Green turtle, several napoleons, white mouthed moray, nudis, stingrays | |||
| dive 2 | Bathalaa Kandu | Baa | Red & Midnight snapper, white mouth moray | |||
| dive 3 | Landaa giravaru | “ | Stingray, sleeping puffers | |||
| â | Landaa giravaru | Ashore for BBQ on island | ||||
| 08-Sep-02 | Sunday | |||||
| dive 1 | Kakani Thila | Baa | Lions mane jellyfish, nurse shark, tuna, | |||
| dive 2 | Faimini Bodu thila | “ | Octopus, nudis, longnose hawkfish, low viz | |||
| dive 3 | Miyaru Haali | “ | No sharks! Lobsters (not quite the same!!) | |||
| â | Anga faru | Mantas at Fonimagoodhoo but too shy to snorkel | ||||
| 09-Sep-02 | Monday | |||||
| dive 1 | Dhigali Haa | Baa | Poor viz, barracuda, school blufin jack | |||
| dive 2 | Kunfunadhoo Thila | “ | 2 Mantas, schools jack, fusilier, snapper, big reef fish, leaf fish. nice! | |||
| dive 3 | Dharavandhoo thila | “ | Red banded pipefish, many sweetlips, | |||
| â | Horubadhoo | |||||
| 10-Sep-02 | Tuesday | |||||
| dive 1 | Kunfunadhoo Thila | Baa | Many scorpionfish (5 together) bigeye jack | |||
| dive 2 | Finger point | N. Male | 20+ Eagle ray, many w.tip and grey sharks, huge orange frogfish | |||
| dive 3 | Kagi Corner | “ | Harlequin, giant and oriental s.lips. Dolphins | |||
| â | Kagi | |||||
| 11-Sep-02 | Wednesday | |||||
| dive 1 | Erlangen Wreck | Gaafaru | 25m viz, 40m dive. Humpback snapper | |||
| dive 2 | Finger point | N. Male | Many w.tips, Frogfish (again) strong current | |||
| dive 3 | Eryadu Kandu | “ | Porcupinefsh, w.tips, fusiliers | |||
| â | Himmiya faru | |||||
| 12-Sep-02 | thursday | |||||
| dive 1 | Vaashimas Thila | N. Male | 10 grey reef plus several w. tip shark, 5 Eagle rays, v.small current | |||
| dive 2 | Rasfari | “ | Silvertip shark, giant barracudas, w.tips | |||
| dive 3 | Lankan manta point | “ | 6 Mantas, turtles, w.tips, lobsters | |||
| â | Himmafushi | |||||
| 13-Sep-02 | Friday | |||||
| dive 1 | Nassimo thila | N. Male | Napoleons, turtles, w.tips, mantis shr | |||
| dive 2 | Sunlight thila | “ | 3 v.shy mantas. Mating pair robust GPF, juvenile Razorfish, durban dancing shr, shortnose pipefish, played with big mantis shrimp. excellent macro dive! | |||
| â | Himmafushi | Himmafushi Island visit. | ||||
| 14-Sep-02 | ||||||
| Guests to airport | ||||||
| Total Number of Dives | 33 | |||||