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