SQ 243

 SQ243 DIVE SITE ATOLL NOTES 23rd - 30th March
Day 1 Sunday    23rd March  N MALE  
dive 1     Meet guest at the airport and transfer to SQ
dive 2 Kuda Giri S MALE Very pretty check-dive, lovely wreck full of reef fish ,cleaner shrimps,morays,pipe fish,wave of fuseliers,jacks.
â Guraidhoo "  
Day 2 Monday 24th March S MALE  
dive 1 Cocoa Thila " 100'S of jacks & red snappers,eagle ray,green turtles,large shoals of sweet-lips & red tail butterfly fish, porcelain crabs,tuna,
dive 2 Hathi Kolhu " Fab critter dive,Halimeda pipe fish,4 ribbon eels, spearing manta shrimps,large hc morays,shoaling pompanos,napoleans,leaf fish,banded pipe fish,cave full of glass fish,moray been cleaned by so many cleaner shrimps,flatworms, porcelain crabs.
dive 3 Rakeedhoo Feliadhoo Great drift dive along lovely overhangs full of blue coral,so many large tuna all hanging out together,big eye jacks,stunning white carpet anemone,snappers,napoleans,
â Mulaku Meemu Night star gazing
Day 3 Tuesday 25th March Meemu  
dive 1 Mulaku kandu " Wow the corner was full of fish from jacks, pompanos, barracuda, snappers, rainbow runners, stunning overhang full of large sea fans & blue soft coral,20+ unknown jacks,finish on the reef top hanging out with all the sweet-lips and snappers.
dive 2 Sam Giri ( new dive site) " Fab little giri, full of the largest stag horn coral ove ever seen, stunning hard coral, full of small reef fish,very relaxing and pretty site.
dive 3 Rayvila reef " Beautiful overhangs full of glass fish and stunning soft coral, those with a kean eye found all sorts of shrimps,manta shrimps,longnose hawk fish,pipe fish,nudis & flatworms
â Thuvaru "  
Day 4 Wednesday 26th March Meemu  
dive 1 Manta reef " Mantastic 75min dive with many Mantas cleaning, 1 young male used the sand as a belly rub amazing to watch
dive 2 Mant Reef " 4 Mantas, porcepine ray,feather tail ray,HC morays,juv razor fish, 6 w-tips,large napleans
dive 3 Ashaa Giri " Lovely hard coral garden full of so many small reef fish, great for wideangle photography & very relaxing.
â Muli " Amazing Star Show.
Day 5 Thursday 27th March Meemu  
dive 1 Muli Kandu " Wow fast drift dive,but so many shoaling fish,many lage greys,w-tips,groupers,napoleans and the most amazing orange & golden soft coral along the ledge.
dive 2 Vanhuravahli Kandu " Fab dive ,many w-tips,100+cheveron barracuda,100's of red snappers & jacks,2 leaf fish,pair of porcelain crabs,large shoals of sweet-lips and snappers on the reef top,large napoleans.
dive 3 Fetteyo Feliadhoo What a stunning site with the most amazing topography and beautiful yellow soft coral,spent the whole dive exploring the caves and overhangs.
â Fetteyo "  
Day 6 Friday 28th March Feliadhoo  
dive 1 Fetteyo " W-tips,1000's jacks,gaint grouper,barracuda,leaf fish,shaol after shoal of mid night snappers,napoleans,agle rays,HC morays,great drift back into the channel ,dolphins back at the surface.
dive 2 Miyaru Kandu " Went looking for sharks but had a total surpise found a lovely female Manta which stayed with us for the whole dive cleaning and swimming over the guests, truly magestic!!!!
dive 3 Cross back to South Male " Crossing back to South Male
dive 4 Thin Hundus night dive South Male Truly Magic dive,we had 6 MANTAS altogether feeding and dancing in the moon light for the whole dive what away to end a perfect day in paradise!!!!!!!!!
â South male "  
Day 7 Saturday29th March South Male  
dive 1 Coca Thila " 100's of jacks hanging out on the corner,large green turtles,mid-night snappers,eagle ray,w-tips,so many small reef fish being cleaned on the reef top.
dive 2 Miyaru Faru " Perfect last dive of the trip!!!,11 eagle rays,so many w-tips,turtles,10 HC morays 3 in 1 hole together,tuna,white mouth morays,porcelain crabs, blue striped snappers.
dive 3 Cross back to North Male " Go to Male for shopping and icecream
â Hulemale   Watch trip DVD
Day 8 Sunday 30th March N MALE  
  Guests to Airport    
Total Number of Dives=18