SS147 DIVE SITE ATOLL NOTES
13-Mar-06 Monday    
dive 1 Arrival at airport    
dive 2 Check in to Sea Spirit    
dive 3 Bandos House Reef N. Male Mantis shrimp; Schultzs pipefish; undulate and giant morays; schooling blue lined snapper; Anton bruneii shrimp cleaning coral grouper; black frog fish
â Hulhule  N. Male  
14-Mar-06 Tuesday    
dive 1 Back Faru N. Male Many green and hawksbill turtles; eagle ray; black spotted ray; sleeping baby white tip; great barracuda; lobsters; Eibls angelfish- rare!
dive 2 Occaboli Thila N. Male Turtle; pipefish; napoleon; long nose hawk fish; scorpion fish; 100s of schooling banner fish; schooling snapper; dogtooth tuna; beautiful reef and very pretty dive
dive 3 Rasfari North N. Male Octopus; 10-15 mantas, up to 8 at once cleaning in shallow water for 80 minutes!; lobster; zebra dartfish; convict tangs; mantis shrimp
â Bodu Hithi N. Male  
15-Mar-06 Wednesday    
dive 1 Bodu Hithi Thila N. Ari Mantis shrimp; white tips; black spotted ray; octopus;  2 mantas cruising by; honeycomb moray; lobster cave; cowrie - ovula ovum; schools of blue lined and paddle tail snapper; juv. oriental sweetlips; maldives sponge snails
dive 2 Maaya Thila N. Ari Stone fish; turtles; 3 grey reef sharks; white tips; flower grouper; 200+ schooling barracuda; tuna; giant morays; octopus; schooling trevally; octopus
dive 3 Maaya Thila (Night) N. Ari White tips and giant morays hunting; snoozing turtles; longfin reef squid; black spotted ray; forsters barracuda
â Maayafushi N. Ari  
16-Mar-06 Thursday    
dive 1 Donkalo Ridge N. Ari 9 mantas cleaning; eagle ray; ribbon eel; pink whip tail ray; flatworms - Pseudobiceros bedfordi and Thyanozoon nigropapillosus; beautiful soft and hard corals - a fabulous dive
dive 2 Fish Head N. Ari White tips; turtles; batfish; schooling blue lined snapper; 1000s of neon and blue dash fusiliers; white tip; napoleons; giant trevally
dive 3 Ellaidhoo Wall N. Ari Batfish; white tips; moray being cleaned by Anton brunei shrimp; balck spotted ray; glass fish; rudderfish
â Maaga N. Ari Ashore to Ellaidhoo resort for cocktails/beer
17-Mar-06 Friday    
dive 1 Orimas Thila N. Ari Turtle; white tip; napoleon; many octopii and scorpion fish; schooling unicorn fish and black snapper; pretty anemones
dive 2 Vaagali Caves S. Male Many white tips; napoleons; juv. Emperor angel fih; uv. Oriental sweetlips; octopus; mantis shrimp; schooling midnight snapper.
dive 3 Heart Thila S. Male Napoleon grabbing food from a grouper; scorpion fish; turtle resting; sleeping baby white tip; stunning nudi - Chromodoris gleniei; sponge snails; octopus showing off
â Guraidhoo S. Male  
18-Mar-06 Saturday    
dive 1 Cocoa Corner S. Male White tips; 6 grey reef sharks, large leopard shark resting on the bottom; turtles; black spotted ray; honeycomb moray; huge lobster; tuna hunting fusiliers; false stonefish
dive 2 Cocoa Thila S. Male 5 grey reef sharks cleaning; eagle ray; honeycomb moray; 3 huge napoleons; 71 dolphins buzzing us at 14m on the thila (counted on the video)  honeycomb moray;white tips; green and hawkbill turtles; schooling black snapper and big eye trevally - awesome dive!!
dive 3 Kuda Giri S. Male Octopii; mantis shrimp; hinge beak shrimp; Lysmata shrimp; Schultzs pipefish; turtle; wreck
â Hulhule  N. Male  
19-Mar-06 Sunday    
dive 1 Maldives Victory  N. Male Full exploration of cargo ship including 3 levels of  the ships superstructure. 2 cassette players; 1 radio. Fab wreck dive!
dive 2 No diving due to flying N. Male Sunbathing
dive 3 Male Visit N. Male Ashore for Ice creams and shopping
â Hulhule  N. Male  
20-Mar-06 Monday    
  Guests to Airport    
Total Number of Dives 17