The Maldives dives are colorful and full of life, large and small. The Maldives sit on an underwater mountain range that rises from the depths. The mountain range is the base for the Maldives coral reefs. There are more than 70 species of coral here. A great location in the Indian Ocean and close to 700 species of fish and other marine life can be found here.
Big schools of fish galore, a great place for achieving that perfect fish portrait! If you don't get it here, you just won't get it! The Maldives have several indigenous species of marine life, which makes it even more exciting to us photog's. Currents play an important role in the gathering of the big fish species. Large schools of fish, sharks, eagle rays, mantas, whalesharks, jacks, trevally's, tuna, dogtooth tuna, wahoo, fusiliers, sweetlips, angel fish turtles and butterfly fish for starters. Then you get the occasional giant Napolean wrasse that looks to be one hundred years old, huge grouper, octopus and heaps of other fish.
The tides move huge amounts of water in and out of the many lagoons. This makes for some fantastic drift dives together with large pelagics. A lot of sharks, turtles, and anemones abound dancing in the current. Clouds of tropicals, schools of sweetlips, eels lashing out, octopus trying to hide. Always keep an eye out for manta rays and whale shark.
There is no lack of dive sites at any location in the Maldives but the best way of diving Maldives is from a liveaboard.
Land of 1,000 Islands, Dive the Indian Ocean ... DIVING MALDIVES !
