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AQUARIUM
North Male' Atoll
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Type of Dive: Drift Dive
Depth Range: 10 - 30 meters
Level: Beginner to experienced
Photography: moderate wide angle - standard lens (20mm - .35mm) for turtles, sharks and napoleon wrasses.
The Aquarium is located to the southern edge of Hudhuranfushi and has been reputed for its rich marine life.
On top of the coral outcrop at 18m that extend to a sandbank at 28m are hundreds of Racoon Butterflyfishes,
Squirrelfishes and Oriental Sweetlips. Whip corals, sea fans, a school of red snappers, Blue striped snappers
and white tip sharks are all part of the set, and Napoleon wrasse are frequently seen.If you follow the
incoming current into the channel, you find a series of caves covered with orange and green tubastrae corals.
Aquarium has an affluent collection of aquatic species in varied shapes, colors and sizes.
Take extra torchlight in order to avoid bumping on large pelagic fishes and waking them from their sleep.
This dive site in Maldives is one of the spectacular places to experience night scuba diving.
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red snapper |
blue striped snapper |
whip coral |
sea fan |
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angler fish |
grey reef shark |
sting rays |
tubastrae corals |
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anemonfish |
green moray eel |
scorpion fish |
stone fish |
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racoon butterfly fish |
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squirrel Fish |
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oriental sweetlip |
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white tip shark |
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napoleon wrasse |
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golden moray eel |
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