Type of Dive: Drift Dive
Depth Range: 5 - 30 meters
Level: Beginner to experienced
Photography: Use a moderate wide angle to standard lens 20mm - 35mm for landscape and napoleon.

Banana Reef is the first dive site discovered in the Maldives and still among the best. The reef has a shape of banana extends 300 meters from northeast to south. Banana Reef in Maldives is must dive site with caves, overhangs and crevices festooned with soft corals and colorful fishes. The best diving on this banana shaped reef is at the northeastern end. The scenery is amazing and around these big rocks.

The current sometimes can be strong enough to sweep you from the dive site. Utmost care should be taken while diving when the current is at its peak.

Moray eels in amazing numbers and thousands of Schooling Bannerfish fluttering in the water like butterflies in a deep blue sky makes this dive site one of the most popular dive sites in the Maldives.

This beautiful site is well suited for beginner and less experienced divers.

black snapper	blue stripped snapper	grey reef shark
travelly	soldier fish	stone fish