One of the most beautiful places to scuba dive in Maldives is Raa Atoll, also called Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll. This atoll is an administrative division of the country Maldives. It includes Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll proper and the island of Alifushi. Alifushi and Etthingili islands stand on a detached reef of their own with very deep waters. The Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll is 35 miles in length from North to South, and 15 miles in width. The western border of Maalhosmadulu has many round shaped coral rings or oval reefs, which are also called faru locally. The center has many coral patches or giri. A Giri is a shallower version of a thila.
Fenfushi Giri is a great scuba diving in Maldives, also known as Northern Maalhosmadulu has many overhangs that make this place even beautiful. On the sandy bottom of this overhangs you will spot stingrays and Napoleon wrasse. The reefs in this area also has many hard corals, sea whips and fish life that will make your scuba dive in Maldives memorable. The marine life is not limited to just these, expect to see butterflyfish, parrotfish, bannerfish and lots of fusiliers, unicornfish and surgeonfish as well. There is an area with lots of dead corals that ends with a wall covered whips, black coral bushes and tubastrea corals sheltering schools of orange basslets and fairy basslets. The current in the giri can be very strong that helps the marine life grow naturally.
Reethi Thila has some good diving spots that is very typical for Maldives. You will see a underwater pinnacle with abundance of caverns and overhangs and with a dazzling number of fish in the area. The area doesn’t have as much coral cover as the other diving destinations of Maldives, but represents many wrasses that include African, Ringed, Reindeer, Lemon Meringue, Speckled, Blue-streak Cleaner Bird and Six-bar. Also expect to see angelfish, surgeonfish and triggerfish when scuba diving in this part of Maldives.
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