Diving History | Diving Holidays
Maldives - Kuredu - December 2004
Country Maldives
Resort Kuredu
Dates 22nd Nov 2004 - 6th Dec 2004
Overall weather Sunshine, a week of showers, the monsoon had not quite decided to go home yet.
Water Between 29 and 30 degrees Celsius.
Visibility Generally greater than 20 meters, lots of plancton this year, no manta rays though
Pictures

Pictures of the resort.

Pictures of kite boarding.

Pictures of sunsets.

See below for the dive sites we have visited and pictures taken there.

 

Day / Dive Site Description

Felivaru Out

#3 - Drop off/Caves - 60mn boat
Depth: 5-30m - Lens: W

Steep drop off on the outreef with large caves and overhangs. (Pictures)

Wall

#17 - Inner Reef / drop off - 20mn boat
Depth: 3-30m - Lens: M or CU

Vertical reef with various kinds of soft corals in different colors. Small caves offering homes to moray eels. Shallow top reef with table corals. (Pictures)

Kuredu Express

#31 - Protected channel reef - 15mn boat
Depth: 5-25m - Lens: CU or W

Difficult with current. Out reef has 2 large overhangs. The channel is sandy with a strong possibility of large pelagic fish. Fish commonly seen are big schools of jackfish and other pelagic fish. (Pictures)

The Caves

#29 - Out reef / Caves - 20mn boat
Depth: 3-25m - Lens: CU or W
Outreef with an indentation in the reef. Protected from currents and boasts caves at different depths. Very good for photographers and offers an abundance of marine life. (Pictures)

Peak

#18 - Channel reef- 20mn boat
Depth: 5-25m - Lens: M or W

A tongue shaped reef pointing into the channel. Various profile changes during dive, terraces, wall and drop off. Larger pelagic fish could be seen. (Pictures)

Safari

#36 - Channel reef oceanside - 30mn boat
Depth: 5-25m - Lens: M or W

Varying reef profile. Drop off, channel and overhangs. Shallow topreef boasts various hard and soft corals. Ideal to view different fish species and a possibility to see larger pelagic fish. (Pictures)

Kahlifushifaru Out

#14 - Channel reef oceanside - 25mn boat
Depth: 5-25m - Lens: CU o r W

A corner with soft corals and large coral blocks. Many cleaner stations here. (Pictures)
House Reef
Walk up the jetty, jump in the water, swim to the buoy and hey, presto here is the house reef!! Colorful corals, moray eels, lots of lion fish, box fish, octopus.... and turtles if you are lucky.
A ship has been sunk half way down too add even more variety !!! (Pictures)
Tinga Giri
#24 - Atoll reef - 10 mn boat
Depth: 3 - 20 m. Lens: CU or M
Different kinds of soft corals, and anemones can be seen. At times jack fish, napoleon and long nose emperor fish are seen hunting together. Good for Photographers. (Pictures)

 

 
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