© SUN SIYAM DIVING OLHUVELI, 2005 South Male Atoll
Banana Reef / Manta Point
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This dive site is well known as a Manta Ray Cleaning and feeding zone from April to beginning of November and some times into mid-December. This is one of the best places to dive with these giant rays within this part of the Atoll.
Manta rays, stingrays, occasional nurse sharks, leopard sharks, and whale sharks have been spotted at this dive site during the month of August.
Dive Activity
Top Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
iStock-crisod
329 Sightings
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30
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22
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iStock/Divepic
Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
100 Sightings
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8
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9
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12
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11
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19
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12
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5
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
90 Sightings
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12
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7
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10
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16
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6
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
45 Sightings
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8
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14
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12
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6
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
100 Sightings
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3
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3
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14
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12
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11
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14
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16
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21
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6
iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
85 Sightings
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7
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9
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14
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12
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14
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9
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
66 Sightings
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12
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7
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6
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10
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11
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16
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iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
65 Sightings
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3
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10
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8
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13
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14
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11
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6
iStock-wrangel
Triggerfish
55 Sightings
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2
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4
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12
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7
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6
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0
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10
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14
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Alamy-Reinhard Dirscherl
Bannerfish
54 Sightings
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2
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3
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7
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7
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9
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