Barefoot House Reef

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Barefoot House Reef

★★★★☆ (83)

Within sight of our resort jetty and bordering our beautiful lagoon, the Barefoot House Reef is the perfect dive site for entry level and experienced divers alike. This is a shallow top reef, gently sloping to a sandy bottom at around 12m, often with very little to no current. Suitable for all.

The usual reef fish common to the Maldives, black tip, white tip & nurse sharks, sting rays, eagle rays, and even manta rays can be seen along with lobster, octopus, and macro species.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 200

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Moray Eel
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Green Turtle
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Total number of species: 600

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Wrasse
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Total number of species: 300

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Octopus
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Hawksbill Turtle
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Common Dolphin
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Bull Shark
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
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Total number of species: 25

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Eagle Ray
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Total number of species: 27

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Barracuda
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Total number of species: 28

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Clownfish
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Total number of species: 40

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Triggerfish
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Total number of species: 100

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Parrotfish
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Total number of species: 90

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Angelfish
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Total number of species: 130

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Butterfly Fish
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Total number of species: 85

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Surgeonfish
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Total number of species: 12

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Lionfish
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Total number of species: 60

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Soldierfish
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Total number of species: 350

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Damselfish
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Total number of species: 25

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Boxfish
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Total number of species: 8

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Bannerfish
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Total number of species: 3400

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Shrimp
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Total number of species: 80

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Stingrays
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Total number of species: 150

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Sweetlips and Grunts
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Total number of species: 55

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Lobster
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Total number of species: 110

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Snapper
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Total number of species: 15

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Tuna
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Total number of species: 80

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Emperor
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Total number of species: 3000

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Nudibranch
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Total number of species: 250

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Grouper/Basslets
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Total number of species: 50

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Frogfish
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Total number of species: 60

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Squirrelfish
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Total number of species: 130

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Pufferfish
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Total number of species: 7000

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Crab
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Whitetip Reef Shark
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Total number of species: 2

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Nurse Shark
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Total number of species: 40

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Jackfish
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Total number of species: 250

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Scorpionfish
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Total number of species: 90

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Goatfish
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Total number of species: 3

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Cornetfish
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Total number of species: 20

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Porcupinefish
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Total number of species: 120

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Cuttlefish
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Dive Sites Nearby

Mares

Hanimaadhoo South (★3.5)

Shallow top reef with interesting boulder and old coral formations, sloping to sand at an average of 20-25m. Deep overhangs and shelves close to the sandy bottom offering refuge and hiding places for lobsters, rays and grouper among others
Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Heaven and Hell / Theefarido Thila (★4.4)

This long narrow “thila“ is made up of three separate pinnacles, starting from 30-35m and finishing with the shallowest part at 15m, this dive site is for those looking for a deeper dive. Best dived with nitrox.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Finey Thila (★4.3)

Finey is one the most colourful thilas in the area. The top of thila is around 15 metres and drops to its base at around 30 metres. The entire thila wall is completely covered by yellow, blue, purple and orange soft corals. A small canyon at one end offers refuge to a vast array of species.
Scubapro

Barefoot Thila (★3.9)

Surrounded by open ocean. Suitable for advanced divers only. Two separated thilas, the highest point of the first thila is at around 14 metres and it drops to its base until 30 metres.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Hanimaadhoo Thila (★4.4)

A medium sized thila, the highest point being around 14 meters, dropping to its base at around 30 meters. Here we descend in open water, to the base, circling the thila a few times while shallowing, to discover many differences from bottom to top.
Scubapro

Kuni Faru (★4.4)

A typically shallow top reef, gently sloping to a sandy bottom at 25-30m. The slope is covered with many large rock formations, small ledges and overhangs, offering refuges to fish, turtles, morays and some macro subjects.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Hanimaadhoo Faru (★3.8)

This dive often begins on the shallower sandy patches, between the older coral formations within the natural, shallow lagoon. Moving to the edge, down and along the wall, eventually descending down to the sandy bottom at about 25 meters, where some large blocks of corals and rocks are full of life.
Aqualung

Sirru Thila (★4.7)

Small Thila dropping to 30m on the deepest side with a top at around 15m, located a short distance from the main faru (reef). Plenty of hard and soft corals with some overhangs on the deeper side, often patrolled by large jack fish, (blue fin and giant trevally), white tip reef sharks and sting rays on the sand
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Hanimaadhoo Out (★3.8)

Suitable for all levels of experience. The dive starts in shallow waters with a sloping top reef, dropping down to the sandy seabed at 25 metres.
Mares

Hondaafushi Faru (★3.7)

A shallow house reef of Hondaafushi Island, starting at around 5 metres, sloping to beyond 18-20 metres in places. Some large boulders teeming with life on the top reef and slope with some small cave type overhangs, often hiding rays, whitetips and large groups of lobsters.
Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Hanimaadhoo Corner (★4.1)

This dive spot is on the north-eastern corner of Hanimaadhoo Island. Suitable for all levels of experience. The top reef sits around 5-7m and is covered with interesting boulder and coral formations, gently sloping off to a sandy bottom at an average depth of 20m.
Scubapro

Coral Garden (★4.1)

Located on the east side of Hondaafushi Island. Suitable for all levels of divers. The dive takes place on a sandy plateau, among many coral blocks and the acropora and table coral families, before sloping down to a sandy bottom at around 15-20m.