Kandu Thila

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Kandu Thila

★★★★☆ (45)

Kandu Thila is located north of Hilton Maldives Amingiri in Rasfari Channel. Due to its location in a channel, Kandu Thila can experience very strong currents which makes it a dive site that is suitable more for the advanced diver.

The reef is covered with plenty of hard corals which are beautiful to look at with all the schooling fish, moray eels, anemones, giant trivially and groupers.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 200

Alamy-WaterFrame

Moray Eel
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Total number of species: 25

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Eagle Ray
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Hawksbill Turtle
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark
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Green Turtle
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Total number of species: 600

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Wrasse
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
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Reef Manta Ray
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Loggerhead Turtle
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Total number of species: 27

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Barracuda
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Total number of species: 100

iStock-burnsboxco

Parrotfish
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Total number of species: 130

Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek

Butterfly Fish
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Total number of species: 28

Udo Kefrig

Clownfish
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Total number of species: 85

iStock-mirecca

Surgeonfish
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iStock-June Jacobsen

Whitetip Reef Shark
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AdobeStock-Nikolai Sorokin

Blacktip Reef Shark
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AdobeStock-Marc Henauer

Grey Reef Shark
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Total number of species: 40

iStock-wrangel

Triggerfish
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Total number of species: 8

Alamy-Reinhard Dirscherl

Bannerfish
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Total number of species: 90

Shutterstock-Rich Carey

Angelfish
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Total number of species: 150

Shutterstock-aquapix

Sweetlips and Grunts
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Total number of species: 15

Shutterstock-Al McGlashan

Tuna
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Total number of species: 250

Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker

Grouper/Basslets
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Total number of species: 12

iStock/cinoby

Lionfish
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Total number of species: 130

AdobeStock-JirinaVFR

Pufferfish
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Total number of species: 3

Shutterstock_Leo Lorenzo

Trumpetfish
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Total number of species: 80

iStock/Extreme-Photographer

Stingrays
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Total number of species: 40

iStock-Hoatzinexp

Jackfish
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Total number of species: 110

iStock-Rainer von Brandis

Snapper
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Total number of species: 60

iStock-Global_Pics

Soldierfish
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Total number of species: 60

iStock-Global_Pics

Squirrelfish
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 350

Alamy-Andre Seal

Damselfish
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Total number of species: 90

Shutterstock-Levent Konuk

Goatfish
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Total number of species: 25

AdobeStock_Vladimir Wrangel

Boxfish
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Total number of species: 80

iStock-bearacreative

Emperor
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Total number of species: 55

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Lobster
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iStock-atese

Ribbon Moray Eel (Ghost Eel)
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Alamy-Water Frame

Panther Moray Eel (Dragon Eel)
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 3000

SSI-Peter-Schinck

Nudibranch
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Sub Oceanic @ Hilton Maldives Amingiri

Hilton Maldives Amingiri, 20188 North Male Atoll, Maldives

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