Kottefaru Kanmathi

★★★★☆ (623)

A very nice drift dive over several hundred meters along the island of Kottefaru. The top reef is made of hard corals that drop from 4 to 8m, sloping down to 15m, then a wall that drops far more than 30m. On the top reef between June and November the site becomes a cleaning station for mantas.

A lot of macro, lots of fish, Napoleon wrasse, turtles, gray reef sharks, silvertips, manta rays, and very rarely hammerheads! It’s a jackpot!!!

Dive Activity

Top Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

Moray Eel

117 Sightings
J
0
F
5
M
4
A
10
M
4
J
6
J
16
A
22
S
14
O
26
N
6
D
4

Hawksbill Turtle

103 Sightings
J
3
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
2
J
8
J
20
A
16
S
15
O
26
N
11
D
2

Green Turtle

61 Sightings
J
2
F
0
M
7
A
6
M
2
J
6
J
10
A
11
S
0
O
14
N
0
D
3

Reef Manta Ray

41 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
14
S
3
O
19
N
5
D
0

Eagle Ray

34 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
2
J
14
A
0
S
0
O
9
N
6
D
3

Loggerhead Turtle

31 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
3
A
6
M
2
J
0
J
6
A
0
S
0
O
10
N
4
D
0

Wrasse

23 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
2
J
12
A
7
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
2

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

17 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
2
J
2
J
0
A
5
S
5
O
0
N
3
D
0

Sweetlips and Grunts

78 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
8
M
4
J
4
J
14
A
12
S
7
O
19
N
6
D
4

Clownfish

72 Sightings
J
0
F
2
M
0
A
4
M
3
J
4
J
18
A
13
S
5
O
16
N
4
D
3