Maabaidhoo Kandu

★★★★☆ (90)

This dive can be started along the reef wall or in the blue depending on the current. Here the bottom off the channel and “drop off“ is at 18 meters. This dive site can have strong current.

Look in the overhangs to find schools of snapper or soldierfish taking shelter. Other marine life includes stingrays, white tip and grey reef sharks, barracuda, eagle rays, and much more!

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 25

Eagle Ray

16 Sightings
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Total number of species: 27

Barracuda

12 Sightings
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Green Turtle

10 Sightings
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Total number of species: 200

Moray Eel

4 Sightings
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Total number of species: 600

Wrasse

3 Sightings
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Grey Reef Shark

30 Sightings
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10
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13
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2
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1
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1

Whitetip Reef Shark

16 Sightings
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5
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1
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Total number of species: 250

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Total number of species: 80

Stingrays

14 Sightings
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1

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Total number of species: 130

Butterfly Fish

12 Sightings
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3
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6
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Total number of species: 15

Tuna

12 Sightings
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Blacktip Reef Shark

10 Sightings
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4
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Total number of species: 28

Clownfish

8 Sightings
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4
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3
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Total number of species: 90

Angelfish

7 Sightings
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6
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Silvertip Shark

5 Sightings
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3
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1
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Total number of species: 100

Parrotfish

5 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250

Scorpionfish

2 Sightings
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Total number of species: 110

Snapper

2 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130

Pufferfish

2 Sightings
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