© Maldives Passions, 08090 Maafushi
Maafushi Lagoon
★★★★☆
(422)
This is a shore dive, 2 to 3m deep, approximately 200m in length, has a sandy bottom with patches of seaweed, coral blocks, and is part of the Maldives Passions Coral Growing Farm Project.
Many types of juvenile reef fish, some crustaceans & shells, juvenile blacktip sharks, juvenile stingray, adult eagle rays, and occasional hawksbill turtles.
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 approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
93 Sightings
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4
F
13
M
10
A
12
M
7
J
0
J
4
A
4
S
17
O
11
N
7
D
4
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
57 Sightings
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0
F
13
M
8
A
7
M
2
J
0
J
2
A
6
S
8
O
4
N
4
D
3
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
32 Sightings
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0
F
12
M
0
A
5
M
6
J
0
J
0
A
0
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0
O
0
N
5
D
4
Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
Hawksbill Turtle
18 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
4
M
4
J
0
J
1
A
0
S
3
O
3
N
3
D
0
iStock-crisod
Reef Manta Ray
7 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
3
O
0
N
4
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
5 Sightings
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0
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0
M
0
A
5
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
4 Sightings
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0
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0
M
0
A
4
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
4 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
2
O
0
N
2
D
0
AdobeStock/G Russel Childress
Great Hammerhead Shark
3 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
3
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
iStock-ShaneGross
Loggerhead Turtle
3 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
3
D
0
