Than'buru Canyon

★★★★☆ (98)

The swim through experience 40 min by boat. Max Depth:30m / Average depth: 17m. Canyons and swim through for all levels of divers, it doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or an experienced diver. The reef drops down to 30 meters and is full of small crevices and openings.

Abundance of soft corals, sweetlips, snappers, nudibranchs, lobsters, stingrays, octopus, sweet lips, moray ell

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 200

Alamy-WaterFrame

Moray Eel
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Total number of species: 600

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Wrasse
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Total number of species: 25

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Eagle Ray
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
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Green Turtle
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Total number of species: 300

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Octopus
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Reef Manta Ray
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Leatherback Turtle
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Total number of species: 27

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Barracuda
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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: 28

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Clownfish
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Total number of species: 85

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Surgeonfish
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Total number of species: 100

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Parrotfish
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Total number of species: 80

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Stingrays
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Total number of species: 12

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Lionfish
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Total number of species: 150

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Sweetlips and Grunts
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Total number of species: 40

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Triggerfish
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Total number of species: 8

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Bannerfish
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Total number of species: 60

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Soldierfish
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Total number of species: 90

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Goatfish
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Total number of species: 2

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Nurse Shark
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Total number of species: 110

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Snapper
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Total number of species: 350

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Damselfish
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Whitetip Reef Shark
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Total number of species: 40

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Jackfish
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Total number of species: 25

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Boxfish
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Garibaldi Damselfish
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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: 250

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Grouper/Basslets
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Total number of species: 250

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Scorpionfish
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Total number of species: 80

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Emperor
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Silvertip Shark
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Total number of species: 15

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Garfish
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Total number of species: 3400

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Shrimp
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Blacktip Reef Shark
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Common Seahorse
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Total number of species: 2

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Tarpon
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Total number of species: 30

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Sand Eel
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Total number of species: 50

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Frogfish
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Total number of species: 15

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Tuna
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Total number of species: 20

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Porcupinefish
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Total number of species: 3

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Trumpetfish
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Total number of species: 60

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Spiny Lobster
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Total number of species: 55

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Lobster
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Total number of species: 7000

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Crab
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Total number of species: 3000

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Nudibranch
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Total number of species: 180

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Sole
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John Dory
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Dive Centers Catering This Dive Site

Sun Diving Irufushi

Sun Siyam Irufushi, 2036 Noonu Atoll, Maldives

Dive Sites Nearby

Sun Diving Ptv. Ltd., 2036 Noonu Atoll

Saeedh Ge'Hadhiyaa (★4.3)

The inside wall of this channel rises up from a depth of 24 meters to an incredible top reef completely covered with hard corals.The overhangs in the wall are filled up with black corals and a number of other animals like the giant winged pearl oyster.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Snow White (★4.0)

The reef is gently sloping downwards to a sandy bottom at a depth of 18 meters, which makes it easy for beginners to make their first open water dives and divers conducting their check dive.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Toshi Caves (★4.4)

Kudey Kandu is known for its unique dive site, featuring the Toshi Caves, which can be described as a rounded and expansive corner. Despite the strong currents in the area, this dive offers an easy channel experience. The reef drops steeply from the surface to a depth of 30 meters, and the varied shapes and sizes.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Dhigu Faru (★4.3)

A long reef extends from northwest to southeast, starting at around 6 meters deep and sloping down to 24 meters before transitioning to a sandy bottom.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Irufushi House Reef (★4.2)

The reef has a gentle slope that descends to a sandy bottom at a depth of 18 meters. This depth makes it ideal for beginners making their first open water dives, as well as for divers conducting their check dives.
Sun Diving Ptv. Ltd., 2036 Noonu Atoll

Minaavaru Faru (★4.3)

The East side of the Island Minaavaru has a beautiful reef dropping from 2 meters until 18 meters of depth.An easy dive, even when currents appear. Between varieties of hard corals, cream colored ’loped pore corals’ are scattered around the reef
Sun Diving Ptv. Ltd., 2036 Noonu Atoll

Kaalhu Maizaan (★4.2)

The maximum depth is 18 meters with a steep reef, small over hangs at different depths with colorful decorated roofs and purple whip corals are mixed with small gorgonian and spiral black corals on the bottom.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Vavathi Kurolhi / Christmas Tree (★4.5)

This dive site is one of the best and most precious thilas / pinnacles in Noonu atoll. It gets its name from the fact that the pinnacles of the reef are stacked to resemble a christmas tree.
Aqualung

Orimas Thila (★4.6)

Orimas Thila is a deep thila dive site with the top of the thila at approx. 20m and is known as shark point due to the sharks that hang around in this area. If the current is strong you may need to hook into or hold onto the rocks to stay up current with the fish life.