white tip shark

white tip shark

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Hi everyone,

Welcome to Snorkelling in the Maldives, a blog designed to enable any snorkeller or scuba diver, whether novice or experienced, to get maximum pleasure from a trip to the Maldives. Many posts will concern the easy identification of the fish you see there as well. The one above is a Whitetip Reef Shark, the most widespread shark species on the Maldivian Reefs.

Our snorkelling career started in Australia's Hayman Island 20 years ago. Since then we have been fascinated by the world beneath the waves. We have snorkelled in Lord Howe, Australia, and seen the southern-most reach of the soft corals. We have bobbed in Brampton and Heron Islands in the Australian Whitsundays on the Great Barrier Reef, swum round Michaelmas Key in Cairns, dived in Indonesia and the Gilli Islands, sampled the warm waters of the south seas in Vanuatu, Rarotonga, New Caledonia and Fiji and explored the reefs of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. And never once did the underwater world lose its fascination. We are hooked on the Maldives and keep coming back - twice a year to atolls that seem to feature more exotic and rare fish than anywhere else.

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Monday, June 4, 2012


Weather and Ambiance : In the Maldives the north-east Monsoon runs from December to April and heralds the driest season although December itself can have up to 17 days on which rain falls - never for very long. The south-west Monsoon lasts from beginning of May till September. Towards the end you can get rain, high winds and thunder storms. October can have up to 19 days on which rain falls.

Being close to the Equator, Maldivian days and nights last an equal 12 hours. Every night at 6:00 PM the sun disappears spectacularly into the sea but the temperature only drops by a few degrees.

All year round the temperature is about 30°C and the temperature of the sea is between 27° and 29°C – ideal for snorkelling.
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