white tip shark

white tip shark

Welcome!

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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Sunday, July 22, 2012



Starry Pufferfish (Arothron stellatus): Up to a metre long the Starry Pufferfish is an impressive sight. The fish seems almost unseaworthy as it swims very slowly rocking from side to side with the currents on the outer edge of the Drop-offs where it is often found. It particularly likes coral rich areas. The predominant colour of the Starry Pufferfish is grey, light for the body and darker for the hundreds of dot and dash markings that cover it from snout to tail. Also distinctive is the black dot dash markings at the base of the pectoral fins. It's diet comprises a wide range of bottom-dwelling animals and some algae.

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