Lankan Reef / Caves

Lankan is a cleaning station for manta rays and scuba divers visiting often get to see an amazing manta show, one of the highlights of any trip to the Maldives.

Nice drift dive for all levels of divers. After Manta season we dive here to watch other amazing life. The reef slopes from 5 to 30m down, deeper on the bottom, sharks and stingrays are found in the sandy areas. In the big rocks, we see groupers and glass fish.

Probably one of the best Thilas in the whole North Male area, also known as Paradise Rock or Virgin Reef. There are several pinnacles on the north of the Thila, where the main fish are, along with beautiful coral formations and sea fans. Wonderful dive for experienced divers due to the strong current.

This dive site has many names, Fish Tank, Fish Factory, Stingray City and they all fit! There is actually a fish factory on the island and this is the reason why there are so many rays and moray eels.

The dive site is a classical channel dive site that also features a thila, which is an underwater mount from 12 to 30 meters. Usually jumped on the outside reef with a left shoulder drift into the channel. After approximately 20 meters it is possible to reach the thila.

Sunlight Thila is a formation of two small reefs that attract giant manta rays between March and October. Between the reefs lies a 60-meter long sandy bottom boasting small coral formations with plenty of cleaner wrasses.

Το Himmafushi Corner προσφέρει μια υπέροχη βουτιά σε μια εύκολη πλαγιά από 5 έως 30μ. Εδώ υπάρχει μια παράδοση και μπορείτε να δείτε μεγάλη ζωή με λίγη τύχη.

Αυτός ο καταπληκτικός ύφαλος αποτελείται από τρία τετράγωνα. Το μεγαλύτερο αρχίζει προς τα νότια μεταξύ 80-100μ μήκος και είναι γεμάτο κοράλλια. μια μεγάλη περιοχή για να ξεκινήσετε την κατάδυση. Προς τα ανατολικά, υπάρχει ένα άλλο υπέροχο μπλοκ που είναι λίγο παρόμοιο και καλυμμένο με κοράλλια. Προς τα βόρεια είναι το μικρότερο μπλοκ.

Himmafushi Corner is a drift dive, best suited for divers with a lot of experience as this dive is deep and can have strong currents. The corner slopes from 5 to 30m and after that comes to a small drop off to 45/50m. This dive should only be conducted during the incoming current.

The legendary Banana Reef! The reef is big and banana-shaped with caves and overhangs. The reef top is between 3 to 8 meters from where it drops to 30+ meters.