David 'dibs' Bishop
- David 'dibs' Bishop's trip Maldives 2019
2019-09-23 - Bandos House Reef, Bandos Rock, Maldives
25m - 49 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Nitrox Check Dive Octopus, Ghost Pipefish, Whitetip Reef Sharks, Tuna, Black Tip Reef Shark, Titan trigger. Wart Slugs and boxer shrimps Through channel to drop off, then left along reef wall to aprox 25m, slope continued descending butturned back at this point full loop back to channel and Dive center
2019-09-24 - Rainbow Giri, Himmafushi, Maldives
27m - 45 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Nitrox drift dive along wall, 2 x white tip reef shark and 2 x eagle rays at start of dive as well as Nudis, large groupers, Napoleon wrasse in overhangs. Strong current another whitetip on ascent
2019-09-24 - Lankan Manta Point, North Male Atoll, Maldives
17m - 58 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Wow, swim to Lanka caves to the cleaning station to be met by 3 large Mantas for 40+ minutes of the dive, looping and swooping overhead. Very strong currents. To top off as we continued the drift dive we had blacktop reef shark and hawksbill school of baitfish.
2019-09-25 - Paradise Rock, Paradise Island , Maldives
22m - 54 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Large green turtle, morays, octopus juvenile hawksbill, trevally & Nudi
2019-09-25 - Stingray City, North Male Atoll, Maldives
19m - 62 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Wow - awesome dive, Stingrays everywhere, honeycomb Moray with a fish tail, feeding frenzy as remains from fish market dumped. Dozens of schools of fish bee lining towards the cloud of red at the end of the dive
2019-09-26 - Maldives Victory Wreck, Male Atoll, Maldives
31m - 55 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Maldives victory, some minor penetration.
2019-09-26 - Potato Reef, South Male Atoll, Maldives
23m - 60 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
2019-09-27 - Lankan Manta Point, North Male Atoll, Maldives
21m - 46 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
A wow dive. Nitrox, hi speed drift dive, banging current. White tips, hawksbill and schooling grey reef sharks 1.5, to 3m+ large school of barracuda
Nitrox night dive
2019-09-28 - Embudo Express, South Male Atoll, Maldives
28m - 58 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Take some weight off next time using 15l as tank affected buoyancy through weight of tank. 15l Nitrox Whitetip, Nurse shark sleeping, large barracuda in large group, octopus, nudis, large scorpionfish. Eagle ray Was supposed to do full drift through current but had to abandon as one of the divers bottled it.
2019-09-28 - Furana North, Giravaru Uthuru, Maldives
21.4m - 64 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Loads of Nurse sharks under rocks and whitetip reef sharks Nitrox
2019-09-28 - Faru Corner, North Male Atoll, Maldives
26m - 61 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
2019-09-29 - Lhohifushi (Aquarium), North Male Atoll, Maldives
30m - 57 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Nitrox dive, great start, dived in to see 5 x Eagle rays, a single whitetips followed by 3 more at around 30m 2 x Hawksbill & large number of jacks
2019-09-29 - Banana Reef, Male Atoll, Maldives
23m - 61 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Lots of overhangs and swimthroughs, mini caves. Numerous Morays including yellow margin. Lionfish, large purple crown of thorns some Nudibranch and an awesome crab in an anemone
2019-10-01 - Kani Corner, Meeru Island, Maldives
30m - 53 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Nitrox dive Dropped weight pocket during dive but recovered it (while adjusting camera lens before ascent) Several white tip reef sharks at 30m, 25m and 18m one with a bite mark from possibly a larger shark or during mating. Green Sea Turtle, 2 x Hawksbills that were happy to be photographed up close Eagle Ray and several Nudibranchs Snapped fin strap before dive so had to use Leahs fins
2019-10-01 - Chicken Island Channel, Chicken Island North Male Atol (Viligilimathidhahuraa), Maldives
19m - 59 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Nitrox and dive knife Octopus, Rare small Blue lined triggerfish, mantis shrimp, lobsters, lionfish. Diving through some caves and overhangs. Multiple Napoleon Wrasse. 2 x white tips together at aprox 17.8m Scorpionfish, Morays. At the end of the dive there was more Nudis scorpionfishh and a moray with a cleaner wrasse inside its mouth Aslo Crown of thorns
2019-10-02 - Thulusdoo Corner, North Male Atoll, Maldives
26m - 58 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Slow first 20 minutes of dive with only a couple of Moray ells, then started getting Napoleon Wrasses getting increasingly larger in size. there was white tip reef sharks overhead then an eagle ray, several more white tip reef sharks, to be followed towards end of dive by more white tips and eagle rays ofver the drop off side. As we surfaced we were accompanied by a school of Batfish
2019-10-02 - Maagiri Rock, North Male Atoll, Maldives
25m - 60 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Maagi East/Maagi Rock Large Sting Rays, large black tip, hunting trevaly, Triggerfish & Oriental Sweetlips
2019-10-03 - Lankan Manta Point, North Male Atoll, Maldives
24m - 58 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Nitrox 15L Non guided dive on Lankan, Free swimming turtle at start of the dive, several white tip reef sharks, a green turtle and extreme close up with a friendly hawksbill
2019-10-03 - Maagiri Rock, North Male Atoll, Maldives
28m - 55 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Nitrox 15L Wow Dive Moray eels, Long nose Hawkfish on gorgonian Fan coral, a pair of Mobuar Rays overhead, hunting Trevaly, Nudi and for the last 10 minutes of the dive a pod of Dolphins swam around us!
2019-10-03 - Lankan Manta Point, North Male Atoll, Maldives
22m - 60 min - Dived with Dive Bandos
Nitrx 15L Whiteip reef sharks and Blacktip reef shark Grey reef hark,Green Turtle Hawksbill n Napoleon Wrasse Swim through of several coral encrusted overhangs
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