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  • Nº115 # Date: 2013-12-13 - 18:31
  • # Max Depth: 21m Duration: 50mins
Diver's Notes

Honeymoon Liveaboard 2013 - MV Orion - Dive #15 - Night Dive
Maaya Thila - North Ari Atoll, Maldives

This has been the day of the sharks! For every dive we keep seeing more sharks! This awesome day ended with a very interesting night dive dive. All around the Thila (underwater pinnacle) there were shitloads of white tip sharks, giant travalleys and other kinds of fish frantically feeding/hunting. Very cool to see! I got a lot of cool photos.
There were also 4-5 free-swimming murray eels and a couple of black spotted Sting Rays feeding by sucking themselves onto the bottom!
There was so much cool stuff to watch I wish I had more air :-(

What we saw:
- Countless small white tip sharks
- Giant trevally
- 1-2 Black Spotted Sting Rays
- 4-5 Moray Eels

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Night dive, Reef, Photo, Liveaboard
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Cressi Sub - Aquapro 5R
  • Wet suit: Ralf Tech - 3mm Full Body
  • Computer: Suunto - D6
  • Boots: Mares - Size 8
  • Fins: Scubapro - Twin Speed
  • Light: Ikelite - PCa
  • Camera: Sony - RX-100
  • Gloves: Ralf Tech -
  • Mask: Atomic Aquatics - Ultraclear
  • Regulator: Mares - Proton Metal
  • Knife: Cressi Sub - Killer
  • Weights: 4 kg
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Dive Shop & Buddies
  • Dive buddies: Galina Dementjeva
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 23
  • 15L Steel     210 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 14m
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Species Identified

Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) (Whitetip reef shark) Despite its docile nature during the day this nocturnal shark can become aggressive when hunting at night, thrashing through coral reefs looking for potential prey. The whitetip reef shark usually hunts alone, but is non-t...
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Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) (Giant trevally) Pelagic over sand and rock . Adults occur singly and inhabit clear lagoon and seaward reefs . Juveniles found in estuaries. Feed on crustaceans and fishes at night . Large individuals may be ciguatoxic. The largest t...
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Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) (Spotted stingray) A solitary species found on sandy bottoms near rocky or coral reefs . Usually found in deeper water but moves onto the reef flat and into shallow lagoons at high tide . Occasionally covers itself with sand, leaving only ...
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Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Yellow-edged moray)

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