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  • Nº114 # Date: 2013-12-13 - 08:10
  • # Max Depth: 30.3m Duration: 56mins
Diver's Notes

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

The shark experience continues! We started similarly to the last dive and "attached ourself on the edge of a cliff/overhang on top of the Thila looking into the blue we saw a few small white tip sharks, but decided to go down over the edge to search for more. And boy am I glad we did! We saw loads of white tip and grey reef sharks! Some of them were pretty big! I got a lot of photos and Silje filmed like crazy with the GoPro! After using up all our non-deco time at the bottom we moved on e again back on top of the Thila/reef and stayed there for the rest of the dive, just observing all the little sharks and other various fishlife. A couple of grey reef sharks even tok a trip to the top of the reef and we also saw a baby eagle ray. Very cute :-)
Fantastic dive!

What we saw:
- loads of juvenile white tip sharks
- some adult white tip sharks
- some grey reef sharks!
- baby eagle ray
- The usual reef suspects

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Reef, Photo, Liveaboard
  • Visibility: Good 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 buddies: Silje Scheen
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 23
  • 15L Steel     210 → 20 bar
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  • Average depth: 20.2m
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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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Myliobatinae (eagle rays)
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) (Gray reef shark) Occurs on continental and insular shelves and oceanic waters adjacent to them . Common on coral reefs, often in deeper areas near drop-offs to the open sea, in atoll passes, and in shallow lagoons adjacent to areas of str...
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