Himmafushi Kandu Sunday 28th October am, 28 metres, 60mins
Yesterday morning after a stormy night the dive boat couldn’t go
to the original shark destination south of Bandos due to heavy seas. Instead we
went north, but the alternative shark site was too rough so we did a drift dive
at Himmafushi. We saw a couple of eagle rays and 3 turtles and plenty of large
fish in the strong current.
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| Blotched Porcupinefish, Diodon liturosus |
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| Bluestripe Snappers, Lutjanus kasmira |
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| Clark's Anemonefish , Amphiprion clarkii |
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| Clown triggerfish, Balistoides conspicullum |
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| Collared Butterflyfish, Chaetodon collare |
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| Featherstar, Oxycomanthus bennetti |
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Maldive Anemonefish,
Amphipriion nigripes |
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| Oriental sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus |
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| Oyster on coral |
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| Pin-cushion Sea Star, Culcita schmideliana |
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| Spotted Eagle Rays, Aetobatus narinari |
The planned second dive was scrubbed and we made slow
progress through heavy seas and some of us dropped off at the house reef for
our second dive.
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| Black-spotted Pufferfish, Arothron nigropunctatus |
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| unidentified Chromis in Acropora coral |
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| Oriental sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus |
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| two unidentified Parrotfish fighting |
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| Schooling Bannerfish, Heniochus diphreutes |
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| Spotted Boxfish, Ostracion meleagris, female |
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| Yellowhead Butterflyfish, Chaetodon xanthocephalus |
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| fan coral |
I managed to get some shots of some of the White-breasted Waterhens that wander arond the island. Yesterday the windsurfing instructor
was feeding two very colourful red parrots that I have seen in previous years.
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| Bougainvillea |
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| Bougainvillea |
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| Hibiscus |
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| Hibiscus |
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| Hibiscus |
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| Hibiscus |
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| White-breasted Waterhen, Amaurornis phoenicurus |
The afternoon boat dive was scrubbed also due to lack of support so we all did a night dive on the house reef. Very pleasant, hardly any current and Bill, Gary and I did our usual routine – south to the wreck (17-25 metres), then north to the lobster cave, then south to the second buoy where we exited. The lobster cave had a resident lobster which came towards me and posed when I shined my light on it – amazing. This afternoon in the same cave two of them retreated to the back of the cave, which is at 8 metres. There was a huge grouper near the wreck.
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| Cock's Comb Oyster, Lopha cristagalli |
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| Maldivian sponge snail, Coriocella hybyae |
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| Oval butterfly, Chaetodon lineolatus |
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| Painted Rock Lobster, Panurilus versicolor |
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| Starfish, Fromia monolis |
Featherstars, Stephanometra species:
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