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Banana Reef Dive Site

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Kaafu Atoll, Maldives

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Timur K

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Advice for diving Banana Reef in Maldives

Considering that this dive site is around 500metres away from the landing strip of Male Int'l Airport, its got quite a decent fish life. On our dive, we saw a lot of school of fish, very nice overhangs, golden murre eels and a couple of black tip sharks. This reef is perfect for testing out camera or scuba gears before you start the liveaboard trip - which is what your operator will probably do anyway. I would advise to watch for boat traffic.

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Advice on Diving in Maldives

...sequently gets surrounded by reef formation. The formations result in a complex system of channels, reefs & underwater pinnacles that, in turn, attract and house a wide variety of exciting marine life, corals and crustaceans/critters. The Maldives are located in the Indian Ocean and one of their distinct features is the pelagic life coming to the atolls reefs to hunt and feed on reef species, resulting in a great mix of macro and wide angle opportunities. Generally, the diving in Maldives is not for the faint of heart or inexperienced divers, due to strong currents and the need to go deep...

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Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014
Location: Banana Reef
Dive Shop: Scubaspa Ying
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Monday, June 22, 2015
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Name Distance

MLE | Male International

Maldives, Male

4.94 km

MWV | Mundulkiri

Cambodia, Mundulkiri

159.86 km

KDO | Kadhdhoo

Maldives, Kadhdhoo

264.26 km

HAQ | Hanimaadhoo

Maldives, Hanimaadhoo

282.59 km

GAN | Gan Airport

Maldives, Gan Island

395.98 km

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