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Day 10 on the Black Pearl
All good things must come to an end. Day 10 was very sad as everybody said good by to each other. Everyone exchanged photos and email addresses. While some left that day others spent a few days on land before going home. By nightfall the Black Pearl was empty except for the crew. They get [...]
Day 9 on the Black Pearl
Dive 1 (morning) HP Reef, North Male’ Atoll We headed to HP Reef which is a Marine Protected Area of North Male’ Atoll. There was a slight incoming current which was just perfect. Too less current and the Soft Coral would not be blooming. If too much then the dive would be over too soon. [...]
Day 8 on the Black Pearl
Dive 1 (morning) Hirundhu Corner, Baa Atoll This mornings dive was with a small drift and good visibility. Although the sea been rough the dive site was conditions were good. The top of the reef was about 5 meters and was steep and almost a wall at some bits. There were overhangs starting as shallow [...]
Day 7 on the Black Pearl
Dive 1 (morning) Dharavandhoo Corner, Baa Atoll We woke up to an overcast sky and rough seas. Since there was not much option of places to go due to the direction of the wind we headed to Dharavandhoo Corner where it was calmer. It was an amazing dive quite similar to yesterday morning. A school [...]
Day 6 on the Black Pearl
Dive 1 (morning) Dharavandhoo Corner, Baa Atoll After a quick coffee we set out to have a look at Hanifaru but there was no sign of Mantas or Whale Sharks. So we headed to the neighbouring reef, Dharavandhoo Corner. It is the corner reef of the island of Dharavandhoo. It was an overcast day but [...]
Day 5 on the Black Pearl
Dive 1 (morning) Dhigu Thila, Baa Atoll Our first dive of day 5 started on Dhigu Thila.Dhigu in Maldivian means long. It is quite long and narrow. So we had quite a distance to drift and cover in the small current. We had overhangs with Soft Coral and Sea Fans. fish life was excellent. This [...]
Day 4 on the Black Pearl
Dive 1 (morning) Dharavandhoo Thila, Baa Atoll This morning started really wet with rough sea with winds, everything that would make you wish for a miracle. First we checked out Hanifaru but there was no action so we made our way to Dharavandhoo Thila which is just the opposite of the island Dharavandhoo. We had [...]
Day 3 on the Black Pearl
Location: Kuda Thila, Baa Atoll Dive 1 (Morning) Early wake up call. We started our day with a medium current on Kuda Thila with lots of goodies. There was a lot of action on the start of the dive as Blue Fin Travellies were hunting the anchovies at shallow waters. We came across a Leaf [...]
Day 2 on the Black Pearl
Day 1 (morning) Location Finger Point, North Male’ Atoll 1st dive of the day, we had great visibility was of 30 meters medium currents following in side of the atoll, We drifted with the current to a slope of the reef towards the blue and were greeted with a school of eagle rays, As the [...]
Day 1 on the Black Pearl
Dive 1-Morning Location: Banana Reef, North Male’ Atoll Did the orientation dive here. Banana reef was quite pleasant with a medium current. A lot of variety of fish was there. The cleaning stations were bustling with activity. Varieties of fish were getting cleaned by the Cleaner Wrasses. Dive 2-Noon Location: Lankan Manta Point, North [...]
