The special trip number 2, definitely deep South, which started from #Gaafu atoll, very close to the Equator but still in the Northern Hemisphere, then keep on going down to cross the Equator. This route allow us to dive over the Equator, start from #Gaafu atoll in the Northern Hemisphere and finish at #Addu atoll in the Southern Hemisphere. The check dive was at Villingili Kandu in the Gaafu atoll. The guests had a long flight even for the domestic in Maldives to get here. So we made the dive schedule a bit mellower for them to recover from the tiredness. The Grey Reef Sharks, kind of regular in Maldives, but the number of them was totally different from the other dive sites. Plenty of Grey Reef Sharks, Dogtooth Tunas, Bigeye Trevallies, Napoleon and Green Turtles appeared in front of us following ones to the next. The 2nd dive was also at the same point. The current had gotten mellower than the 1st dive. The number of the Sharks was same as plenty. They moved to the shore side. At the channel edge, there were several types of Ribbon Eels. I sneaky counted and total 6 of them found. Interesting. The 3rd dive was at Kooddoo Shark Point. Many diving boats were there for the sharks. The visibility went down as 10 meters unfortunately. Yet, a Blacktip Shark suddenly showed up and swam away quickly. Wow. We saw huge Napoleon fish and also huge Green Turtle as well. The water temperature was 26-31 deg.C. The water temperature was 28-29 deg.C. The visibility was 10-40 meters. To be continued…
