Report: liveaboard Maldives Oct 24-31

[robcap]

This is just to create some suspance
Details very soon.
I can tell you the beginning now.
You must know I have a war going on with my scubabuddy S.C.U.B.A.Man
regarding who logs more dives.
OK, I booked on the boat SHADAS. It's a small wooden boat, 6 people.
I was supposed to be ALONE!!!!
I had a trip to India before (work). I got to Male and Claudio, the shipowner,
comes with the Dhoni and take me to the boat.
Guess who was on the boat, waiting for me ????????
(iebenti de un scubaman ...)
well details on the boat and the dives to come.
100 gray reef sharks on one dive. Huge Gorgonies at 60m ....
A LOT OF FISH.

later,

 

[neilstewart]

Why are you diving to 60m when it is Maldivian law that 30m is maximum depth?

Neil

 

[S.C.U.B.A.MAN]

This is just to create some suspance
Details very soon.
I can tell you the beginning now.
You must know I have a war going on with my scubabuddy S.C.U.B.A.Man
regarding who logs more dives.
OK, I booked on the boat SHADAS. It's a small wooden boat, 6 people.
I was supposed to be ALONE!!!!
I had a trip to India before (work). I got to Male and Claudio, the shipowner,
comes with the Dhoni and take me to the boat.
Guess who was on the boat, waiting for me ????????
(iebenti de un scubaman ...)
well details on the boat and the dives to come.
100 gray reef sharks on one dive. Huge Gorgonies at 60m ....
A LOT OF FISH.

later,

Hi Skubaman, here is your favourite divebuddy, Scubaman. I was reading your post, and I'm wondering: why did you dive so deep while the Maldivian law doesn't allow you to do???
Furthermore, what's the meaning of "iebenti de un Scubaman?"

See you soon good friend, I've to show you my uw pictures!!!!

 

[robcap]

sorry for the delay, but at the end of the year there's always a lot to do at work..... so ..... a couple of dives.

Male south; biyadhoo kandu cocoa corner
thila at 16 m. Coral not so good. Down to 40m. There's a sort of a balcony.
a couple of eagle rays, 2 big tuna fish. I was closing the group. Current pretty strong. Everybody still, hanging on the balcony. I see one shark (grey reef shark) coming behind them and start laughing..... they're looking in the wring direction!!!
I WAS WRONG. When I reach them I see 4, 8, 10, 20, 50 , 100 sharks.
white tip and grey. COOOOOOL

Felidhoo, fotteyo khandu
some small nice caves at 20m. down to see yellow gorgonias.
GIGANTIC more than 2m wide. I stop at 50m. Then I see my buudy
SCUBAman going down and follow him . You feel the temperature change
at 52. Amazing. We checked later. It was 29°C above 52m and 28°C below.
1 centigrade difference, but you feel it. Visibility increases a lot and the big blue
calls. We stop.
SOLID! TOTALLY!!!

Felidhoo, kudiboli thila
Reef on the left. strong current. at the beginning dead coral, then it goes better
and there's much more. trigger fish, caranx, murrays. Some overhangs with nice little caves. BIG BIG sting ray. A small white tip shark, big groupers, and then nudibranchi.

I just give a list of best dives
Male North - banana reef - excellent
Male South- guraidho - ran thila- excellent
Felidhoo - fotteyo kandu - excellent
Male South - Biyadhoo Kandu - excellent


Hey Scubaman, add something ....

tootles

 

[frogfish]

Why did you go so deep ? Regulations in Maldives prohibit diving below 30m...

 

[Zippsy]

What operator were you diving with?

 

[robcap]

Why did you go so deep ? Regulations in Maldives prohibit diving below 30m...

It's amazing the fact that the only questions regard depth, and not what was there,
what did I see, how was visibility, water temperature, kind of fish, did I enjoy the trip ... my intention was not raising an issue on deep diving, but only to share some memories of my trip.

Like the yellow fin tunafish the sailor caught while we were diving. And after 2 hours it was on our table. Raw, stewed with coocnut milk and spices. yummi!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Zippsy]

It's amazing the fact that the only questions regard depth, and not what was there,....

That's right. I also have never asked a crack addict what it's like when he is in lala land or a bank robber what it felt like when he was grabbing the money.