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Category Archives: Manta Rays

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The Year 2022

The year 2022 is slowly coming to an end and what a year it has been. We had some exhilarating times, great moments, good news and many laughs – that’s what it is all about. The COVID scare is finally over. and we can travel again without annoying restrictions. We are happy and excited for…

December 24, 2022Blog, Brennia, Conservation, Diving, Kihaa, Manta Rays, PADI courses, team membersBy Petra Hellmann

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2022 Manta Season

2022 Manta Season – we had brilliant seven months! We are now saying goodbye to the last mantas of this year. Everyone knows you can never predict wildlife, but we found this season to be particularly unique. What we thought we knew We know our manta season runs from May to November, during the southwest…

December 11, 2022Blog, Hanifaru, Kihaa, Manta Rays, Marine life, Snorkeling, WhalesharksBy Petra Hellmann

Stingrays in the Maldives

Stingrays in the Maldives

Many types of stingrays in the Maldives cruise the shallow lagoons of the islands. Others prefer to lie in deep caves only to be seen by passing divers.  Often confused with a manta ray with its triangular wing and large size, stingrays are a round shape and use their disc-like body in a ripple motion…

February 24, 2022Blog, Diving, Manta Rays, Marine life, SnorkelingBy Petra Hellmann

1 hour at our Manta Cleaning Station

1 hour at our Manta Cleaning Station

What you can see during a 1 hour at our Manta Cleaning Station: Sometimes you see a brown cloud coming out of a mantas rear end. This means the manta is having a poo. On occasion you see a bag like ‘thing’ several times coming in and out of the mantas rear end. It is…

December 27, 2021Blog, Manta Rays, Marine lifeBy Petra Hellmann

Top Dive Sites in Raa Atoll

Top Dive Sites in Raa Atoll

It has been a secret for a little while but no surprise here. Raa Atoll is becoming a favourite amongst seasoned divers. From Brennia Kottefaru, the newly opened resort in 2021, we reach about 30 different dive sites. And we don’t just reach one but several shark, turtle and manta dive spots within 5 –…

November 28, 2021Blog, Brennia, Diving, Manta Rays, Marine life, shark, TurtleBy Petra Hellmann

Manta Season so far

Manta Season so far…

So far this years’ manta season has been great! Our manta season in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of the Baa Atoll officially runs from May through to November. With few sightings in May and November and normally peaking around July and August. We usually say that June is when we start to see more mantas…

September 7, 2021Blog, Diving, Hanifaru, Manta Rays, Snorkeling, WhalesharksBy Petra Hellmann

Specialty courses and becoming a Master Scuba Diver

Specialty Courses and becoming a Master Scuba Diver

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May 28, 2021Blog, Diving, Manta Rays, PADI courses, shark, TurtleBy Petra Hellmann

ID photos manta

ID photos of marine life

Here at Ocean Dimensions we live and breathe ocean. It’s important to us to do as much as we can to help out with the conservation and protection of our incredible backyard. One of the ways we help is by contributing to NGOs, for example: Manta trust, Olive Ridley Project, and Maldivian Whaleshark Research Program.…

November 21, 2019Blog, Diving, Kihaa, Manta Rays, Marine life, TurtleBy Petra Hellmann

Whaleshark September in Baa Atoll

Plenty of whaleshark encounters this September! Some encounters were long, up to 20 minutes and some were short. But no matter how long the whaleshark sticks around for, seeing one is definitely a highlight for guests as well as our guides!! These encounters have happened on both our diving and snorkelling excursions. On some occasions…

October 13, 2019Blog, Diving, Hanifaru, Manta Rays, Marine life, Snorkeling, WhalesharksBy Petra Hellmann

Baa Atoll Manta Festival 2019

For the second time around the Manta Festival was held here in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of the Baa Atoll. In 2018 the one day event was organized for the first time on the local island of Dharavandhoo and with all the speeches, presentations, games, music, dancing, education, snorkelling and of course with more ideas…

September 26, 2019Blog, Kihaa, Manta Rays, Marine life, SnorkelingBy Petra Hellmann
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