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Category Archives: Snorkeling

Shoal or School - Ocean Dimensions

Shoal or School

Do you know the difference between a shoal or school of fish? While in the water we see plenty of fish that group together. There are certain behaviours and characteristics to look out for to determine if the group is a shoal or school. Shoaling All social groupings of fish are considered a shoal, but…

February 26, 2023Diving, Marine life, SnorkelingBy Petra Hellmann

Squid or Cuttlefish - Ocean Dimensions

Squid or Cuttlefish

Squid or Cuttlefish …wait calamar? What is a sepia then? … This is something our dive crew was thinking about recently, after watching a pair of squid from our jetty. Squid can also be known as calamar in some countries (think calamari). Cuttlefish are sometimes referred to as sepia. Sepia is the name of the…

January 10, 2023Blog, Diving, Marine life, SnorkelingBy Petra Hellmann

2022 Manta Season - Ocean Dimensions

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

Edvards Kuprijanovs - Ocean Dimensions

Meet Ed from Latvia

Ed is from Riga in Latvia and grew up a polyglot speaking Latvian, English, German and Russian flawlessly. For a couple of years he also lived and went to school in Karlsruhe, Germany when he was 15 years of age. The closest he came to the Maldives was in 2019 / 2020, when he was…

November 28, 2022Blog, Brennia, Diving, Kihaa, Snorkeling, team membersBy Petra Hellmann

Parrot Fish Sleeping

Do fish sleep?

Do fish sleep? This is an interesting question. There is still so much study to be done on this topic, not a whole lot is known about fish sleep. Fish do not sleep in the same way as us humans. Firstly, fish do not have eye lids so there is no way they can close…

September 8, 2022Blog, Diving, Macro, Marine life, shark, SnorkelingBy Petra Hellmann

Fish Relationships

Fish Relationships

Fish relationships come in all types; some are easy and others are more difficult. Some fish live in families or harems, some in pairs and then there are the ones who live completely on their own. Here are are few of the relationships we spot while diving and snorkleing in the Maldives. Harems Harems form…

July 30, 2022Blog, Diving, Marine life, Snorkeling, SymbiosisBy 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

Boats of the Maldives

Boats of the Maldives

Let’s talk about the many different kinds of boats of the Maldives. With the country being an island nation and the big blue surrounding it, it is essential that we have boats to get around. Speed boats are the Maldivian equivalent to a taxi. We use them for island hopping, to pick up our guests from…

September 23, 2021Blog, Diving, SnorkelingBy 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

Snorkeling with Blacktip Reef Sharks

If you like, you can go snorkeling with blacktip reef sharks in the Maldives. In almost every island lagoon are little black tip reef sharks cruising in the shallows. Often you can see them swimming close to shore with their dorsal fin sticking out of the water.   This blacktip reef shark came too close…

January 9, 2021Blog, Brennia, Conservation, Kihaa, shark, SnorkelingBy Petra Hellmann
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