• About
    • The Maldives
    • Conservation
    • Employment
  • Diving
    • Diving in Baa Atoll
    • Diving in Raa Atoll
    • Hanifaru Bay
    • Dive Courses
    • Safety
  • Kihaa Maldives
    • Location
    • Scuba Diving
      • Diving in Baa
      • Diving Activities
        • House Reef
        • Excursions
      • Dive Sites
      • PADI Diving Courses
        • Try Diving
        • Become Certified
        • PADI eLearning
        • Advanced Open Water
        • Speciality Courses
        • Rescue Diver Course
      • Diving Price List
    • Snorkelling
      • Excursions
      • Hanifaru Bay
      • Snorkelling Price List
    • The Team
    • Resort
    • Hanifaru Bay
    • Accommodation
    • Restaurants
    • Wellness
  • Brennia Kottefaru
    • Location
    • Scuba Diving
      • Diving in Raa
      • Diving Activities
      • Dive Sites
      • PADI Diving Courses
        • Try Diving
        • Become certified
        • PADI eLearning
        • Advanced Open Water
        • Speciality Courses
        • Rescue Diver Course
      • Diving Price List
    • The Team
    • Resort
    • Accommodation
  • Gallery
  • Latest
  • Contact
Menu back  

Our pick for December

Christmas Tree Reef

Christmas Tree Reef – our December favourite

Shark at Christmas Tree reef

Our top two favourites in December were Dhega Thila and Christmas Tree Reef as we had so many special encounters on both dive sites but in the end Christmas Tree Reef won the challenge.

We love Dhega Thila which is one of our deeper reefs covered in beautiful coral and millions of little orange basslets. There we discovered that the clown fish had laid eggs under their anemone which we don’t see very often. Napoleon wrasses are curious and come close, eagle rays hang in the current, turtles sleep in the overhangs.

Still our vote went towards Christmas Tree Reef. It is a small reef starting at 18m so we need good visibility to find it and slow current to dive here but once the conditions are right it is one of the most beautiful dives sites mainly because it is covered with the most beautiful and colorful soft corals. Here batfish follow our bubbles, fusiliers are being hunted by jackfish, nurse sharks sleep in one or both of the caves, eagle rays pass by in the blue and if you like small critters we will find a leaffish which is hiding amongst all the beautiful coral.

Our recommendation for the best snorkel site this month is the Kihaa Maldives house reef. Snorkelers who venture a little further along the reef will find that it is infested by sharks! Yes, regularly we see lemon sharks, we have resident nurse sharks and during one of our snorkels we have even encountered up to 8 blacktip reef sharks and as you can see in the photo they come pretty close – so nothing for the fainthearted. Sharks are not all you can see along our house reef, you will come across cowtail stingrays, porcupine stingrays, lobster, turtles, octopus, stonefish, false stonefish and many more.

Feel like visiting next month? Check out the room rates on our web page.

SHARE THIS POST:Facebooktwitterpinterestlinkedintumblrmail
March 18, 2018
The Kihaa Maldives Dream Team and how they became PADI dive instructors
Dolphin Encounters
Latest News
  • Living on a tiny island in the Maldives
    Living on a tiny island in the Maldives
    March 25, 2023
  • Shoal or School - Ocean Dimensions
    Shoal or School
    February 26, 2023
  • Diving at 80 with Ocean Dimensions
    Diving at 80
    February 11, 2023
  • Jetty and lagoon finds - Ocean Dimensions
    Recent Jetty and Lagoon finds
    January 26, 2023
Follow us on Social Media
FacebookTwitterInstagramGoogle+Rss
© 2023 Ocean Dimensions. All rights reserved.

Designed and powered by thedconcept

Footer Social