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Tag Archives: #manta

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

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

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

manta season

Manta season is on

Manta season is always a reason for excitement, not only for tourists but also for us, diving instructors and guides. Here in Baa Atoll, the expectation is even bigger as we have Hanifaru Bay at our door step (yes, we are the closest resort to it and I am literally looking at it as I…

May 22, 2018Blog, Diving, Hanifaru, Kihaa, Manta Rays, SnorkelingBy Petra Hellmann

Hanifaru Manta Rays Ocean Dimensions

Does size matter when it comes to Mantas?

As of August 2017, Ocean Dimensions are now diving & snorkelling in the Unesco Biosphere Reserve in the Baa Atoll at Kihaa Maldives Resort – the closest resort to Hanifaru Bay. We hope to see you there! Does size matter when it comes to managing manta rays? It does, according to Dr. Mark Deakos from…

June 27, 2016Laamu ArchiveBy Petra Hellmann
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