Diving the Maldives

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Videos from the reefs of central Maldives (North and South Male Atoll, Ari Atoll), 3-16 January 2023 while diving on board the Maldives Aggressor live-aboard yacht.
Only one site (Rangili Mandivaru, S. Ari Atoll) had high coral cover (with large table corals). All other sites had low coral cover with broken reef and rubble. Fish life was fantastic, with lots of big fish, sharks, mantas, etc. Clear evidence of grazing (mostly by lots of surgeon fishes) keeping the reef free of macroalgae, but with lots of pink encrusting coralline algae. Many new coral recruits, which is a hopeful sign. Lots of cleaner wrasses and cleaning stations. Visibility was fair to poor at most sites.