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Location: South Ari Atoll (Maldives)
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Top Dive Sites (make sure you dive these!)
1 Manta Point With 2 votes(s).
2 Gaaganda Furu With 1 votes(s).
3 Broken Rock With 1 votes(s).
4 ariyadhoo kandu With 1 votes(s).
5 Five Rocks With 1 votes(s).
6 Bannana Reef With 1 votes(s).
7 vakarufalhi etere thila With 1 votes(s).

Marine Sightings:

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Reef Fish Sightings: Pelagic Fish Sightings: Quality of Coral:

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Reviews:

Here are the last 10 reviews for South Ari Atoll. Show all of them.

Visited Comments
December 2012 Stayed at the Centara and was often the only diver on the boat. Really enjoyed it, some magnificent dives, especially 5 Rocks. It was Whale Shark season and I never saw one!
Date posted: 27-Dec-2012 17:19 by: Shiva
May 2008 Our first Liveaboard (Atoll Explorer) More like a cruising hotel. Excellent Facilities on the Ship. Euro Divers were very well organised. Swam with Whale Sharks for the first time an exprience not to be missed.
Date posted: 18-Jan-2009 12:24 by: Nudibranchman
March 2008 Fantastic dive site. One side of the reef consisted of a cleaning station with several large manta, whilst on the other side there were lovely coral occupied with all sorts of reef fish, Moray Eels, Garden Eels and Turtles.
Date posted: 19-Aug-2008 21:53 by: gary fowler
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Date posted: 27-Apr-2008 21:34 by: fin
July 2007 Lily Beach July 2007. Good house reef, good dive centre, excellent dive sites, tons of fish life. white tips, nurse, leopard & silver tip sharks. Mantas but no whale shark, maybe next time?
Date posted: 11-Nov-2007 09:40 by: spike
March 2007 Another two great weeks of diving ay ProDivers on Vakarufalhi. Less manta's (bad luck), but more sharks (even a Leopard shark, which is quite rare at this part of the Maldives). Overall the coral is getting better and better!
Date posted: 09-Apr-2007 18:54 by: duikertje
June 2005 we stayed and dived at Sun Island , the little mermaid centre who have numerous dive sites - did my AOWD out there boats were never full and good choice very little current
Date posted: 30-Dec-2006 22:23 by: sg1
March 2005 Great two weeks of diving at Vakarufalhi with ProDivers. Next to the very beautifull coral reefs, they also have the Manta Point (Hukuru Elhi Faru). We have been there 3 times and 3 times we had an hour lasting show of multiple manta's (4-5m wide) visiting the cleaning station. Another super spot is Broken Rock. Unfortunately we could only experience it a little as the current was definately too strong to stay on this small Thila.
Date posted: 18-Jun-2006 14:02 by: duikertje
January 2006 Stayed at Sun Island Dive School is fantastic all there are realy frierdly and helpfull special thanks to Fayez and Saffef for finding all we asked for for photos current good coral a little lacking 2nd time here and going back next year as just a paradise to behold with great peaple many thanks to you all Karl & Vanessa C U Soon
Date posted: 17-Apr-2006 15:30 by: Karl


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