How is the coral bleaching the Maldives

[xabain2003]

Hi
I wonder if anyone has been recently in the Maldives or is living there and it is able to compare the coral condition.
I have read that during last 3 weeks the coral has been heavily affected and I wonder how much really.
There is a very sad article in the guadian with devasting pictures.
I ve been 2 times in a best of maldives safari, one in a resorty in Baa atoll and last year in a further south safari.
The shape of the Maldives coral was never neat but I wonder if now is even much worse.
Thanks
Rgds
Xabain2003

 

[scubafanatic]

Coral bleaching spreads to Maldives, devastating spectacular reefs

 

[Land Fish]

I did a liveaboard for a week early this month and it was my first diving trip to Maldives. Comparing to what I saw last year in Bali, I'm afraid there wasn't much colour down there in Maldives

There were still lots aquatic lives to see thou, and I'm hoping they'll make it with the deterioration of coral reefs.