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leslief

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Has anyone been on the black pearl? Also looking for resort recommendation on North male atoll before livaboard departure the third week of september, something that will give me another experience from the side of the things the bp visits--Hanifru bay and that side of things.
 
Hiya
If your diving North Male then try to dive:
HP Reef / Banana Reef - fantastic sites
Lankan - Mantas

Re: Hanifaru - mindblowing.
Have dived there on 2 previous visits and will be diving there later in the year and it really is a truly memorable expreience. We last dived there in 2009 and we had 50+ Mantas for over 70 minutes and 5 Whale Sharks stayed around for over 2.5hrs so everyone could ditch the dive gear and then finish with a rather long snorkle - awsome :D

Have a fantastic time
Kasha
 
Do you know if those sites would be accessible from bandos resort in north male atoll?
That is where we a thinking of going the week before the black pearl trip.
Thanks for the info--we hope to have a similar experience in hanifru bay--keeping our fingers crossed.
 
Hi
The 3 sites I mentioned would all be accessible from Bandos.
Happy diving
Kasha
 
reports from Hanifaru are that manta numbers are low this year. average about 5-10. of course thats still a lot for most places. there are regulations in place now but seems a lot of operators are violating them. snorkel in Hani Faru. its a lot better than scuba. Baa atoll has heaps of great dive sites so its worth visiting even if Hani Faru is not boiling with mantas. but hopefully the mantas coorporate when you are there :)
 
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