Who doesn’t like their beauty sleep?! Shhhhhhh… Kili is our favourite green turtle around Thulusdhoo. Today she was still a bit sleepy and taking a nap near her favourite stone. 🐢 She has grown really big. Did you know green turtles are the second largest species of sea turtles and grow up to weigh over 200kg? Say hi to her here on you next dive trip to the Maldives.
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They must be the marine rhythmic gymnasts! 🤸♂️ 🌊 Juvenile ribbon eels are black with a bright yellow band, and swimming freely they create mesmerising patterns. Characteristic are the wide open mouth and the expanded nostrils. They change colours to become blue when turning into males or bright yellow for females. This one we met while on excursion diving in Nungwi, Zanzibar!
(Rhinomuraena quaesita, IUCN LC)
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We will never be bored watching the Manta rays that accompany us during every dive at the moment; free, fantastic, flying. Contact us @tauchreisenabenteuer for your trip to the Maldives! #Repost @seastardivingmaldives with @make_repost
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Mantas from morning dive trip.
We 💙 Eagle Rays! On both sides of the channel, where the current is strong, we regularly see a group of Spotted Eagle Rays. (Aetobatus narinari, IUCN EN). Today we saw four. —Will we see more of them tomorrow?! #Repost @seastardivingmaldives with @make_repost
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Spotted Eagle Rays from today's dive at Thulusdhoo Channel :)
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They will always see you! 👀👀
Ghost crabs are the fastest running crustaceans and seeing them on the beach in the Maldives we agree! The sandy colour camouflages them well (hence the name) and on top their eyes provide them with 360° vision, because they sit quite high on eyestalks. If you want to watch them, maybe after some amazing scuba dives, contact us today! 🦀🏝🤿
We haven’t met Ursula, but we found two giant morays that made us think of Flotsam and Jetsam! To meet the whole bunch of characters, but in reality, come visit to dive with us in the Maldives! 🤿 🏝
“Rocks with legs“?! Kind of fits, but lacks all the personality of sea turtles! 🐢This curious hawksbill turtle definitely came over to check us out and went right inbetween us! Well, hello you! 🤿👋🏽
Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) are critically endangered. Do what you can to contribute to the oceans‘ protection. Happy #worldturtleday 2021!
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Did you know? The oldest black-tip reef shark ever recorded was more than 15 years of age! All of its fins except for one have black tips which makes it easy to distinguish from the other sharks. Their habitat is mostly in the shallower parts of the ocean and around top reefs.
This one is roughly 1,50m long and had just finished breakfast (some black surgeonfish) when we met it during our last dive! 🦈 #sharklove
Carcharhinus melanopterus, IUCN VU
Hast du‘s gewusst? Der älteste beobachtete Schwarzspitzenriffhai wurde älter als 15 Jahre! Alle bis auf eine Flosse haben die Namen gebende schwarze Spitze, was es einem leicht macht, diesen von anderen Haien zu unterscheiden. Lebensraum sind flachere Bereiche und Riffdächer.
Dieser hier ist etwa 1,50m groß und hatte gerade sein Frühstück (schwarzer Doktorfisch) beendet, als wir ihn bei unserem letzten Tauchgang trafen. 🦈 #sharklove
Carcharhinus melanopterus, IUCN VU
Have you ever met a big group of these?
When they come towards you, they look flat - hence the generic name “platax“ from the Greek word “platys“ = flat.
This large school of spade-like looking longfin batfish came along, stayed for a while during the end of the dive here in North Male Atoll and then went their own way. They are always a charm to be around, sometimes very playful and interested in the divers‘ bubbles! #batfishlove
Habt ihr schon mal so eine große Gruppe gesehen?
Wenn sie auf einen zuschwimmen, sehen sie ganz flach aus - daher der Name “Platex” vom griechischen Wort “platys” = flach.
Diese große Schwarm Fledermausfische kam zu Ende des Tauchgangs hier auf den Malediven vorbei, blieb ein Weilchen und zog dann eilig davon. Es ist immer toll, sie da zu haben, wenn sie sich neugierig die Luftblasen der Taucher ansehen! #batfishlove #Repost @seastardivingmaldives with @make_repost
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Big school of batfishes around us during the entire dive.
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🐟🐟 Top Speed Tuna.
Heute taucht Philippe in einen Schwarm Leuchtfleck-Straßenkehrer ein, die an uns vorbeiziehen. Unser Tauchplatz heißt passender Weise “Aquarium”, aber ein Glück ist kein Glas um uns herum!
Today, Philippe dives into a school of goldspot seabreams as they pass us by at this amazing dive site called “Aquarium”. Thankfully there is no glass around us though!
Peekaboo! Regal Angelfish are shy and will quickly hide when you dive close to them. This one also has a curious side and looks at us from his hiding place of the Goniopora coral and its flower-like polyps. This coral with its soft and long wafting tubes is abundant at this dive site in the Maldives.
Kuckuuuck! Pfauen-Kaiserfische sind scheu und verstecken sich, wenn man zu nah an sie herantaucht. Dieser hier guckt aber ein wenig neugierig aus seinem Versteck aus Polypen der Goiopora-Korallen heraus. Die “Sonnenscheinkoralle“ mit den weich wogenden Tentakeln ist auf diesem Tauchplatz reichlich anzutreffen.
Sea anemones can retract their tentacles into the body with their strong muscles closing around them. Like this, this clownfish has to stay outside, even though it wants to hide from the diver coming close. When will you come to the Maldives to discover more about the anemones and the marine world? Send us a message now!
Seeanemonen können ihre Nesseln ins Innere des Körpers zurückziehen, wo sie mithilfe starker Muskeln zusammengehalten werden. So kann sich dieser Clownfish nicht vor uns verstecken, als wir uns mit der Kamera annähern. Wann kommst du uns in den Malediven besuchen, um mehr über Korallen und die Unterwasserwelt zu lernen? Schick uns eine Nachricht und wir helfen dir gern!
Guitar sharks, or better just guitar fish because it is not actually a shark but rather a ray, are according to the IUCN among the fish most critically endangered by extinction. The reasons are unregulated fishing, finning and habitat degradation. How lucky we are to see one beautiful individual of about two meters free swimming over the reef here in the Maldives! So happy to be a diver! 💙🐠🤿🧜🏽♀️🌏
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Now be fast but as quiet as possible... The biggest rays are the Manta rays and these ones allow us to follow them while they turn in the warm waters right in front of the boat and on the way to the dive site.
Ein majestätischer Adlerrochen fliegt vorbei und zeichnet sich als Schatten vor der Sonne ab. Wir können ihn aus nächster Nähe bewundern. Solche und viele andere faszinierende Momente kann man hier auf den Malediven tagtäglich erleben. Kontaktiere uns jetzt, um deinen Erlebnisurlaub mit einer Prise Magie zu buchen! #maldives @visitmaldives #scuba #diving #scubadiving #girlsthatscuba #scubadiving #travel #ocean #oceanlover #magic #wanderlust #fernweh #dream #eagleray #ray #buceo #immersion #submarine
