fotteo kandu

overview, location                                     

 

Depth:  5 - 40 m


Fish Live: more than average – big groups of jacks, hammer heads,  seargent fish and snappers, whitetip reef sharks, on the tila often turtles, many napoleons,  eagle rays & mantas


Coral Growth: in the caves yellow, longs soft corals; at outer reef slope huge gorgonians; on the tila beautiful stone corals


North-east monsoon season stay below the edge and have a look at the beautiful caves with its yellow soft corals; cross the entrance before the tila and stay at the edge as long as possible; great variety of fish life in the open water; as tila is not very long, don’t let go to the early with the current into the channel; for a second dive choose the east part, as it is not so deep


Safety: watch your computer, as the wall very much invites for a deep dive; try to avoid long decompression times
 

 Map of the Dive Site                                                 

 

Experience Level: not suitable for beginners


Features: beautiful tila in the middle of the channel; at the front of channel edge. Between 20 and 40 m, big interesting caves


Specialty: it’s means to be one of the best dive sites of the Maldives; if you get the chance to make an early morning dive, you’ll might find hammer heads


South-west monsoon season: mostly outgoing current, start in the channel at the very end of the tila; drift out of channel over the top of tila and choose for one dive reef to the right; it’s better to do a second dive on the east part, as these caves are not as so deep as those on the west side


Photography: wide-angle lenses recommended to take pictures of the caves with the yellow soft corals