Addu Atoll Maldives

This channel dive starts on the eastern corner of the channel and is best done on an incoming current. Inside the channel, the reef forms a manta cleaning/aggregation area that is active year-round around 19–25 m. The site is known for encounters with manta rays alongside reef sharks and other reef life, and is typically dived with current-management equipment such as a reef hook and an SMB.

Banana Reef is a coral-garden reef site in the Maldives, named for its banana-like shape when seen from above. It draws divers and offers good opportunities for underwater photography, with fish that are often comfortable around cameras. The site ranges from very shallow water down to 30 m and is also described as suitable for snorkeling and freediving. Marine life includes diverse reef fish, schooling fish when current is present, and occasional larger pelagics.

This is a wall dive in the northwest of the atoll, starting with a shallow reef top around 5–8 m before dropping steeply into deep water. The shallow section features a coral garden, while the wall is decorated with gorgonians and blue soft corals. Large caves are present and can be entered, adding an overhead component to the dive. Green turtles and schools of batfish are commonly seen, with the chance of pelagic sightings out in the blue.

British Loyalty is a large British oil tanker wreck in Addu Atoll, deliberately scuttled by British gunfire on 5 January 1946 after being recovered and repaired from an earlier sinking and later torpedoed again. The wreck has excellent coral growth, which attracts marine life and provides shelter for juvenile fish.

This site sits on the eastern corner of a channel and is typically dived as a drift on either incoming or outgoing current. Inside the channel there is a sandy slope from shallow water down to mid-depth, broken up by coral blocks. At the corner, the reef levels out around 22 m and is covered in healthy hard-coral fields and large coral formations, offering a scenic reef dive with the chance of bigger pelagics moving through the channel.

An outside-reef dive on the north side behind a small island. The reef starts shallow with a top section around 5–8 m and then slopes down to about 30 m. The site is known for very large coral formations and abundant reef life, with encounters ranging from rays and sharks to turtles and schooling fish.