Banana Reef

One of the first Maldivian sites ever dived and still one of the best in the atoll, Banana Reef curves like its namesake fruit with a protected inside and a current-brushed outer edge. Overhangs and cuts shelter squirrelfish and packs of oriental sweetlips; Napoleon wrasse cruise the drop-off, and when the tide pushes, snapper stack into the eddies in their thousands. The topography (ledges, canyons, a cave-pocked wall) carries the dive even on a slack tide, which is why every Malé operator keeps it in rotation.

वह पल जिसके लिए आप आते हैं: Classic overhang-and-canyon terrain; sweetlips schools; Napoleon wrasse on the drop-off

टोपोग्राफी: Curved reef ridge with overhangs, canyons, and a rubble-and-sand base

करंट: Tidal flow wraps the curved reef; the exposed point can run hard and turn the dive into a drift.

खतरे: Current at the point; boat traffic in this busy corner of the atoll.

संरक्षण: A designated protected dive site: no fishing, no anchoring, no touching.

Nitrox: यहाँ उपयोगी: प्रोफ़ाइलें उस रेंज में हैं जहाँ enriched air no-stop time को सार्थक रूप से बढ़ाता है (इसके उपयोग के प्रशिक्षण के साथ)।