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Underwater at Kandooma Thila

Kandooma Thila

South Male Atoll · Maldives

Kandooma Thila is a dramatic submerged reef pinnacle swept by powerful currents that deposit an extraordinary richness of soft corals and sponges across its overhanging ledges. Whitetip reef sharks cruise in the blue water alongside the thila while schools of bigeye trevally and surgeonfish swirl in silver columns above the reef crest. The site is regarded as one of the premier thila dives in South Male Atoll.

Conditions

Depth

10 to 30 m

Open water and up

Current

Often strong

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

8 to 18 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

27 to 31°C

3mm wetsuit

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Gear

  • Basic kit

    • Mask and fins
    • BCD and regulator
    • 3mm full wetsuit · warm water
    • Dive computer