North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll)

Guide to diving North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll) in Maldives

Discover dive sites, liveaboards, and top sea creatures linked to North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll) in Maldives.

The liveaboard shown opposite is the highest customer rated Maldives liveaboard diving North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll). You can easily book the Adora Liveaboard, scoring 8.7/10, using this link.

1 Countries
6 Dive sites
1 Liveaboards
80 Creatures

Sea creatures found in North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll)

Here are the main sea creatures found across dive sites in North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll), grouped by type so you can quickly see what marine life you may encounter.

Creature type Sea creatures
Cephalopod Octopus
Cnidarians Anemones
Coral Black coral trees , Gorgonian fans , Hard coral , Sea Fans , Soft corals , Table coral , Tubastrea soft corals (Orange)
Crustacians Lobsters , Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Eels Garden eels , Giant moray eels , Honeycomb moray eels , Moray eels , Ribbon eels
Invertebrates Beaded crinoids (feather stars)
Mollusk Thorny oysters
Mullidae Goatfish
Other sea creatures Grey reef sharks , Scorpionfish , Trevally
Pelagic fish Dogtooth tuna , Pacific Bonitos , Yellowfin tuna
Plankton Plankton
Platyhelminthes Flatworms
Rays Guitar sharks (Guitar rays or Guitarfish) , Manta rays (Mantas) , Mobula Rays , Spotted eagle rays , Stingrays
Reef fish Angelfish , Anthias , Bannerfish , Barracuda , Batfish , Bicolour Anthias , Blue-lined snappers , Bluefin trevallies , Butterflyfish , Cardinalfish , Clownfish (anemonefish) , Fairy Basslet , Fire Dartfish , Frogfish , Fusiliers , Ghost pipefish , Giant Grouper , Giant trevallies , Glassfish , Groupers , Halimeda ghost pipefish , Lionfish , Longnose hawkfish , Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses) , Oriental sweetlips , Parrotfish , Red-mouthed groupers , Red-tooth triggerfish , Reef fish , Snappers , Stonefish , Surgeonfish , Sweetlips , Yellow Grunts
Sea slug or Gastropoda Nudibranchs
Sea turtles Green turtles , Hawksbill turtle
Sharks Blacktip reef sharks , Nurse sharks , Scalloped hammerhead sharks , Silvertip sharks , Tiger sharks , Whale sharks , Whitetip reef sharks
Sponges and cnidarian Sea sponges
Whales and dolphins Dolphins , Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins , Spinner dolphins

Dive sites in North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll)

The following dive sites are found in North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll). Each site below shows the liveaboards that dive there.

Liveaboards, dive sites, and top sea creatures in North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll)

Adora Liveaboard

Fesdu Wreck top sea creatures: Manta rays (Mantas), Nudibranchs, Lionfish, Moray eels, Glassfish, Bluefin trevallies, Sea sponges, Beaded crinoids (feather stars), Soft corals, Red-mouthed groupers, Anthias, Butterflyfish, Clownfish (anemonefish), Anemones, Stingrays, Grey reef sharks, Flatworms, Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Ghost pipefish, Black coral trees, Longnose hawkfish, Cardinalfish, Fairy Basslet, Groupers, Frogfish, Trevally, Yellowfin tuna, Batfish, Snappers, Hard coral, Thorny oysters, Octopus
Fesdhu Lagoon (Manta night dive) top sea creatures: Manta rays (Mantas), Nurse sharks, Reef fish, Plankton
Fish Head (Mushimasmingili Thila) top sea creatures: Grey reef sharks, Whitetip reef sharks, Trevally, Barracuda, Dogtooth tuna, Reef fish, Blue-lined snappers, Fusiliers, Soft corals, Hard coral, Anemones, Nudibranchs, Green turtles, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Tiger sharks, Spotted eagle rays, Guitar sharks (Guitar rays or Guitarfish), Stingrays, Manta rays (Mantas), Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses), Yellowfin tuna, Snappers, Batfish, Red-tooth triggerfish, Surgeonfish, Yellow Grunts, Bannerfish, Giant moray eels, Moray eels, Honeycomb moray eels, Octopus, Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Lionfish, Scorpionfish, Clownfish (anemonefish), Black coral trees, Gorgonian fans, Hawksbill turtle, Whale sharks
Moofushi Corner top sea creatures: Manta rays (Mantas), Grey reef sharks, Whitetip reef sharks, Whale sharks, Spotted eagle rays, Mobula Rays, Stingrays, Reef fish, Snappers, Blue-lined snappers, Oriental sweetlips, Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses), Groupers, Giant Grouper, Fusiliers, Yellowfin tuna, Trevally, Anthias, Bicolour Anthias, Parrotfish, Butterflyfish, Angelfish, Fire Dartfish, Nudibranchs, Flatworms, Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Halimeda ghost pipefish, Hawksbill turtle, Octopus, Moray eels
Hafsa Thila (Hafza Thila) top sea creatures: Whitetip reef sharks, Moray eels, Octopus, Green turtles, Grey reef sharks, Reef fish, Dogtooth tuna, Pacific Bonitos, Trevally, Fusiliers, Bannerfish, Batfish, Anthias, Scorpionfish, Hawksbill turtle, Manta rays (Mantas), Mobula Rays, Table coral, Soft corals, Hard coral, Tubastrea soft corals (Orange), Spotted eagle rays, Barracuda, Snappers, Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses), Stonefish, Lionfish, Clownfish (anemonefish), Anemones, Ribbon eels, Nudibranchs
Rasdhoo Madivaru top sea creatures: Grey reef sharks, Whitetip reef sharks, Blacktip reef sharks, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Spotted eagle rays, Manta rays (Mantas), Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses), Reef fish, Barracuda, Dogtooth tuna, Giant trevallies, Snappers, Blue-lined snappers, Fusiliers, Anthias, Oriental sweetlips, Sweetlips, Batfish, Hawksbill turtle, Green turtles, Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Ghost pipefish, Frogfish, Nudibranchs, Lobsters, Moray eels, Honeycomb moray eels, Ribbon eels, Soft corals, Hard coral, Sea Fans, Mobula Rays, Garden eels, Goatfish, Parrotfish, Stonefish, Silvertip sharks, Guitar sharks (Guitar rays or Guitarfish), Dolphins, Spinner dolphins, Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins

Top liveaboards diving North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll)

The following liveaboards are the highest ranked dive boats by SDE Liveaboard Rating, to help you compare the best options for diving North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll).

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Adora Liveaboard: 70%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating is Scuba Diving Earth’s own scoring system for comparing dive liveaboards at a glance. It adds together six individual category scores, each scored out of 10, covering the boat, cabins, diving, food, drinks, and non-diver companion features.

For the Adora Liveaboard, those category scores combine into an overall SDE Liveaboard Rating of 70%. This helps you compare the overall onboard experience more quickly across the liveaboards shown below.

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Adora Liveaboard works by taking the six individual SDE Liveaboard Rating scores, with each one being scored out of 10 and then adding them together. For the Adora Liveaboard are ( [Boat:8/10] + [Cabin:8/10] + [Diving:9/10]+ [Food:4/10] + [Drinks:8/10] + [Non-diver:5/10] = 42/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Adora Liveaboard is calculated as 42/60 = 70% SDE Liveaboard Rating.

This makes it easy to compare different liveaboards at a glance. See a more detailed explanation of how SDE Liveaboard Rating works together with all dive liveaboards ranked by SDE Liveaboard Rating .