Guide to diving North Male Atoll (North Kaafu Atoll) in Maldives

Discover dive sites, liveaboards, and top sea creatures linked to North Male Atoll (North Kaafu Atoll) in Maldives.

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

1 Countries

6 Dive sites

12 Liveaboards

68 Creatures

Sea creatures found in North Male Atoll (North Kaafu Atoll)

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

Creature type	Sea creatures
Cephalopod	Octopus , Squid
Cnidarians	Anemones
Coral	Gorgonian fans , Hard coral , Soft corals
Crustacians	Cleaner Shrimp , Lobsters , Peacock Mantis Shrimp , Shrimp
Echinoderm	Sea stars
Eels	Giant moray eels , Honeycomb moray eels , Leopard moray eels , Moray eels , Sooty moray eels , White-eyed moray eels , Yellow-headed moray eels
Invertebrates	Beaded crinoids (feather stars)
Jack Mackerel Family	Jacks (Jackfish)
Other sea creatures	Grey reef sharks , Scorpionfish , Trevally
Pelagic fish	Dogtooth tuna , Yellowfin tuna
Rays	Black-spotted stingrays , Guitar sharks (Guitar rays or Guitarfish) , Mangrove rays , Manta rays (Mantas) , Spotted eagle rays , Stingrays
Reef fish	Angelfish , Bannerfish , Barracuda , Batfish , Blue tangs , Blue-lined snappers , Bluefin trevallies , Bluestreak cleaning wrasse , Butterflyfish , Clownfish (anemonefish) , Fusiliers , Giant trevallies , Glassfish , Groupers , Lionfish , Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses) , Oriental sweetlips , Parrotfish , Rainbow parrotfish , Red-tooth triggerfish , Reef fish , Snappers , Stonefish , Surgeonfish , Triggerfish
Sea slug or Gastropoda	Nudibranchs
Sea turtles	Green turtles , Hawksbill turtle
Sharks	Blacktip reef sharks , Bull sharks , Great hammerhead sharks , Lemon sharks , Nurse sharks , Spinner sharks , Tiger sharks , Whitetip reef sharks
Zanclidae	Moorish Idols

Dive sites in North Male Atoll (North Kaafu Atoll)

The following dive sites are found in North Male Atoll (North Kaafu Atoll). Each site below shows the liveaboards that dive there.

Dive site	Liveaboards that dive this site
Fishtank (Fish Factory or Stingray City)	Adora Liveaboard, Maldives Legend Odyssey Liveaboard
Bodu Thila (Boduhiti Thila)	Adora Liveaboard
Hullumale Neru - Tiger Shark Point (Shark Tank or Madimiyaru & Hulhumale Shark Point)	Adora Liveaboard, Ariyal Liveaboard, Felicity Liveaboard, Maldives Legend Odyssey Liveaboard, Maldives Legend X Liveaboard, Maldives Master Liveaboard
Maagiri (or Maa Giri)	Adora Liveaboard, Horizon 3 Liveaboard, Maldives Legend Sea Pleasure Liveaboard, Princess Sara Liveaboard
Kurumba House Reef (Kurumba Faru)	Adora Liveaboard
Lankan Manta Point (Emas Thila)	Adora Liveaboard, Ariyal Liveaboard, Felicity Liveaboard, Maldives Aggressor II Liveaboard, Maldives Master Liveaboard, Scubaspa Yang Liveaboard, Scubaspa Yin Liveaboard

Liveaboards, dive sites, and top sea creatures in North Male Atoll (North Kaafu Atoll)

Adora Liveaboard

Fishtank (Fish Factory or Stingray City) top sea creatures: Stingrays, Black-spotted stingrays, Mangrove rays, Moray eels, Giant moray eels, Leopard moray eels, White-eyed moray eels, Yellow-headed moray eels, Bannerfish, Snappers, Fusiliers, Parrotfish, Jacks (Jackfish), Whitetip reef sharks, Shrimp, Octopus, Squid, Honeycomb moray eels, Reef fish, Sooty moray eels

Bodu Thila (Boduhiti Thila) top sea creatures: Whitetip reef sharks, Grey reef sharks, Spotted eagle rays, Stingrays, Jacks (Jackfish), Yellowfin tuna, Dogtooth tuna, Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses), Green turtles, Hawksbill turtle, Moray eels, Reef fish, Fusiliers, Red-tooth triggerfish, Snappers, Oriental sweetlips, Groupers, Soft corals, Gorgonian fans, Anemones, Nudibranchs, Octopus, Cleaner Shrimp

Hullumale Neru - Tiger Shark Point (Shark Tank or Madimiyaru & Hulhumale Shark Point) top sea creatures: Tiger sharks, Spinner sharks, Bull sharks, Lemon sharks, Great hammerhead sharks, Guitar sharks (Guitar rays or Guitarfish), Grey reef sharks, Whitetip reef sharks, Nurse sharks, Stingrays, Manta rays (Mantas), Jacks (Jackfish), Barracuda

Maagiri (or Maa Giri) top sea creatures: Snappers, Fusiliers, Jacks (Jackfish), Bannerfish, Whitetip reef sharks, Blacktip reef sharks, Stingrays, Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses), Parrotfish, Lionfish, Surgeonfish, Clownfish (anemonefish), Anemones, Reef fish, Green turtles, Hawksbill turtle, Octopus, Lobsters, Hard coral, Soft corals, Gorgonian fans

Kurumba House Reef (Kurumba Faru) top sea creatures: Hard coral, Soft corals, Whitetip reef sharks, Blacktip reef sharks, Hawksbill turtle, Green turtles, Spotted eagle rays, Stingrays, Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses), Moray eels, Octopus, Yellowfin tuna, Fusiliers, Bannerfish, Grey reef sharks, Nurse sharks, White-eyed moray eels, Groupers, Snappers, Trevally, Batfish, Lionfish, Surgeonfish, Butterflyfish, Nudibranchs, Scorpionfish, Sea stars, Reef fish, Parrotfish, Angelfish, Moorish Idols, Clownfish (anemonefish), Blue-lined snappers, Giant trevallies, Bluefin trevallies, Jacks (Jackfish), Honeycomb moray eels, Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Stonefish, Lobsters, Beaded crinoids (feather stars)

Lankan Manta Point (Emas Thila) top sea creatures: Manta rays (Mantas), Blacktip reef sharks, Whitetip reef sharks, Hawksbill turtle, Bluestreak cleaning wrasse, Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses), Moray eels, Giant moray eels, Reef fish, Fusiliers, Oriental sweetlips, Triggerfish, Barracuda, Angelfish, Spotted eagle rays, Honeycomb moray eels, Lobsters, Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, Blue tangs, Snappers, Butterflyfish, Rainbow parrotfish, Glassfish