Not every island of Maldives can boast of the active underwater life. If you need wonderful gold sand, clear blue water, and complete absence of underwater creatures, you will find it on the most of the islands. But if you prefer snorkeling or diving, you like to dip in a natural “aquarium” and feel yourself as a part of the world where the life was born, this photo post for you.
Ladies and Gentlemen, let me present…
The Underwater Life of the Maldives
Vilamendhoo Island
Corals and Shells
More about underwater life of Maldives:
Underwater Photographs from the Maldives. Fishes: Small, Big and Very Big.
Chase for the Stingray
Shark breakfast. Vilamendhoo.
January 18, 2012 at 9:55 am
Amazing. Wow – Maldives just moved up a few places on my must-see list! Thank you for sharing your gorgeous photos.
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January 18, 2012 at 11:50 am
Lucky journey to you!
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January 18, 2012 at 9:59 am
very nice
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December 28, 2014 at 1:19 am
Of course.
Thank you.
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January 18, 2012 at 10:18 am
Beautiful!! It’s quite cold and snowing where I’m located so I especially appreciate your photos this time of year.
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January 18, 2012 at 10:36 am
My thoughts exactly. What a time to post such a warming blog. It’s freezing here.
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January 18, 2012 at 11:52 am
We are also in cold and snow. 🙂 These are the October’s shots.
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January 18, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Wow!!! These pictures you took are amazing! I was in the Maldives in September but I stayed at Iru Fushi which was quite beautiful as well. I went diving and saw the most gorgeous colors but I can’t remember the names of the reefs! What a shame!
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January 18, 2012 at 12:17 pm
We have been there in October.
Thank you.
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January 18, 2012 at 1:28 pm
Gorgeous! Diving is something I definitely want to learn in the future 🙂
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January 18, 2012 at 10:42 pm
This is the right decision!
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January 18, 2012 at 1:32 pm
My “Underwater-photos” look like shit next to this stunning ones 😀 Awesome! I don’t want to dive, but I love to look at this wonderful photos 😀
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January 18, 2012 at 11:29 pm
Oh, no, Frauke.
Your “above-water” pictures are warm and alive.
This one for example
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January 18, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Absolutely gorgeous!!!!
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December 28, 2014 at 1:23 am
Thank you, Gretchen.
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January 18, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Wonderful underwater photos, Victor! You have a great skill and eye for beauty. Thanks for sharing these pictures.
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January 18, 2012 at 10:40 pm
You have the eye too, for cure 🙂
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December 28, 2014 at 1:24 am
Thank you very much, Bruce.
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January 18, 2012 at 5:22 pm
Stunning is an understatement. 😉
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December 28, 2014 at 1:27 am
Thank you, Elizabeth.
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January 18, 2012 at 10:10 pm
These photos are absolutely breathtaking!! Oh how I would love to have an experience like that!
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January 18, 2012 at 10:35 pm
But what hindered?
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January 18, 2012 at 10:48 pm
Raising kids and a lack of money, but one day…….
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January 18, 2012 at 11:05 pm
Patience. Once in my youth, when I was risen my two sons, I worked without holidays 17 years 🙂
Now it is my time!
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January 18, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Good for you, and you are certainly making the most of it. I love my time with my kids, but I look forward to “my time” too 🙂
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January 18, 2012 at 11:35 pm
Beautiful pictures!!
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December 28, 2014 at 1:31 am
Thank you.
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January 19, 2012 at 12:57 am
Beautiful! I want to go back!
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January 19, 2012 at 1:09 am
Yes, yes, yes. And we’ll go back in this October. Yahoooooo 🙂
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January 19, 2012 at 6:59 am
Thanks for sharing these treasures. Your talent really takes me there!
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December 28, 2014 at 1:32 am
Many thanks, Sheila.
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January 19, 2012 at 11:45 am
These photographs are beautiful! Did you see any sea turtles in your underwater adventure? That’s my dream!
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January 19, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Thank You.
Yes, I did, and you can find them here.
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January 19, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Wow, absolutely amazing!
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December 28, 2014 at 1:35 am
Many thanks, Jenny.
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January 19, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Great Pictures
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December 28, 2014 at 1:35 am
Thank you.
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January 20, 2012 at 1:23 am
Stunningly clear photos, loved them
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December 28, 2014 at 1:36 am
Thank you vry much.
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January 20, 2012 at 2:01 am
Hi Victor, Thanks for following my blog. I’ve enjoyed looking through yours and look forward to reading more and seeing more of your lovely photos. All the best, Kat
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December 28, 2014 at 1:36 am
Thank you, Kat.
I am very glad to the new reader.
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January 20, 2012 at 9:25 am
Incredible photos. Makes me wish I could drop everything I’m doing and go snorkeling!
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January 20, 2012 at 10:04 am
When you will see the next post – it will be fishes and very big fishes – You’ll want snorkeling much more 🙂
Update: the post about fishes
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January 21, 2012 at 1:59 am
I just love your underwater photos. They are absolutely amazing and so very colorful and vibrant. I love these
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December 28, 2014 at 1:38 am
Thanks a lot, Kay.
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January 21, 2012 at 11:32 am
Superb images! A wonderful series!
All the best from Chile…
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January 21, 2012 at 1:41 pm
This makes me want to go scuba diving! Great pictures!
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January 21, 2012 at 10:25 pm
Snorkeling will be enough 🙂
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January 23, 2012 at 2:43 am
As always you take magnificent photos. The light is really good. Does that mean the water was shallow, or the sunlight very strong? Or both?
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January 23, 2012 at 3:07 am
Thank you, Marion.
The best corals grow from 0 to 4-5 meters from the water surface. And the sun was on its place, of course 🙂 This is the Maldives, perpetual summer 🙂
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January 24, 2012 at 11:05 am
Wow! How wonderful! Now, Maldives will be part of my Bucket List.. But I should learn how to dive first! Thanks for sharing!
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January 24, 2012 at 12:26 pm
You need not dive for it, you can snork. I don’t dive.
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January 26, 2012 at 10:03 pm
what an amazing journey and collection of photos
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January 27, 2012 at 12:54 am
Your photographs are stunning! I’m glad you’re traveling to so many interesting and beautiful places and sharing what you see with us!
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February 1, 2012 at 9:21 am
I haven’t dived but snorkeling is like being in another world. Great photos.
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March 29, 2012 at 7:31 am
Lovely pics….are these pics clicked while snorkeling or while diving?
And …are these clicked during the day or at night? Did you use a torch if any of them were clicked at night?
My husband and I are visiting Vilamendhoo for 4 days in May 2012 and would love to get some tips on snorkeling.
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March 30, 2012 at 8:52 am
While snorkeling and during the day.
Tips:
The best beach is near Beach Villas from 175 to 196, and Jacuzzi Beach Villas – 197-204.
Moray lives opposite about number 200.
Stingreys – 160-170.
Anemones – 220-240.
The reef sharks are everywhere 🙂
Check the long coral reef by all means, but there is a strong stream at the end of it. Be careful!
Good luck and give my love to Vilamendhoo.
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April 10, 2012 at 1:39 am
Thanks a tonne…that sure is a lot of help!
I am truly excited about seeing the Nemo fish in the anemone. The last I saw good corals was in 2005 in Andamans in India. It was before the Tsunami hit this part of the world and obviously before El Nina robbed the corals of their colour.
Another query: which camera have you used – an underwater one or a regular digicam? If it’s a digicam, does it have a housing or a Dicapac case?
Thanks in advance
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April 10, 2012 at 5:18 am
The camera is underwater Canon D10. We have two 🙂
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May 16, 2012 at 6:01 am
Hey Victor,
Just got back from Vila last night…and I miss the place already.
I managed to snorkel only half the reef. Loved the coral close to the water villa towards the west (rather south west). I did not venture into the deep and I was a little scared, but the shallow had enough and more to keep me happy.
My husband and I went to swim with manta rays and whale shark and were lucky on both occastions :-). We also saw a turtle and loads of anemone on our way back from the manta ray excursion. Not to forget, we saw quite a few flying fish on the our way to the whale shark excursion.
At the reef, we saw lovely corals – pink, yellow, blue, red! The sting rays were on the eastern side. We also saw a few star fish there.
The star of the show, for me, is always the anemone…and the peeping clown fish.
We used our canon camera with a dicapac plastic bag, which worked quite well.
I will share the pics with you in the next couple of days.
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May 16, 2012 at 8:41 am
It is great!
I am waiting for Your link on the post with these photos.
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May 21, 2012 at 12:05 am
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150976113930348.483984.777370347&type=3&l=1d22354ac9
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May 21, 2012 at 5:09 am
We used a point and shoot by Canon in a Dicapac bag…The pics aren’t as good as yours, but I think they still are some decent shots!
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May 21, 2012 at 5:14 am
Thank You, Sonia.
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January 21, 2014 at 11:14 am
Magnificent, unique and very, very interesting.
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January 21, 2014 at 11:15 am
Thank you, friend.
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