South Male Atoll
Maldives · Indian Ocean
South Male Atoll offers dramatic channel dives at Guraidhoo Corner and Embudhoo Canyon, with strong currents delivering pelagic encounters including grey reef sharks, eagle rays, and hammerheads year-round.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is fairly quiet.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
18 species across the dive sites here
Oriental Sweetlips
Seen 23 days ago
at Embudhoo Canyon
Least concern
Powder Blue Tang
Seen 23 days ago
at Embudhoo Canyon
Least concern
House Crow
Seen 1 month ago
at Embudhoo Canyon
Least concern
Indian Garden Lizard
Seen 1 month ago
at Embudhoo Canyon
Least concern
Nurse Shark
Seen 1 month ago
at Embudhoo Canyon
Vulnerable
Giant Moray
Seen 1 month ago
at Embudhoo Canyon
Least concern
Blacktip Reef Shark
Seen 2 months ago
at Guraidhoo Corner
Vulnerable
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Seen 2 months ago
at Guraidhoo Corner
Critically endangered
Tawny Nurse Shark
Seen 2 months ago
at Kandooma Thila
Vulnerable
Blackfin Anemonefish
Seen 3 months ago
at Embudhoo Canyon
Least concern
Grey Reef Shark
Seen 4 months ago
at Guraidhoo Corner
Endangered
Whitetip Reef Shark
Seen 4 months ago
at Kandooma Thila
Vulnerable
Paletail Unicornfish
Seen 6 months ago
at Kandooma Thila
Least concern
Bigeye Trevally
Seen 7 months ago
at Kandooma Thila
Least concern
White-Spotted Eagle Ray
Seen 7 months ago
at Kandooma Thila
Endangered
Reef Manta Ray
Seen Mar 2025
at Embudhoo Canyon
Vulnerable
Eagle Ray
Seen year round
at Guraidhoo Corner
Endangered
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Seasonal visitor
at Guraidhoo Corner
Critically endangered
