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Embudhoo Express
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Channel (kandu)

Embudhoo Express.

Also: Embudhoo Kandu

Photo: Michael Hobi · CC BY-SA 3.0

Type

Channel (kandu)

Depth

10–30 m

Skill level

advanced

Current

strong · drift

Best season

SW Jun–Nov; incoming tide

Protected

Protected Marine Area

Fast drift through the marine-protected Embudhoo Kandu at the northeast corner of South Male Atoll, a roughly 2 km run along a wall lined with caves, overhangs, soft corals and gorgonians. Current can be very strong (well over 2 knots), so a reef hook and advanced drift skills are needed; depths to about 30 m. Incoming current brings grey and whitetip reef sharks, eagle rays, barracuda, trevally, Napoleon wrasse and tuna.

Marine life you might see

Grey reef sharkWhitetip reef sharkSpotted eagle rayNapoleon (humphead) wrasseGreat barracudaGiant trevally

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