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Meradhoo Kandu
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Channel (kandu)

Meradhoo Kandu.

Photo: Ahmed Abdul Rahman · CC BY-SA 4.0

Type

Channel (kandu)

Depth

10–30 m

Skill level

advanced

Current

moderate · drift

Best season

Jan–May

Meradhoo Kandu is a channel on the western side of Huvadhoo Atoll in front of Meradhoo island, where dives typically begin on the southern outer reef and drift into the atoll. The ocean side carries healthy hard coral and abundant macro life, while the channel mouth brings tuna, barracuda, eagle rays, schooling blue-fin trevally and white-tip reef sharks in the blue. Currents can be strong, making it an advanced drift dive.

Marine life you might see

Giant trevallyDogtooth tunaWhitetip reef sharkSpotted eagle rayBluestripe snapperNapoleon (humphead) wrasse

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