Baros House Reef

The house reef has two reefs connected by a sandy bottom, and one of the site's two wrecks lies on that sand. One of the wrecks is a dhoni, the traditional wooden boat of the Maldives, where nurse sharks and large groupers often make a home. The other is a small speedboat, which attracts many batfish and snappers. The resort's resident marine biology professional was 'planting' corals on this speedboat, so that it would become covered in coral and shelter marine life.

The house reef is a nursery ground for blacktip sharks, seen every day, and turtles are often seen. There are also nurse sharks, rays, batfish, groupers, tuna and schools of fusiliers and surgeonfish. At night, phosphorescent plankton lights up the water around Baros with a blue bioluminescent glow.

In the atoll, from January to April the weather tends to be more stable, but the currents can be stronger; from June to September the weather tends to be reasonable to good, with lighter currents. In North Malé Atoll, sharks, Napoleons and other big fish tend to be seen all year round, and there is also a chance of seeing mantas all year round.