South Ari Atoll, Maldives
The coral-rich reef top bears many scars left by boats that anchored on it in the past. The thila has two large overhangs with sea fans, a small arch to swim through and two enormous coral blocks; the larger overhangs and the arch are on the east side.
On the gentle slopes of the north side there are vast expanses of large sea fans, rarely seen, which all sway together when there is current. In the big cave on the east side there are many squirrelfish, some pufferfish, groupers, small fans and black coral bushes.
There are dense schools of bluestripe snappers, five-lined snappers and fusiliers, as well as giant trevallies and jacks hunting in the blue. The reef has soft corals, pink anemones on the plateau and giant gorgonians. On a dive in May 2012, several moray eels, mantis shrimp, colorful corals, big coral ledges and archways were seen.
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