A montage of underwater video recorded while snorkelling around the wonderful @NHcollection Havodda Maldives Resort in February 2024.
Most of the shark, eagle ray and sea turtle footage was captured at the northern tip of the island, around the post sticking out of the water that can be seen from the Surf restaurant, which can be reached by swimming left from the dive centre jetty.
The sea turtle / black tip interaction in the cover picture comes from 01:38, when a big black tip reef shark took an interest in the turtle with which I was swimming, before it decided to turn its attention to me instead...
A vague timeline of interesting sights:
00:03 Black tip reef sharks in the lagoon
00:21 Stingray by the arrival jetty
01:02 Sea turtle meets big black tip reef shark
01:30 Evasive manoevers!
02:19 Turtle munching on coral
03:55 White tip reef sharks
04:21 Stingray in the southern snorkel channel
04:48 Found Nemo
05:35 Grey reef sharks
05:58 Turtle with passengers
06:39 Turtle close-up
07:13 Big black tip
07:41 Grey reef sharks
08:06 Eagle ray
08:51 Eagle ray group
10:31 Black tip reef sharks under the dive centre jetty
10:42 Two big black tips on the reef
10:52 Turtle on the reef
11:19 Eagle rays
11:47 Extended turtle encounter
13:39 Turtle close-up
14:03 Lots of grey reef sharks
14:11 Eagle rays
14:48 Grey reef sharks
15:38 White tip reef shark
15:54 Big black tip
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