Olhugiri Kandu
Channel by Olhugiri island on the eastern side of Thaa Atoll. Schooling fish and jacks draw many whitetip reef sharks, along with tuna, eagle rays and occasional napoleon wrasse. Best dived on an inward-flowing current.
Facts
- Region: Maldives – Deep South
- Area: Thaa
- Depth: 10–30 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: strong
- Type: channel, drift
- Coordinates: 2.502, 73.262 (approximate)
- Highlights: whitetip reef sharks, tuna, trevally, eagle rays, napoleon wrasse (occasional)
- Unverified: Single aggregator source; no published GPS – pin placed in the sea next to Olhugiri island (OSM).
- Tips: Intermediate-to-advanced drift; check the tide.