JW Marriott Maldives Resort & Spa
Resort in Shaviyani Atoll. Its reef is measured from satellite; guest reviews live on the booking sites.
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House reef & underwater
JW Marriott Maldives Resort & Spa · Shaviyani Atoll · a house reef
Outstanding house reef
Reef Conditions · top 3% of the 297 reefs we have measured
Shore entry Measured
~134 m across the lagoon to the drop-off — a genuine swim, not a wade.
Living cover Measured
About 75% of the mapped reef reads as living coral or algae from satellite.
Heat history Measured
Peak heat stress 6.08 DHW since the imagery, 1 bleaching-alert year on record (2016).
From satellite this reef reads Outstanding — roughly 75% living cover. We have not surveyed it in the water, so fish counts and big-encounter ratings stay pending. We don't estimate them.
Reef data modelled from Allen Coral Atlas benthic & geomorphic maps (CC BY 4.0) and NOAA Coral Reef Watch. No in-water survey — every figure above is a measurement. Marine icons: game-icons.net (CC BY 3.0).
Bottlenose wedgefish
Recorded year-round at Maroshi Thila over more than a decade — a critically endangered species, with courtship possibly running August to February.
Turtles — no atoll-level seasonal study exists; treat them as year-round residents rather than a season
Reef sharks — no atoll-level seasonal data
Mantas and whale sharks — no assessed area in this atoll
Photos
Where it is
6.09045, 73.20360The pin is the island centroid from our geocoding, not the building — properties on the same island share it. Satellite imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.