Kandolhu Maldives
Its house reef, measured from satellite and scored Good on the Maldives Index — beside the guests’ own verdict.
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House reef & underwater
Kandolhu Maldives · North Ari · a house reef
Good house reef
Reef Conditions · top 53% of the 297 reefs we have measured
Shore entry Measured
~188 m across the lagoon to the drop-off — a genuine swim, not a wade.
Living cover Measured
About 40% of the mapped reef reads as living coral or algae from satellite.
Heat history Measured
Peak heat stress 5.38 DHW since the imagery, 1 bleaching-alert year on record (2016).
From satellite this reef reads Good — roughly 40% 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).
Reef manta ray — southwest-monsoon sites
At Genburugau, feeding runs roughly May to December and was recorded on around 92% of surveys, with peaks in June and December. Maayafushi sees mantas year-round with a southwest-monsoon peak.
Reef manta ray — northeast-monsoon sites
On the atoll’s western and northern edges the season inverts, exactly as the current rule predicts. Gangehi feeds in the northeast monsoon and acts as a nursery, holding about a fifth of Ari’s young-of-year. Veligandu Kandu, off eastern Rasdhoo, runs November to April.
Grey reef & whitetip reef sharks
Year-round at Maaya Thila and Hafza Thila, which hold a documented grey reef aggregation.
Turtles — no atoll-level seasonal study exists; treat them as year-round residents rather than a season
Photos
Where it is
4.00272, 72.88172The pin is the island centroid from our geocoding, not the building — properties on the same island share it. Satellite imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.