Turtle Retreat
Guesthouse island in Shaviyani Atoll. Its reef is measured from satellite; guest reviews live on the booking sites.
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House reef & underwater
Turtle Retreat · Shaviyani Atoll · a shared island reef
Excellent house reef
Reef Conditions · top 13% of the 297 reefs we have measured
Shore entry Measured
~399 m across the lagoon to the drop-off — a genuine swim, not a wade.
Living cover Measured
About 56% of the mapped reef reads as living coral or algae from satellite.
Heat history Measured
Peak heat stress 5.01 DHW since the imagery, no bleaching alert on record.
From satellite this reef reads Excellent — roughly 56% 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
Where it is
6.43012, 72.93023The pin is the island centroid from our geocoding, not the building — properties on the same island share it. Satellite imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.