Maldives snorkeling is a memorable and unique experience. This group of atolls in the Indian Ocean south of India, offer a good destination for a snorkel adventure.The reefs we snorkeled in the Maldives are primarily hard corals, a mix of table, finger, staghorn, boulder, lobe, and brain corals. There were a few soft corals like leather coral, but not sea fans or rods like you see in the Caribbean.

We snorkeled along walls of coral, over shallow patch reefs with a sandy bottom, on the top and around the edges of pinnacle reefs, among others.A few highlights of the Maldives snorkeling fish and creatures we saw were: beautiful anemonefish hiding in and flitting around their anemones, gorgeous colorful Giant Clams, many Blacktip and Whitetip Reef Sharks, many Hawksbill Turtles, Whale Sharks, Eagle Rays, massive schools of brilliant fusiliers, Clown Triggerfish, various interesting butterflyfish and bannerfish, and many octopus.

There was always something interesting to see.Nearly every reef we visited had great snorkeling depths. Depending on the tide, some of the lagoon reefs at resorts and over the tops of pinnacles and atoll reefs are too shallow to swim over, so you explore the edge or wait for high tide. Currents are variable depending on the tide and geography of the reef.