MANTARESEARCH.COM - MANTA ECOLOGY PROJECT

This section is updated with new research week information (see right panel) but our weekly updates have now moved to Manta Ecology Project on Facebook. Please "like" us if you would like to receive regular updates.

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We continue to run a programme of manta focused dive trips for experienced, qualified divers to the Maldives. Our next scheduled trips are:

November 9th 2024 and November 16th 2024 on Central atoll route for 7 nights, expecting to visit and sample the population in Fesdu lagoon and Moofushi and possibly at Lankan.

March 1st 2025 is a special 14 night charter, route still to be decided but intending to visit some of the quieter sites in the central north atolls (Raa and Haa Dhaalu) or Ari and North Nilandhe.

Please contact Chris at Great Escapes for booking information or Anne-Marie for more information about what to expect and any questions about diving with mantas.

www.GreatEscapesDiving.com

Below is our historical news. For more current information please visit our facebook page.

In September 2013 we commenced a programme of Manta Ray awareness workshops aimed at marine biologists and watersports and dive centre staff in the Maldives as part of an IUCN project to monitor study and protect marine megafauna which are important to tourism. The first workshop was held at LUX* Resort Maldives in South Ari atoll and we were fortunate to attract many of the stakeholders of the South Ari Atoll Marine Protected Area.