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Lankan Manta Point

North Malé Atoll, Maldives · 8–15m · intermediate · semi

Cleaning station on the atoll edge where mantas queue over coral bommies during the south-west monsoon.

Conditions today

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good

Good — 0.7m effective waves in the morning window.

Limiting factor: waves

Wave height
0.8–1m
Wave period
5.7–7.4s
Wind chop
0.3–0.7m
Sea temp
29.1–29.2°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Semi-exposed — partial protection, so swell is scored at three-quarters of its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayGood — 0.7m effective waves in the morning window.good
  • SundayGood — 0.5m effective waves in the morning window.good
  • MondayGood — 0.5m effective waves in the morning window.good

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions are good today, with 0.7m effective waves in the morning window. Expect raw wave heights of 0.8–1.0m and sea temperature of 29.1–29.2°C. The site works as a cleaning station on the atoll edge, with depths from 8 to 15 metres across coral bommies. Intermediate certification is required.

Divers commonly log blacktip reef sharks, powder blue tangs, oriental sweetlips, blackfin anemonefish, hawksbill sea turtles, moorish idols, giant morays, and titan triggerfish here. Species sightings vary, but all are well represented in local records. Plan your dive within the limits of your experience and the day's conditions.

Written by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from the rating, forecast, and sightings on this page — it has no other source and cannot look anything up. Treat it as a summary, not as local knowledge.

Commonly seen here

Most-recorded species near this site, ranked by research-grade iNaturalist sightings from divers, snorkelers, and naturalists.

Species come from iNaturalist — research-grade sightings logged by divers, snorkelers, and naturalists nearby. The ranking reflects what people photograph most, not guaranteed abundance. Ask a local operator what's actually being seen. Species names link to iNaturalist for range maps, seasonality and more photos. Photos by iNaturalist contributors under Creative Commons licences — individual credit on hover.