Maldives snokelling

We spent most of the time in Maldives snorkelling, which was amazing! Warm water, 1000s of fish just of the beach and stunning coral all the way around the island. Here are just some of the many fish we saw - I did not take these photos, no underwater camera!

 large schools of bannerfish

 Clarke's Anemonefish

 Empress Angelfish

 Lionfish - we saw this guy lurking in the shadows, and kept our distance!

 Meyer's Butterflyfish

 Moorish Idol - not to be confused with the Bannerfish

 Not sure exactly what eel I saw, but it gave me the heebie jeebies!

 Oriental Sweetlips

 Parrotfish

 Picasso triggerfish - I really liked these guys - they preferred to hand out closer to the sand, not in the main coral reef

 Pufferfish, Purcupine fish, box fish ? I am not sure what the difference is.

 Queen Triggerfish

 Royal Angelfish

 We saw this type of shark swimming along about 2 m off the beach at night - the water was so clear, you could see him quite well in the moonlight

 Triggerfish

 Trumpetfish

 Hooray, we saw a turtle, not sure what species, similar to this - he was a bit shy, and liked to hide under his umbrella shaped coral.

Unicornfish

Blue Tang

I forgot to mention the amazing phosphorescence on the beach at night - again not my photo, but on the 1st night the beach looked similar to this with the phosphorescence - this photo was taken in the Maldives, and that beach looks familiar!
As I walked over it, it stuck to my feet, and the bottom of them glowed as I lifted them - I felt a bit like Iron Man with jet boots.
Also, as I rubbed the phosphorescence, it would form a glowing blue paint like coating over my hands - truly spectacular!