Mirihi News

May 2010

These picture were taken by our instructor Pieter on the 24.5.10 at Omadhoo Thila.

When we approached the dive site we could see a big school of dolphins but we could not imagine seeing them under water as they are very shy. So we jumped in to do our dive and after a few minutes they came towards the reef and we were able to dive with about 40 dolphins for about 10 min. This was a dream come true we wanted to share with you.

 

Dear friends of Mirihi.

Slowly but surely the strong winds and currents in the beginning of every year decrease more and more, the visibility improves and the main manta season has begun. For many weeks our favorites please us already by meeting us without shyness, letting us come very close and allowing us to observe them at several cleaning stations along the outside reefs.

At the outside reefs this year has begun as the old one has ended with whale sharks galore. But not only the big but also the small rare ones like grass ghost pipefish, leaf- and frogfish can be seen everywhere and conjure a smile on the face of our underwater photographers.

And there is another reason to visit the jewel in the Ari Atoll this summer, because we offer a 20 % discount on all our dives and dive courses without boat trips and equipment from 06.06. until 17.07.2010.

We are looking forward to welcome you in paradise and show you the beauty and excitement of the South Ari Atoll.

Your Ocean-Pro dive team Mirihi

 

Dear friends of Mirihi.

It is christmas time and we would like to use this opertunity to wish you all the very best and to let you know about the dive team im Mirihi:

Sigi' s heart is pulling him back to his austrian homeland, thank you very much for the great work during the past year. He will be replaced by Pieter. Many of you might remember the friendly dutch man from the time when he was working with us in 2008. He will complete the team in the coming 6 months.

So it is decided who is lucky enough to get to dive with the Mirihi divers in the south of Ari Atoll. The first Mantas have shown up at our manta point already and that makes us optimistic that these giants will present their "flight show" again this winter. And if not we still have some beautifull alternatives like walesharks in the south and thilas full of fish.

What ever will happen, we are looking forward to some amazing dives with the best guest of the Maldives whom we want to wish a mery christmas and a happy new year.

Your Ocean Pro dive team of Mirihi: Bernarda, Kana, Hassan, Pieter and Ole

 

Dear friends of Mirihi,

the summer montsh are coming to an end, and we would like to let you know what is new in Mirihi.

We did some amazing dives in the east of the Atoll where we have seen big groups of Mantas a couple of times. We could watch up to 30 animals while they were feeding. When they swim directly towards you with the mouth wide open and even do loopings, it guarantees an excellent atmosphere on the boat. But also small things found on dive sites close to Mirihi made us very happy: ghost pipe fishes at Mirihi Thila and a yellow frog fish at Mirihi Corner made many divers stop to swim.

We would like to use this opportunity to say thank you to the hotel for the great cooperation and help to improve our services. Since the beginning of this month they provide us with coffee, tea and soup on all trips that take 30 min or longer. We have increased our services in small details too to make your favorite time of the year even more convenient. Lets see if you can find out what it is on your next visit...

We would love to see you guys again, because well known and happy faces are so nice to dive with.

All the best in to the whole world from Mirihi

Bernarda, Kana, Hassan, Sigi and Ole

 

 

Dear friends of Mirhi,

It is almost Christmas and there is one thing for sure; it will be not a white one here in Mirihi. But knowing the hospitality of the whole Mirihi team we can live that.  They will set up a breath taking buffet on the beach and we are certain it will be again a memorable experience. The dive team is already looking forward to it.

The team has changed slightly. Cyrill and Pieter have left to go home and we would like to thank them for the great work they have delivered, it was a pleasure to have them in the team. Since 4 weeks Bernarda from Switzerland and Sigi from Austria are the new team members. They have settled in already and are just amazed by the beautiful island and the awesome dive sites. Everybody who has been to Mirihi before will understand that easily. Knowing they have seen already many Mantas and Whalesharks nobody wonders about the constant smile on there faces anymore.

We are looking forward to the month ahead and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Your Ocean Pro dive team in Mirihi

Miki, Bernarda, Hassan, Sigi und Ole

New dive dhoni in Mirihi!

The latest acquisition in Mirhi is our brand new, fantastic dive dhoni, the "Handhu" (the moon). This fibre glass boot is very comfortable and features as all our other dive boats a toilet and fresh water shower. The sun deck is very spacious and invites you to sunbath and to dream about the dives you have just made. It is equipped with a much stronger (250 hp) engine and therefore we can reach our dive sites faster than ever before.

Of course we will use Handhu for our popular 2-tank excursions to the southern outside reefs in search for whale sharks. The last couple of months we were really successful and saw lots of them. There have been so many sightings that we could collect pictures of every dive guide with a whale shark. Thank you very much to all our guests taking these pictures.

Sunny greetings from Mirihi

Miki, Hassan, Pieter, Cyrill and Ole.