Coral reef fish in the Maldives

I spent last week in the Maldives at the lovely small hotel on Summer Island doing my best to be offline, just trying to relax and engage in the real world of nature away from the the tyranny of the virtual digital world. This provided a wonderful opportunity to explore the beautiful but endangered underwater world of the island’s coral reefs and the huge diversity of fish, as well as reef sharks and Moray eels, that swim among the corals. I hope that the photos below do justice to the diversity and beauty of this magical and precious ecosystem.

Summer Island is particularly renowned for its environmental and sustainability initiatives, including the largest 3D-printed artifical coral reef in the world created in 2018 (see this video produced to celebrate how the reef had developed by 2022). Huge thanks to all of the management and staff at Summer Island who made the stay so relaxing and enjoyable.