Maldives - North Ari Atoll
Part of the regional summaries: Maldives - Central (Male Atolls / Ari / Vaavu) and Maldives
2017-05-26
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Maldives (NOAA CRW virtual station)A pin at the northern end of Ari Atoll with no photographs or survey of its own. Nearby Reef Check records from 2006-2025 average about 23% coral cover and include some very low stations in single digits, with the 2016 mass bleaching falling inside that window.
އަރި އަތޮޅުގެ އުތުރު ކޮޅުގައިވާ ޕިނެކެވެ. މި ޕިނަށް ޚާއްޞަ ފޮޓޯއެއް ނުވަތަ ސާވޭއެއް ނެތެވެ. 2006-2025 ގެ ތެރޭގައި ކައިރި ސަރަހައްދުގެ Reef Check ރެކޯޑުތަކުގައި ހިރިގާ ނިވާކުރާ މިންވަރުގެ އެވްރެޖަކީ ގާތްގަނޑަކަށް 23% އެވެ. އޭގެ ތެރޭގައި، ހިރިގާގެ މިންވަރު އެއް ޑިޖިޓްގެ އަދަދަކަށް ދަށްވެފައިވާ ބައެއް ސްޓޭޝަންވެސް ހިމެނެއެވެ. 2016 ގެ ބޮޑު ހިރިގާ ހުދުވުން ހިނގީ މި މުއްދަތުގެ ތެރޭގައެވެ.
AI translation of this summary; the English is authoritative. (low confidence)
mean; range 29.5–29.6°C
One independent survey station shown with the program’s logo — click one to see how far it is from this site.
Site description
Setting
This site marks the northern end of Ari Atoll in the central-western Maldives (4.10 N, 72.82 E).
Stressors
As archipelago context and not an observation here, Maldivian reefs sustained heavy mortality in the 1998 and 2016 mass-bleaching events; the 2016 event falls inside this 2006-2025 survey window, while 1998 predates every record here. Satellite five-year mean annual maximum heat stress at NOAA Coral Reef Watch's Maldives virtual station: 2.2 degree heating weeks.
Comparisons with other data
Regional context: nine independent Reef Check station-year records within 10 km (20 surveys at four stations), spanning 2006-2025, ranging from 1.9% to 44% hard coral and averaging 23%. The nearest is Maaya Thila, 4.78 km away, at 5.6% in 2006. Both the nearest value and the set minimum sit in single digits, which is worth stating plainly: whatever the reef at this site looks like, the surrounding-area record includes some very low-cover stations.
Other notes
This area marker carries no photographs or cover figure of its own: our northern Ari Atoll dives of 25-26 May 2017 are on their own site pins (Fesdhoo wreck and Fish House), and no survey sits close enough to describe this reef.
Independent surveys nearby
Within 5 km, 1 independent survey station recorded hard coral cover in 2006. The most recent nearby survey is from 2006, so these values predate recent heat stress.
Collected by other programs using different methods (Reef Check uses point-intercept transects), so these are context for the figures above, not a like-for-like comparison. Where a station was surveyed more than once, the cell shows either the range of its values or, as a single value, the mean of surveys made in one year. Station names are not dive-site names.
| Agency | Site / location | Date | Hard coral cover (%) | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reef Check | Maaya Thila | 2006 | 5.6% | 4.78 km |
Data & links
Data on this page are from the organizations named in the data sources above, not Coral Reef Diagnostics; Coral Reef Diagnostics has no coral cover estimate of its own at this site.
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