So i started diving in 2016 (ceritfied) - my first dive was in cozumel. Later in 2016 ended up going going to cancun and cozumel and turks and Caicos and then the big trip was the great barrier reef liveaboard with Mike Ball. All of these were amazing dives in their own respective ways. i went to belize for thanksgiving in 2017 and my big trip for diving was maldives.

my first dive was in 2012 but was an intro to diving in the maldives - at the W maldives; it was amazing. this time however when i went to the maldives it was total shit. i was very very dissapointed with the sealife and coral there. They said they went through an El Nino. I wish i was told this before me and 6 other family members flew there and spent 5 nights at a 5,000 per room resort. OK money and time aside. i have a few dives i want to do. like Indonesia Raja Ampat - are these areas affected bythe warming as well now? if this keeps up - looks like diving is done for me - just not worth it. I just cannot describe how different the diving in Maldives was just within 5 years. I get it - the hotel we are it is new - it is the St. Regis Maldives - but we went diving like 30 min and a hour away on boat. which should be un-affected from the construction done a year ago.

Did i just get the raw end of a stick on maldives right now? or is there something serious going on with water temps? i MEAN - I KNOW there is a large risk and we are under a lot of danger with water temps - but did something happen in the Maldives? if so did this same or similar warming event happen in Indonesia?