The Maldives

Maldives Northern Atolls, 2023: The Whale and Dolphin Company, 12 days & 9 species including Dwarf Sperm Whale and Cuvier’s Beaked Whale.

Maldives Central Atolls, 2022: The Whale and Dolphin Company, 12 days & 12 species including Bryde’s Whale, Fraser’s Dolphin, Dwarf Sperm Whale and Cuvier’s Beaked Whale.

Maldives, April 2022: The Whale and Dolphin Company, 17 days and 14 cetacean species including Pygmy Killer Whales, Cuvier’s and Blainville’s Beaked Whales, Dwarf Sperm Whales and Rough-toothed Dolphin.

Maldives Honeymoon, 2022: Martin Royle, with 5 species including Striped Dolphins (note that the ‘Island Flying Foxes‘ reported here were almost certainly small Indian Flying Fox. There are no confirmed records of Island Flying Fox from the Maldives).

Maldives, April 2019: The Whale and Dolphin Company, 7 days and 13 species, including Blue Whale, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale and Deraniyagala’s Beaked Whale.

Maldives, April 2018: The Whale and Dolphin Company, 11 days & 11 species including Dwarf Sperm Whale and possible Deraniyagala’s Beaked Whale.

Maldives, October 2018: The Whale and Dolphin Company, 11 days & 13 species including Dwarf Sperm Whale, Fraser’s Dolphins and Cuvier’s, Blainville’s and Deraniyagala’s Beaked Whales.

Maldives, 2017 :The Whale and Dolphin Company, 12 days & 13 species including Rough-toothed Dolphins, Dwarf Sperm Whale, Pygmy Killer Whale and Deraniyagala’s Beaked Whale.

Maldives, 2016: The Whale and Dolphin Company, 12 days & 12 species including Fraser’s Dolphins and Dwarf Sperm Whales.

Maldives, April 2016: The Whale and Dolphin Company, 12 days and 12+ species including Longman’s and Blainville’s Beaked Whales and Dwarf Sperm Whales.

Maldives, October 2015: The Whale and Dolphin Company, 12 days and 12+ species including Rough-toothed Dolphins, Dwarf Sperm Whales and a probable Longman’s Beaked Whale.

Maldives, April 2015: The Whale and Dolphin Company, 12 days and 9+ species including Rough-toothed Dolphins and Dwarf Sperm Whales.

Maldives, Nov 2014: The Whale and Dolphin Company, 12 days and 11+ species including Pygmy Killer Whales, Fraser’s Dolphins and Dwarf Sperm Whales.

This 2012 paper from Chas  Anderson is a useful summary of the 23 cetaceans known from the area, including 5 species of beaked whale.