在馬爾代夫的每個季風期間，主導風向和海洋水流將浮游生物推向環礁的相反一側，將其集中在風向相反的一側。這顯然會影響水的能見度，但對於潛水員來說，潛在的驚喜遠遠超過了這一點。
魔鬼魚Manta Rays和鯨鯊Whale Snarks 會追隨它們的食物，在12月至4月的旺季，當風從東北方吹來時，這些濾食者通常在環礁的西側被發現。然後，在5月至11月的淡季，魔鬼魚會在環礁的東側出現。
簡而言之，魔鬼魚和鯨鯊往往聚集在主導季風風向的“下方”處，因為它們追隨覓食浮游生物穿越環礁。
例如，在Baa Atoll 巴麻環礁的哈尼法魯灣（Hanifaru Bay），在濕季5月11月，魔魚和鯨鯊的目擊高峰。同樣，在南阿里環礁South Ari Atoll的海洋保護區，鯨鯊在濕潤的西南季風期間5月-11月更常見於環礁的迪古拉島（Dhigurah）的東部，並在乾燥的東北季風期間12月-4月向環礁的西移動。
在中央環礁中魔鬼魚Manta Rays經常出現的許多潛點中，只有兩個潛點較為特別，不遵循季候風，即拉維揚尼環礁（Lhaviyani Atoll）和南馬里（South Male Atoll）。這兩地點是馬爾代夫著名的潛水熱點，每年吸引大量潛水員。由於潛水活動頻繁，這些地點的魔鬼魚被觀察和記錄的頻率更高。
然而，離開中央環礁越遠，這一規律的適用性越小。例如，在哈阿利福（Haa Alifu）的最北環礁，魔鬼魚會在東北季風期間出現，其餘時間幾乎消失。在胡瓦杜環礁（Huvadhoo）以下南部環礁，魔鬼魚幾乎全年存在。
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