Giant Turbinaria from Faafu Atoll

Imagine finding yourself in the heart of sandy a lagoon. You jump in the water, let the bubbles vanish, look down, and realise how incredible the colony underneath you is. An incredible 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 sp., 11m across, 35m in perimeter, and 6 meters tall. Imagine focusing on its details, on its artistic twirls, on the millions of single polyps working in harmony to make it a Giant. This is the coral that Map the Giants team discovered in Faafu Atoll. How many of them are there? Where are they? And can we afford to lose them before we even know they were here?

Huvadhoo, giant Porites

A huge news. Map the Giants continues to uncover unique, invaluable coral colonies through the help of citizen scientists.
Amid this global coral reef crisis, it is heartwarming to still discover giant coral colonies in our ocean. Map the Giants is once again proving that Nature can truly be incredible and that it is our mission to protect organisms as special as these.
They are our beacon of hope for our planet’s future. This very large coral colony was only included in one of the three size classes we use to group our giants, the “10-20 m” group. The large size of this colony sitting on the side of a kandu is clearly visible from the diver in front of it.

A giant Porites from Huvadhoo Atoll, Maldives

A Maldivian giant from the deep South

A huge news. Map the Giants continues to uncover unique, invaluable coral colonies through the help of citizen scientists.
Amid this global coral reef crisis, it is heartwarming to still discover giant coral colonies in our ocean. Map the Giants is once again proving that Nature can truly be incredible and that it is our mission to protect organisms as special as these.
They are our beacon of hope for our planet’s future. This huge colony from the South of the Maldives it has only been visually estimated over 10m in length.