Hulhangu monsoon · nakaiy 13 of 27

Roanu.

17 May – 29 May. Moody, cinematic weather. Wind-blown fabric and dramatic light.

Rope-making season — strong, steady wind; the sea runs high. Maldivian fishermen and farmers have planned by Roanu for centuries; the almanac says the same thing every year, and it is right more often than the forecast.

For photographs: moody, cinematic weather. Wind-blown fabric and dramatic light. Hulhangu is quieter on the islands and the sunsets are the best of the year; if it rains, we wait twenty minutes.

Shot in Roanu.

M & M Family Portrait at Anantara Resort and Spa Maldives
M & M Family Portrait at Anantara Resort and Spa Maldives — frame 2
M & M Family Portrait at Anantara Resort and Spa Maldives — frame 3
M & M Family Portrait at Anantara Resort and Spa Maldives — frame 4
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M & M Family Portrait at Anantara Resort and Spa Maldives — frame 7
M & M Family Portrait at Anantara Resort and Spa Maldives — frame 8
M & M Family Portrait at Anantara Resort and Spa Maldives — frame 9
M & M Family Portrait at Anantara Resort and Spa Maldives — frame 10
M & M Family Portrait at Anantara Resort and Spa Maldives 10 of 50 frames

Anantara Resort and Spa Maldives · May 2018

Islands photographed in Roanu

Anantara Dhigu Maldives Resort

Questions about Roanu.

What is the weather like in the Maldives during Roanu (17 May – 29 May)?

Rope-making season — strong, steady wind; the sea runs high. It falls in Hulhangu, the wet south-west monsoon.

Is 17 May – 29 May a good time for photographs in the Maldives?

Moody, cinematic weather. Wind-blown fabric and dramatic light. The 1 shoot on this page were made in Roanu in other years and show exactly that light.

Which resorts did you photograph in Roanu?

Anantara Dhigu Maldives Resort — every resort has its own page with the travel fee and transfer.

Tell me your dates.

Send me your resort and the days you're here. I'll come back within six hours with two or three options and hold the date for five days.

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I reply personally — 07:00–22:00 Maldives time.