A second individual who went missing while diving for sea cucumbers on Wednesday, has been found.

While Mohamed Shaamin, 24, was reported missing at around 12:14pm, he was found by a dinghy at around 1:45pm.

The Noonu atoll Miladhoo native had gone diving for sea cucumbers near Manadhoo island in the same atoll.  

Earlier on Wednesday, Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF)'s coast guard located 32-year-old Abdulla Adam, who went missing while diving for sea cucumbers in Raa atoll.

While Adam had gone diving for sea cucumbers at around 8:45am, MNDF said that he was reported missing at around 10:31am.

He was found near an uninhabited island in the same atoll, Dhihkurendhoo, at around 12:06pm.