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Maldives Dive Overview

• Diving Environment: Diving in the Maldives is known for its diversity. From tiny nudibranchs and hard to spot ghostpipe fish, through eels, turtles, big schools of snappers, fusiliers and reef sharks to our favorite manta rays and whale sharks seen all year round.
• All the dives are conducted from a spacious and fully equipped dive Dhoni (Skiff).
• Water temperature: Water temperature varies from 80F (27 Celsius) in wet season to 86F (30 Celsius) in dry season
• 3mm wetsuit recommended

Best Of Maldives Itinerary

ARRIVAL: Mal, Velana International Airport. DEPARTURE: Mal, Velana International Airport

• DAY 1
• Dive 1: Fish tank north Male Atoll (Check Dive).
• Anchorage: near kuruba north Male Atoll
• DAY 2
• Dive 1: Maagiri North Male Atoll: Nurse sharks, stingrays, gobies, whip coral cowries, blue-stripe snappers, bannerfish, parrot fish, moray eels, and cleaner shrimps
• Dive 2: Embudhoo Express south male Atoll (grey reef sharks, barracuda, and trevally
• Dive 3: Kuda Giri wreck South male Atoll: ten-year-old wreck There are lots of glassfish in the holds and a feisty titan triggerfish had a go at my fin. There were shrimps inside a funnel and a few lobsters hiding in the wreck.
• Anchorage: Guraidhoo South Male
• DAY 3
• Dive 1: Guraidhoo Kandu south male atoll: Dive at Guraidhoo Kandu South Male Atoll a Protected Marine Area which has a large underwater region with a variety of channels, reef plateaus, walls, and drop-offs. Expect to see moray eels, lion fish, squirrelfish, soft corals, schooling trevallies, and sharks
• Dive 2; Miyaru kandu- Head to Vaavu Atoll and the first dive in this Atoll will be done in Miyaru Kandu. Expect to see mackerel, trevally, and schools of triggerfish, whitetip reef sharks, and grey reef sharks.
• Dive 3: Devana Kandu- Dive at Devana Kandu in Vaavu which is a narrow channel with a reef in the middle. Expect to see big fish like sharks, napoleon and eagle rays
• Dive 4: Alimatha night dive There will be a night dive at Alimatha Vaavu Atoll which has been one of the favorites among guests. Huge nurse sharks, stingrays & travallys can be spotted throughout this experience
• Anchorage: near Alimatha
• DAY 4
• Cruising early morning to South Ari Atoll.
• Dive 1 Maamigili Beru- south Ari Atoll ( whale shark search)
• Dive 2 Mv Kudhimaa wreck- south Ari Atoll The Kudhimaa is a Japanese cargo and was sunk in 1998 Batfish, pufferfish, boxfish, lion fish, sponges, sea squirts, and corals
• Anchorage: Near kuda rah South Ari Atoll
• DAY 5
• Dive 1: Kuda Rah Thila- south Ari atoll: Protected dive site, small pinnacle starting top reef at around 16m with soft corals and overhangs. Thousands of Blue Striped Snappers can be found at the top of this reef.
• Dive 2: Rangali Madivaru- south Ari atoll: well-known site for Diverse marine fauna that can be spotted at the Rangali Madivaru dive site, such as manta rays, shoals of cleaner wrasses, scorpionfish, leaf fish, and lionfish. Moray eels, firefish, basslets, Napoleon wrasses, and midnight snapper are also frequent guests. Beautiful sea plants can be
• found at Rangali Madivaru as well, including subtle sea fans and exotic table corals. The well-known feature of this site is the plethora of manta rays that use this place asthe cleaning station during the northeast monsoon.
• Dive 3: Rahdhiga Thila - south Ari atoll: pinnacle dive which is often home to grey reef sharks, overhangs with dripping blue, yellow, and orange soft coral, and shallow tabletop coral.
• If fine weather bbq
• Anchorage: Raidhiga
• DAY 6
• Dive 1: Panettone- south Ari atoll: Panettone has beautiful soft corals and purple fans that are full of small tropical fish. The larger species include barracudas, huge trevallies, gray reef sharks, and whitetip sharks. Sometimes it is even possible to see enormous manta rays.
• Dive 2: Moofushi manta point- south Ari atoll: The name says it all, this is where you spot manta rays. But there is more. Moofushi Manta Point also attracts many white and gray reef sharks and napoleon fish.
• Dive 3: Fesdu wreck
• Dive 4: Fesdhu Lagoon Manta night dive- North Ari atoll: A fantastic dive site for night dives: Fesdu Lagoon in North Ari Atoll in the Maldives, is one of three locations in the world where you can observe manta rays feeding! An incredible show!
• DAY 7
• Dive 1: Fish head- north ari atoll. fusilier and snapper sharks, napoleons
• Anchorage: Hulhu Male Lagoon Departure
• DAY 8
• Departure by 10 am
• Note: this itinerary can apply only on northeast monsoon (IRIUVAI) It may change due to weather conditions and current.