ITINERARY HIGHLIGHTS

North Male Atoll

Also known as North Kaafu, North Male is perhaps the best known and explored diving area of the Maldives, having long been recognized as providing a great variety of scuba diving, beautiful scenery and a geographical location that makes it relatively easy to get to.
North Male Atoll diving is characterised by reefs, caves, current-swept channels and drop offs. The atoll sees plenty of fish action and is generally a good area for large pelagics, with reef sharks and mantas at the front of the queue.

South Male Atoll

Kandus, or channels, are a major feature of South Male diving. On the eastern reef wall there are 6 channels through which a huge volume of water gushes, bringing with it all the nutrients to attract large quantities of marine life.
Cocoa Thila is South Male’s most revered site. It is a large, deep water pinnacle on the outer edges of the atoll, its many ravines and overhangs provide divers with refuges in which to shelter from the strong currents that attract grey reef sharks, eagle rays and large schools of fusiliers. Larger reef fish can be observed too, such as sweetlips, snappers and groupers.
Vaavu Atoll:

Vaavu Atoll boasts Fotteyo Falhu – the largest unbroken barrier reef in the Maldives. The reef is 50 km long and the easternmost point of the Maldives archipelago.
Vaavu is mostly visited by liveaboards and this is undoubtedly the best way to explore these unspoilt sites.
Throughout the year you can find numerous sharks in the heavy currents and there are many thrilling shark dive sites. As well as plenty of grey reef and white tip reef sharks, you may be lucky enough to see hammerhead sharks.
Highlights include Alimatha jetty which is also becoming a hot spot for a night dive due to the nurse sharks that can be found here.
Meemu Atoll:

Excellent Channel dives with outside walls draping in yellow soft coral and teeming with sharks.
Also visit the famous Muli Corner for a thrilling dive with great visibility and pelagic life.
Beautiful channels with pelagic action, Sailfish, Grey Reef Sharks, Eagle Rays and beautiful soft coral. Manta cleaning station.
Thaa Atoll:

Thaa Atoll (also known as Kolhumadulu) is among the least visited dive destinations in the Maldives.
This round atoll has a combined landmass close to nine kilometres, with no single island larger than a square kilometre.
The mesmerizingly beautiful series of 66 tiny islands that make up the atoll are surrounded by spectacularly clear water with underwater wonders and beauty yet to be discovered. Some dives have strong currents but this brings in the pelagic such as Hammerheads, Whale Sharks and dolphins especially at night.
Expect large reefs, coral gardens, steep walls and overhangs plus action packed channels.
Advanced divers can explore deep, steep walls that are decorated with coral. Hammerhead Sharks, Whale Sharks, Dolphins, Traditional Maldivian Channel Diving.
Laamu Atoll

Laamu Atoll (also known as Haddhunmathi Atoll) is an oval shaped southern atoll.
It measures 48 km in length and 35 km in width, and has some of the top dive sites in the world such as Guraidhoo and Gan; this Maldives Atoll is situated 32 southeast of Kolhumandulu Atoll and 95 km north of Huvadhoo Atoll.
Laamu Atoll boasts numerous pristine dive sites with many different features like caves, steep drop offs, swim-throughs, not to mention the abundance of marine life and beautiful topography.
Expect beautiful fish-filled channels with great shark encounters.
Beautiful fish filled channels with great shark encounters.
Huvadhoo Atoll(가푸 알리프/가푸 달)

가푸 환초라고도 불리는 후바두 환초는 몰디브 최남단에 위치한 가장 깊은 환초 중 하나입니다. 이곳에는 동굴, 급경사면, 아름다운 수중 경관은 물론 숨 막힐 듯 아름다운 산호 군락과 다양한 어류로 가득한 수많은 깨끗한 다이빙 포인트가 있습니다.
Diving at Nilandhoo Kandu sees divers likely to face the strongest current near the entrance of the channel and the drop-off.
Expect to see mantas, leopard sharks, grey reef sharks, silky sharks, schools of barracudas, eagle rays, schools of jacks, and turtles on the sandy bottom. Nilandhoo Kandu is popular with ‘shark trips’ and underwater photographers.
Mareehaa Kandu is a channel dive perfect for underwater photographers wanting some macro shots. At this site divers drift the reef, wall, and look out for big fish. At the entrance of the channel it is possible to see grey reef sharks, eagle rays and trevallies. There are also schools of silversides and bluefin trevallies, as well as various shrimp and crabs near the hard corals. Hawksbill turtles and whale sharks are spotted occasionally.
후바두 환초: 빌링길리 칸두 지역에서 고래상어, 다양한 상어, 빠른 속도로 도는 해협 다이빙을 즐겨보세요
푸바물라

포물라 환초라고도 불리는 이 외딴 섬은 북쪽의 후바두 환초와 남쪽의 아두 환초 사이에 있는 적도 해협에 자리 잡고 있습니다. 섬은 길이 4.5km, 폭 1.2km에 달하는 낮고 평평한 산호 군락으로 이루어져 있습니다. 이 독특한 환초가 몰디브의 다른 다이빙 명소와 차별화되는 점은 환도상어, 백상아리, 범상어 등이 자주 출몰한다는 것입니다.

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영국 왕실 난파선
길이 420피트(약 128미터)에 달하는 이 유조선은 몰디브에서 가장 큰 난파선으로, 제2차 세계 대전 중 두 차례 어뢰 공격을 받았으며 결국 1946년 영국군에 의해 침몰되었습니다. 이 배는 수심 약 33미터 지점에서 우현으로 기울어진 채 놓여 있습니다.

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이곳은 일 년 내내 쥐가오리들이 모여드는 청소 스테이션으로 유명합니다. 주요 청소 스테이션은 수심이 상당히 깊고 해류가 강해 초보자에게는 다소 어려울 수 있습니다. 수심이 조금 더 얕은 곳에도 몇몇 산호 블록이 있는데, 이곳 역시 청소 스테이션으로 여겨지며 쥐가오리를 자주 볼 수 있습니다. 더 나은 관찰을 위해 위치를 유지하고 한 곳에 머무르려면 조류용 낚싯바늘을 사용하는 것이 좋습니다.