MaldivesDiveVacations.com welcomes you to discover the exciting world of Maldives underwater!
Mysterious depths, containing richness so abundant, that the mind fails to imagine its bounty. Exuberant fish of assorted colors, dancing around brilliant corals, hard and soft. Magnificent creatures of the deep graciously gliding to the rhythm of nature. Clear warm waters unfolding an enchanting realm. The Maldives, every divers dream!
Most of the resorts in Maldives have their own house of reef pulsating with colorful and vibrant life. Mostly, all the resorts operate their own dive schools offering scuba diving lessons to guests or tourists. These dive schools provide beginners, advanced and many specialized diving lessons. You don’t have to buy your own dive equipments as these water sports centers provide rental equipments. On requests, several wreck diving and night diving safaris are arranged with an expert diving instructor along with the requisite safety precautions.
Marine life
Reef life is prolific, with over 700 common fish species and many more still to be discovered and classified; invertebrate species are reckoned to be in their tens of thousands. For the sharp-eyed diver there are encounters with species like frogfish, leaf fish, ghost pipefish and a multitude of nudibranchs. Whether it’s the sight of the awesome manta ray, being face to face with a grey reef shark or spotting a tiny brightly coloured flatworm, the Maldives has it all.
Discover the beauty of Maldives underwater where you will find miracles and colours of the nature. Go scuba diving to find exciting tropical life and deep sea secrets.
Types of Dive sites
Most dive sites in the Maldives can be grouped according to the geological formation of the reef and are either Channels, Farus, Thilas or Giris.
The Channel or ‘Kandu’ as it is called in Dhivehi, is the deep cut in the atoll rim that connects the waters of the atoll with the open ocean. This is usually the first dive of the day as it tends to be the deepest with some channels being narrow enough to cross from one side to the other. The channel is home to the larger species such as grey shark that feed on the smaller reef life which, in turn, feeds on the plankton being carried into the atoll by the ocean currents.
A Faru is a circular reef rising up from the ocean floor usually lying in the ocean channels.
A Giri is a small area of coral, smaller than a thila that is found inside the atoll.
A Thila is an underwater reef that has formed inside the atoll. Thilas are oblong or circular in shape with the reef top at 6-10m. Sometimes you can swim around the whole thila in one dive but, as with all diving in the Maldives, the most action will be taking place on the point of the current.
Leave a comment