Dive in Maldives
Learning scuba diving
In the oceans and underwater is where the greatest marine biodiversity are scattered. The Maldives, the whole of the archipelago is considered a pristine dive site. The best way to see the Maldives is onboard a dedicated live-aboard cruise boat.
Maldives reefs and seas are habitat to micro organism from plankton to gentle giants such as whale sharks. As Maldives is in the tropics throughout the year you get warm water and water temperature is around 24 degrees Celsius. Beginning of May until September (during the south-west monsoon) divers are pretty much guaranteed to see manta rays. These magnificent mysterious creatures always swim in Maldives waters throughout the year. North Male’ atoll and South Ari atoll is in the central tourism zone and provides reliably good diving around the atoll reefs, with healthy numbers of sharks, turtles and schooling game fish as well as all the small colourful reef life. In Ari atoll Maya Thilla is famous for its school of hammerhead sharks.
The Maldives boats the best all-round diving anywhere in the world. Many of the popular dive sites within the Maldives are protected zones, meaning that nothing can be removed from the site.
