![]() The vast majority of Maldives liveaboard trips tour the central region on cruises called Maldives Central Atolls. Liveaboard Diving Safari Options in Central Maldives Other sites you will explore include Kuda Giri Wreck, Vadhoo Caves and Medhu Faru. Guraidhoo Kandu South supports the great abundance and variety of life that makes South Male a great area to dive in. Scuba divers do not come to South Male to look for pristine hard corals but rather to investigate colourful caves and overhangs, be surrounded by vast schools of reef fish, spot large pelagic fish, and marvel at the variety of colourful soft corals.Ĭocoa Thila is quite typical of South Male, where you can hover in an overhang sheltered from the current and check out the rays, sharks and schools of fish enjoying the current. South Male Atoll is considered to be one of the best diving areas in the Maldive Islands due largely to the currents which gush through the channels and therefore support an astonishing number of marine creatures. [More details on these dive sites: North Male. ![]() Other sites you are likely to enjoy include The Maldives Victory, Lion's Head and Okobe Thila. Manta Point is a cleaning station not to be missed, while the famous Girifushi Thila is a visual assault of riotous colour and marine life. It is also one of the areas that can boast places that feature pristine coral coverage something that thanks to El Niño cannot genuinely be said of some other parts of the country. Sites frequented on diving safaris tend to have topographical features such as caves, drop-offs and reefs. However, the sites are well spread and best visited by liveaboard. North Male Atoll is an area of the Maldives that is quite sparsely populated but has a great concentration of dive sites. [More details on these dive sites: Ari Atoll. Other dive locations include Broken Rock, Fesdu wreck and Kudarah Thila. Fish Head is another populous pinnacle where sharks can be present in big numbers and if sharks are your thing then an early morning dive at Hammerhead Point simply must be on your agenda. Diving here is like jumping into the most populated aquarium imaginable. Maaya Thila is one of Ari's typical pinnacles surrounded by an outrageous amount of marine life. Athough there are many good places for these elsewhere in the island chain, it is Ari Atoll that can lay claim to many of the best. ![]() Often the first thing people think of when they consider a Maldives diving safari is sites full of sharks, including whale sharks and hammerheads, and manta rays. The innumerable underwater pinnacles that typify the diving here are hotbeds of marine life, and you can expect to see greater fish density in this location than other parts of the country. It also means that the atoll is ideally suited for liveaboard tours. There are sites scattered all around Ari Atoll and they provide the full range of underwater adventure, meaning there is something for everyone. Whale sharks, manta rays and even hammerhead sharks are regularly seen on a single liveaboard vacation in the Central Atolls!Īri Atoll is widely accepted as being the leading atoll for scuba diving in the Maldives. ![]() Although the Maldives are known the world over for the stunning beaches and azure waters that typify the tropical idyll, its life beneath the water's surface is becoming ever more respected by scuba divers in the know. ![]()
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