Maafushi Scuba Diving and water sports are expediently located nearer to the beach.  The dive center features two modern air conditioned classrooms, clean up services with hot water, restrooms, change facilities, storeroom service and dive superstore.


Maafushi Dive is register with Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) and grip diving center working license from the Ministry of Tourism, Maldives Island.


Diving in Maafushi Island Maldives


For those who like the adventure of diving, Maldives is possibly one the destination on your bucket list, and a dream for the dive enthusiast. With its inspiring multi-colored gathering of corals with exciting spices of marine life reside in them; everybody should look forward to explore the plentiful waters of Maldives, anyway of whether you are a move on diver or a being who wants to discover.


Maafushi, is one local island in Maldives that surely does not require in its dive centers, recognized for their outstanding service down with exciting diving experiences. You can simply enjoy liveaboards or diving safaris during one of the diving centers in Maldives.

Maafushi Scuba Diving

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Best Time

Best Time

Making a plunge Maafushi is conceivable lasting through the year, yet the best an ideal opportunity for jump from January to May. The blustery season starts at June and goes on until November. The normal air temperature is 29-30C, and water, when in doubt, is around 26-28C. The strength of the current is from gentle to direct. In high season (November to May), the plunge destinations in the South Male Atoll might be packed with jumpers because of the way that most are situated in a little region on the east side of the atoll. During low season (June to November), the absolute best costs in the Maldives are offered by the two lodgings and jump shops. On the off chance that you are visiting from May until July, ensure the plunge shop on your island will be working. Numerous liveaboards will relocate to another atoll during these months. 


What to see submerged? The waters around Maafushi are a sanctuary for different kinds of reef sharks, hammerheads, ocean turtles, barracudas, monster fishes, manta beams, napoleon wrasse and whale sharks. Of the little intriguing species, anticipate Moorish icons, octopuses, fish specialists, numerous beautiful nudibranchs and fish squirrels with levels of shading and surface of different hard and delicate coral and wipes where table, fan and staghorn corals can be found. Any place you jump, the wild ride known as the South Male Atoll makes certain to give you in any event one "goodness" second.

Dive Centers

Dive Centers

There are five jump fixates PADI on Maafushi: Maldives Passions plunging school, Maafushi Dive and Water Sports, Arena Dive Club, Maafushi Dive, and Shark Diving. All schools are individuals from the International Association of PADI, and give a full scope of courses and testaments, including kids' jumping (Bubble Maker for youngsters from 8 years of age). From Discover Scuba to the jump ace, Maafushi's plunge shops can offer a wide scope of courses for protected and fun jumping. 


Groups are shaped from proficient neighborhood educators and profoundly qualified Europeans, and top notch hardware is utilized for plunge. On the menu: night-, float and wreck plunging, to give some examples.

Must-See Dive Sites

Must-See Dive Sites

Along the two sides of the channel (thila) that separates the North Male and South Male Atolls, as well as another 18 channels along the atoll's Eastern and Western boundaries, there are numerous jump locations with amicable soaks and buckles. Unsurprising overflows at the channel entrances attract barracuda, whitetip and dim reef harpies, groupers, huge roosts, GT trevally, lords, and shafts. All things considered, Maafushi will be interesting for shirtdresses. The most popular jumping spots near Maafushi are Guraidhoo Corner, Cocoa Corner, and Kuda Giri Wreck. The jump locations range in depth from 7 to 35 metres. Kandooma Thila and Embudhoo Kandu are also worthy of investigation.

Miyaru Faru

Miyaru Faru

Miyaru Faru or "Shark Reef" is a famous jump site is 15-minutes by boat from Maafushi Island. Miyaru in Dhivehi implies shark, and "faru" is a nearby term for a reef. The name of the site offers you to comprehend that there are reef sharks, manta beams and significantly more! After a short instructions - plunge into the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and a sluggish drop. The reef's dividers are decorated with gigantic ocean fans, among which one can discover arbitrary pelagics and other exotic species, like barracudas, snappers, wrasse, enormous puffers, triggerfish and large scale animals, including shrimps and nudibranchs. There is an extremely solid current here, that additionally pulls in schools of falcon beams and sharks.

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