43 - Embudhoo Express

Location:
North east corner of South Male Atoll.
Boat Trip:
70 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift dive
Depth Range:
5m – 30m
Photography:
Use a wide angle lens 14mm - 28mm for pelacigs, eagle rays and the breath taking scenery.

Special Feature: An exciting drift along the channel into the atoll. Great caves and overhangs at the entrance, the reef turns into a steep wall with a huge cave and a swim through all covered with pretty coral growth. The inward current brings in pelagic fish. Grey reef sharks are seen at the corner as well as barracudas and eagle rays. Gorgonians ands sponges with reef fish and moray eels meandering through them are a common sight near the caves.

42 - Embudhoo Canyon

Location:
The Northern side of South Male’ Atoll, Vaadhoo Kandu
Boat Trip:
40 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginners to Advanced Drift dive
Depth Range:
5m - 30m
Marine Life:
Eagle Rays, Napoleon Wrasse, White-tip sharks, schools of Black snappers, trevallys, Dog-tooth tunas, Groupers and fusiliers, Moray eels, Turtles.

Special Feature: A large chunk of rock looks to have fallen off the reef leaving a vast canyon 50 meters long with caves and overhangs. The dive can be started upcurrent from the canyon and drift in the deep blue waters of Vaadhoo Kandu before gliding into the narrow canyon at 20 meters. The coral growth is very good in this area because of the nutrient rich currents flowing all the time.

41 - Vaadhoo Caves

Location:
North end of South Male Atoll.
Boat Trip:
60 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
3m – 30m
Photography:
Wide angle lens is preferred for the beautiful landscape, schooling fish and perhaps eagle rays.

Special Feature:  An exciting dive along caves which start at 30m, all with beautiful hanging soft coral and some gorgonians. Excellent marine life, often including Napoleaon wrasse, eagle rays, tuna and big jacks as well as white tip reef sharks and turtles. On top of the reef big schools of fusiliers and oriental sweetlips are a common sight.

40 – Villigili Corner

Location:
South off Bandos, at the Vaadhoo Cannel.
Boat Trip:
About 50 min. by boat
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
03m – 30m
Photography:
The use of a moderate wide angle lens 20mm - 28mm is recommended for the cave, turtles, sharks and pelagics in blue water.

Special Feature: A typical outside reef with a steep drop at the beginning. It turns into a slope once you are around the corner. The reef has some small overhangs and a highly distinctive rock, pointing ahead like a finger. It makes a great landmark for navigation and is covered with soft and hard coral. The marine life is manifold with many a pelagic fish, reef fish and turtles.

39 - Kikki Reef

Location:
South off Bandos in the Vadhoo Channel between the North and South Male Atoll.
Boat Trip:
50 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
5m – 30m
Photography:
Moderate wide angle to standard lens (20mm - 35mm) for the overhangs and pelagic fishes.

Special Feature: Drop-off with pretty overhangs from 30metres up to 8 metres. Mainly hard corals grow along the wall and the visibility is usually good. Pelagic fish like tuna are an equally frequent sight. The reef top provides a comfortable home for turtles which are often seen at the spot.

38 - Old Shark Point

Location:
South off Bandos, in the Vaadhoo Channel.
Boat Trip:
50 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
3m – 30m
Photography:
Use a wide angle 14mm - 28mm for sharks, eagle rays and turtles.

Special Feature: The dive starts with a great rock formation at the corner of Thilafushi, an artificially reclaimed island. A great place to observe pelagic fish swimming in the blue water, move along the the wall which follows the rock to view beautiful overhangs covered with corals and crustacions. The great depth of the Vaadhoo Channel, which drops off to almost 500 metres contains mainly pelagic fish. The reef top, home to some turtles, is also an excellent spot for snorkellers.

37 - Lion’s Head

Location:
South off Bandos, in the Vaadhoo Channel.
Boat Trip:
50 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
3m – 30m
Photography:
Use a wide angle 14mm - 28mm for sharks, eagle rays and turtles.

Special Feature: With an international reputation for encountering grey reef sharks, the Lions Head is a popular dive spot. Even with a new ban on shark feeding in the area, the chances of seeing these impressive predators patrolling the area are still vast. The reef is a steep wall plunging down to great depth hosting a large number of invertebrate life like the octopus and the lobster. The clear waters of the channel offer the chance to view pelagic fish while the reef top forms a great showcase for turtles.

36 - Giravaru Caves

Location:
South-West off Bandos in the Vadhoo channel between the North and South Male Atoll.
Boat Trip:
55 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
7m – 30m
Photography:
Wide angle 14mm to standard lens 35mm rcommended for the caves and the snapper schools.

Special Feature: Drop-of with big overhangs and caves. The inside of some caves offer fantastic views of the blue sea from inside them. Big schools of midnight snappers swim among the hard and soft corals and the gorgonians. Pelagic fish and eagle rays are also common in this area.

35 – Moon Valley

Location:
North-West off Bandos.
Boat Trip:
About 60 min. by boat
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
05m – 30m
Photography:
For landscape, schooling fish and eaglerays a wide angle lens (14m -28mm) is recommended. Although good opportunity to get some excellent macro images of one of the numerous nudibranches

Special Feature: A very colourful drop off on the outside which changes into a slope with beautiful overhangs, Napoleon wrasses, eagle rays and reef sharks are a common sight. Schooling snappers, oriental sweetlips and an infinite number of fusiliers make this a rare and unique spot.

34 - Kuda Haa Tila

Location:
A 50 min. boatride south west off Bandos, near Giravaru Island
Type of Dive:
Driftdive
Depth Range:
7m - 30m
Photography:
Use a 100mm macro lens for gobies and nudibranches

Special Feature: Reef formed by a narrow connection in-between two hemispheres. The big one ascends up to 7 metres while the small one ascends up to 12 metres. It is possible to swim along with thousands of small fish. The hard coral growth here is excellent and comes in numerous shapes and sizes. Decorated with colourful feather starters, turtles, nudibranches and gobies which populate the reef create the perfect picture for photographers.

33 - Black Coral Reef

Location:
West of Bandos, close to Baros Island Resort
Boat Trip:
20 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginners to Advanced Drift dive
Depth Range:
5m - 25m
Marine Life:
White-tip reef sharks, Oriental sweetlips, Snappers, Trevallys, Dog-tooth tunas, Barracudas, Schools of bannerfish.

Special Feature: A drop off filled with caves and overhangs. The perfect dive site for beginners.

32 - Baros Thila

Location:
West off Bandos
Boat Trip:
30 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Anchordive
Depth Range:
8m – 30m
Photography:
The use of a wide angle lens 14mm - 28mm is recommended for schooling fishes, baracudas and shark.

Special Feature: The amazing abundance of fish at this site alone makes it worth your while to dive here. With the huge variety of reef dwelling species of fish, schools of batfish, barracudas, sharks and sometimes even sharks and turtles passing by you, it is easy to forget that the coral at this site are no longer in perfect condition.

31 - Rasfari

Location:
Westside of the atoll, outside of Rasfari Island.
Boat Trip:
85 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
10m – 30m
Photography:
The use of a wide angle 14mm - 28mm is advised for the scenery, the sharks and other pelagics.

Special Feature: A long outside reef covered with pretty hard coral and some soft white sandy bays where white tip reef sharks come to have a little lie-down or shut-eye. Well off the main reef is another up coming reef (thila) with nice soft and hard corals. This reef drops off on its outside to over 40m and is a good place to encounter pelagic fish. Grey reef sharks are a common sight, and even oceanic white tip sharks have been spotted in the past. With eagle rays passing gently by every now and then, there is no doubt that you will have fantastic time diving at this spot.

30 - Bodu Hithi Thila

Location:
West side of the Atoll, in the channel to the outer reef.
Boat Trip:
70 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginners to Advanced Drift dive
Depth Range:
10m - 30m
Marine Life:
Manta Rays, Black-tip and White-tip reef sharks, Hawksbill turtles, Trevallys, Dog-tooth tunas, Snappers.

Special Feature: The main attraction here are the manta rays seen from December to May. Getting a chance to have a look at these elegant creatures at close quarters is high, and the possibility exists of sighting a whale shark. The coral growth, however, is less remarkable, and we limit diving in this region to just during the manta season.

29 - Chicken Island

Location:
East side of North Male’ Atoll, Thulusdhoo Kandu
Boat Trip:
65 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginners to Advanced Drift dive
Depth Range:
5m - 30m
Marine Life:
White-tip reef sharks, Turtles, Blue striped snappers, Black snappers, schools of hump head wrasse, napoleon wrasse, fusiliers, butterfly and angelfishes, Moray eels.

Special Feature: On the outside reef are coral rocks around 10 meters where many reef fish are found. A couple of caves at 20 meters. Then a long drift into the channel follows, until reaching an overhang spiraling down from 3 to 25 meters. The is the start of a 100 meter section of cliffs, caves, coral blocks and swim-throughs. Lots of soft coral growth underneath the over hangs.

28 - Colosseum

Location:
North east off Bandos , at the out- side of the atoll.
Boat Trip:
65 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift dive
Depth Range:
10m – 30m
Photography:
Use a 14mm - 28mm for schooling snappers, sharks and pelagic fishes.

Special Feature: On the outside is a crescent shaped cliff, a great place to watch pelagic fish swimming by. The reef here drops down very steeply and is covered with hard coral. Inside the channel, the reef turns into a slope with nice soft coral. The marine life here is rich with pelagic species, sharks, eagle rays and all sorts of reef dwelling fishes.

27 - Palm Reef

Location:
North east off Bandos, outside reef of Gasfinohlu.
Boat Trip:
About 65 min. by boat
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
10m – 24m
Photography:
A moderate wide angle to standard lens (20mm - .35mm) is suitable for white tip reef sharks and sting rays.

Special Feature:
A very long sand step at 24m, framed by a coral garden with nice hard coral ascending up to 10m. Great marine life with stingrays, white tip reef sharks and sometimes nurse sharks.

26 - Aquarium

Location:
North side of Lhohifushi Kandu
Boat Trip:
30 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginners to Advanced Drift Dive
Depth Range:
10m - 30m
Marine Life:
Schools of red snappers, humpback snappers, blue striped snappers, oriental sweetlips, fusiliers, trevallys, dog tooth tunas, barracudas, eagle rays, white tip reef sharks

Special Feature: On the outside reef slightly to the northern corner is a group of coral blocks at 15m with masses of reef fish of every description, giving the site its name. On the sandy bottm at 25 – 30m are white-tip reef sharks and sting rays. And a couple of caves at 25m which is worth taking a look.

25 - Kani Corner

Location:
South side of Lhohifushi Kandu
Boat Trip:
30 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginners to Advanced Drift Dive
Depth Range:
5m - 30m
Marine Life:
White-tip sharks, eagle rays, dog-tooth tunas, snappers, napoleon wrasse and a wide variety of schooling fish like fusiliers.

Special Feature: Kani Corner is one of the most exciting drift dives in the atoll. The outside reef bottoms onto a sandy slope at 30m. The corner of the channel is marked by a small ledge with a cave at 25m. Most of the action takes place at this area. Inside the channel the reef banks up to a sharp drop off between 5 and 20m with caves and overhangs down the face.

24 - Thanburudhoo Kandu

Location:
About 50 min. by boat north east from Bandos, a channel into the atoll.
Boat Trip:
50 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
7m – 28m
Photography:
A wide angle lens 14mm - 28mm is advisable for landscape, eagle rays and sharks.

Special Feature: The inward current and good visibility makes this dive a delightful treat. It starts with a slope of either hard or soft corals, followed by a white sandy channel where eagle rays continue an ongoing search for crustacions. A number of reef formations, the centre of which is covered with beautiful soft corals. White tips rest here, nestles by the corals - creating an unforgettable landscape which gives a feeling of flying. The dive ends perfectly, in a shallow coral garden with bommies in white sand and many colourful reef fish.

23 – Illka Reef

Location:
North east off Bandos, near Girifushi Island.
Boat Trip:
About 55 min. by boat
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
6m – 20m
Photography:
A macro lens is advisable.

Special Feature: Small reef with a big coral block ascending from 25m up to 6m. An excellent dive site for beginners with a lovely landscape. Many reef-dwelling fish add vibrant life to the area.

22 - Farukolhu Haa

Location:
North east off Bandos, near Girifushi Island
Boat Trip:
About 60 min. by boat
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
4m – 20m
Photography:
Good place for some really nice macro shots.

Special Feature: A big coral block slightly away from the main reef with a narrow overhang which is home to an enormous grouper and quite often a giant moray eel. The landscape is appealing to the eye with pretty, hard corals.

21 - Coral Garden

Location:
North east off Bandos, at the end of Thaburudhoo Kandu
Boat Trip:
50 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
5m – 18m
Photography:
Standard lens 35mm.

Special Feature: An excellent site for beginners. White sandy bottom with bommies and all kinds of reef dwelling fish are found, creating a pretty scenery.

20 - Rainbow Giri (HP Reef)
(Protected Marine Area)

Location:
A thila south side of Girifushi Island
Boat Trip:
20 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginners to Advanced Drift Dive
Depth Range:
9m - 30m
Marine Life:
Large school of big-eye trevally, rainbow runner, barracuda, dog-tooth tuna, white tip reef sharks, grey reef sharks, eagle rays and other species of reef fish.

Special Feature: Excellent dive with a spectacular reef formation. The entire length of the reef on the south west side is filled with outcrops of reef, caves and crevices. The ceilings of the caves are covered with blue, yellow, red and green soft corals.

19 - Govagathi Tila

Location:
North of Bandos
Boat Trip:
20 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift dive
Depth Range:
 7m – 30m
Photography:
Use a wide angle 14mm - 28mm for the scenario with the anemones and the napoleons.

Special Feature: Anemones of different colours cover the reef top, offering a spectacular view. One side of the reef has some deep overhangs. All the small reef fish and some big napoleons are resident here.

18 - Barracuda Giri

Location:
South east of Thulhaagiri Resort
Boat Trip:
10 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginners to Advanced
Depth Range:
10m - 30m
Marine Life:
Napoleon wrasse, white-tip reef sharks, oriental sweetlips, snappers, trevallys, dog-tooth tunas, barracudas, bannerfish and long-nose hawkfish.

Special Feature: There are 3 sections of reef to this thila. The smallest being no more than 10m in diameter, while the larger one is about 50m in length. A hole in the larger one at 13m makes an ideal starting point from where the dhoni can secure a line. All 3 sections are pitted with nooks, crannies, steep ledges, overhangs and caves providing a veritable feast of marine life.

17 - Paradise Rock

Location:
1.5 km West of Paradise Island Resort
Boat Trip:
15 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginners to Advanced Drift Dive
Depth Range:
10m - 30m
Marine Life:
Giant trevallys, white tip reef sharks, hawksbill turtles, dogtooth tunas, napoleon wrasse, snappers and groupers and schools of fusiliers and bannerfish.

Special Feature: Oval shape thila (submerged reef). The main attraction are several large pinnacles scattered randomly on the north east side of the thila. The pinnacles are exposed to the full force of the currents and the soft coral growth is spectacular. Over hangs and small crevices all around.

16 - Hudhuveli Outside

Location:
East off Bandos, outside the Atoll.
Boat Trip:
Approx. 40 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
7m - 30m
Photography:
Wide angle lenses from 14mm to 28mm are recommended for the scenario and nice images of the numerous turtles.

Special Feature: Sloping reef covered with soft and hard corals. Almost guaranteed encounters with turtles. At the sandy bottom, leopard sharks and even some rare species as the bowmouth-guitar shark have been spotted here.

15 - Lankan Caves

Location:
East off Bandos, the southern corner of Lankan Reef.
Boat Trip:
35 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
8m - 30m
Photography:
Use of a wide anle lens 14mm - 28mm is advisable for landscape, fish school, tunas and turtles.

Special Feature:
An extension of Lankan Reef, this site contains remarkable caves starting at 30m going up to 10m. Beautiful hard and soft coral as well as huge gorgonians decorate the caves and makes the perfect place to watch tunas, jacks, with occasional appearances by napoleons and turtles.

14 - Lankan Reef

Location:
East of Bandos on the outside of North Male Atoll. About 25 min. by boat.
Depth Range:
7m - 30m
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive.
Marine Life:
Mantas, White tip reef Sharks, Hawksbill Turtles, Lobsters, Dog tooth Tunas, Snappers, Trevallys, schools of Fusiliers, Moray eels.

Special Feature: Well known as Manta Point, this dive site remains to true to its namesake by providing a home to these impressive creatures of the sea. During the South West monsoon season (April - November), at south-east corner of the reef are where they weave their way through the waters gracefully. Even without the impressive manta rays and the great fish life, the reef will is a great place to dive. Beautiful soft and hard coral covers the steep slope and they alone are worth a dive at this spot.

13 - Potato Reef

Location:
East South-east off Bandos, near Maagiri Reef
Boat Trip:
25 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Anchordive, descent and ascent on a rope.
Depth Range:  5m - 25m
Photography:
This is a place for macro photographs. Use a 50mm - 100mm lens for the moray eels, stonefish and gobies.

Special Feature: Myriad of colour glaze this beautiful reef where the marine life is abundant. Only about 100m in diameter, it provides excellent opportunities for keen uw-photographers. The reef is covered mainly in hard coral and crustacions. Massive moray eels are found here, as well as the extremely rare ghost moray. The dense lionfish population is really amazing and if you have good eyes, this is your chance to spot some stonefish. Surrounded by soft white sand, the reef is home to innumerable garden eels.

12 - Maagiri East

Location:
A reef on the west side of Chicken Island.
Boat Trip:
15 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Easy
Depth Range:
3m – 30m
Marine Life:
School of Bannerfish, Blue-striped snappers, Garden eels, Honeycomb and Giant Moray eels, Lion fish, Manta Mobula, Groupers, Hawksbill turtle and Nudibranchs.

Special Feature:
Big coral blocks lie everywhere on the sandy bottom attracting wide varieties of marine life.

11 - Maagiri Rock

Location:
East off Bandos, south side of Maagiri reef 25 min. by boat
Boat Trip:
25 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
20m - 30m
Photography:
Use a moderate wide angle to standard lens 20mm - 35mm for the scenario with snappers and perhaps eagle rays.

Special Feature: After a free descent down to 20m stands a big rock of about 30m in diameter. All over the rock are delight hues of soft coral, bringing it to vibrant life. Big schools of yellow snappers adds another bright dash of colour as they swim among the corals. A mecca for every uw-photographer. Big grouper hide in some caves and numerous lionfish scale the area. The dive ends at Maagiri east reef near by.

10 - Maagiri Caves

Location:
The north side of the reef near Chicken Island.
Boat Trip:
15 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginners to Advanced
Depth Range:
3m – 30m
Marine Life:
School of Bannerfish, Blue-striped snappers, Honeycomb and Giant Moray eels, Lion fish, Eagle rays, Groupers, Hawksbill turtles, white-tip and black-tip reef sharks, triggerfish, angelfish.

Special Feature: On the north side of Maagiri reef a big rock at 20m appears to have broken away from the reef creating a semi-circular cliff with a canyon. There is also a big overhang here and nearby are many small caves between 5 and 30m.

09 - Kuda Banana Reef

Location:
East off Bandos between Furana and Chicken Island
Boat Trip:
30 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
5m – 25m
Photography:
Use a moderate wide angle to standard lense 20mm - 35mm for landscape and napoleon.

Special Feature: Driftdive along a steep slope with overhangs and nice soft and hard coral. Napoleon wrasse and white tip reef sharks are sometimes seen in this area where the lobsters sleep between the rocks and the overhangs. The beautiful site is well suited for beginner and less experienced divers.

08 - Banana Reef
Protected Marine Area

Location:
North-West of Farukolhufushi
Boat Trip:
15 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginner to Advanced
Depth Range:
3m – 30m
Marine Life:
White-tip reef sharks, schools of fusiliers, bannerfish and blue-striped snappers, eagle rays, oriental sweetlips, hawksbill and green turtles, trevallys, dog-tooth tunas.

Special Feature: Banana Reef, named after its shape when viewed from the air, was one of the first dive sites to be discovered in the Maldives. The best diving is at the north eastern end where there are big spectacular rocks, caves, deep gutters and overhangs covered with hard and soft corals. The scenery is amazing and around these big rocks, predatory fish like sharks, barracuda, trevally and black snappers converge.

06 - Furana North / Furana Thila

Location:
North side of Full Moon Resort
Boat Trip:
15 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginners to Advanced
Depth Range:
5m – 30m
Marine Life:
White-tip reef sharks, eagle rays, mantas, dog-tooth tunas, travallys, schools of snappers, fusiliers, napoleon wrasse, turtles, moray eels, nurse sharks.

Special Feature: The reef drops steeply on the outside and there are huge blocks of coral at 18m abundant with a variety of reef fish schooling around it. With an ingoing current, drift into the atoll and venture out to Furana Thila rising to 8m on the north side of Full Moon Resort. There are caves at 26m and 20m on the south and west side of the thila. Sometimes Whale Sharks have been seen during the South-West monsoon.

05 - Furana South

Location:
South side of Full Moon Resort
Boat Trip:
15 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Easy drift
Depth Range:
5m – 30m
Marine Life:
Moray eels, snappers, eagle rays, manta rays, white tip reef sharks, groupers, trevallys, dog-tooth tunas..

Special Feature:       Best diving is above 25 meters and on the south corner are a couple of small caves at 10 and 15 meters. This can be a long drift dive and at five meters is excellent table corals. Whale Sharks have been occasionally sighted along this reef during the south-west monsoon season.

04 - Faru Corner

Location:
The corner of former Club Med Faru reef
Boat Trip:
15 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Beginners to Advanced
Depth Range:
7m – 30m
Marine Life:
White-tip reef sharks, eagle rays, mantas, dog-tooth tunas, trevallys, schools of snappers, fusiliers, napoleon wrasse, turtles, moray eels, nurse sharks.

Special Feature: The reef drops steeply on the outside and there are huge blocks of coral at 18m abundant with a variety of reef fish schooling around it. With an ingoing current, drift into the atoll and venture out to Furana Thila rising to 8m on the north side of Full Moon Resort. There are caves at 26m and 20m on the south and west side of the thila. Sometimes Whale Sharks have been seen during the South-West monsoon.

03 - Faru Outside

Location:
About South-east off Bandos, outside the atoll
Boat Trip:
25 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Drift dive
Depth Range:
8m – 30m
Photography:
Moderate wide angle lense (20mm - 28mm) for the pelagic fishes and turtles.

Special Feature: Drift dive along the outside reef of the Club Med Island. Mostly hard corals cover the steep slope of this typical outside reef where the pelagic fish dwell.

01 - Maldive Victory Wreck

Location:
South-West of Hulhule (Airport) reef
Boat Trip:
20 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:
Advanced
Depth Range:
16m – 30m
Marine Life:
Excellent coral growth, schools of fusiliers, snappers, trevallys, barracuda, groupers.

Special Feature:
Maldive Victory sank in the early hours of Friday, February 13th 1981. The wreck lies upright, tilted slightly to the port in 35 meters of water. The ship is a 3500 tonne, 83 meter freighter. The entire ship can be seen in one dive. The cargo holds are open and easy to penetrate. You can also go inside the bridge.

02 - Hulule Outside

Location:              
South off Bandos at Hulhule International Airport
Boat Trip:
55 minutes from Bandos
Type of Dive:         
Drift Dive
Depth Range:
5m – 25m
Photography:
Standard lens 35mm for all occasions.

Special Feature: Nice slope with mainly hard corals and, depending on the current, a quite good marine life. It is an easy dive site due to its natural protection from strong wind and therefore suitable for beginners. Turtles and reef dwelling fish are to find here, making this dive a nice relaxed afternoon stroll.