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Best of the Maldives: Free Diving – LUX* Maldives

Published 20 October 12 6:3 AM | Maldives Complete

  Free Diving! No, not ‘free diving’ as in ‘free beer’. ‘Free’ as in unencumbered. Despite all of the spectacular diving in the Maldives, it took me several years before I took up scuba diving myself. And that’s despite the fact that my wife started...

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Best of the Maldives: SNUBA – Angsana Ihuru

Published 30 August 12 12:39 PM | Maldives Complete

  Another option for kids immersing themselves in another world , is the new SNUBA offering a Angsana Ihuru . Atoll Paradise reports … “Angsana Ihuru is the first resort in the Maldives to introduce the revolutionary SNUBA snorkel-dive cross-over...

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Equalization Tips

Published 22 August 12 12:37 AM | Maldives Complete

    Something else that bothers me personally when I am in the Maldives, is equalising (the process of adjusting pressure in your sinuses whn scuba diving). With such world class snorkelling in the Maldives, it was some years after my wife started...

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Best of the Maldives: Side Mount Diving – Vilamendhoo

Published 2 August 12 11:45 PM | Maldives Complete

  “ Bruce, you might want to try this .” That’s how Lori greeted me when I met up with her after her dive at Vilamendhoo after seeing side mount diving for the first time. Side mount diving has a number of advantages for certain situations. It is...

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Best of the Maldives: Diving - Nika

Published 11 March 11 5:16 AM | Maldives Complete

Question asked on Quora last week ‘ Where are the best scuba diving sites in the Maldives ?’ I turned to my two trusty Maldives diving resources... Tim Godfrey’s ‘ Dive Maldives’ Sam Harwood and Rob Bryning’s ‘...

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Best of the Maldives: Caves - Helengeli

Published 8 February 11 7:49 PM | Maldives Complete

  The Maldives are renowned for simple, easy, shallow dives. But for the advanced diving plenty of more technical dives abound. For example, there are over a dozen caves structures you can dive And if you are interested in cave dives, I recommend...

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Best of the Maldives: Dive Site - Alimatha

Published 25 August 10 1:33 AM | Maldives Complete

Maldives is one of the world’s leading diving destinations right up there with the Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Caymans, and Belize. But which is the top resort for diving among this top destination. Certainly a subject for much debate and hair...

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Best of the Maldives: House Reef Drop Off – Filitheyo

Published 3 January 10 9:8 AM | Maldives Complete

One of the absolute joys of the Maldives is the snorkelling. There is plenty of debate in the diving community about the top dive spots in the world. The Maldives always ranks up in the elite top with the likes of the Great Barrier Reef, Cayman Islands...

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Maldives Kurumba Visit – Day 4: Manta madness

Published 4 November 9 9:47 PM | Maldives Complete

Best dive of my life. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. It was raining this morning so we cancelled our snorkel trip and went on a dive trip to Manta Point. Coincidentally, Manta Point was the last subject of this blog before my departure for...

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Best of the Maldives: Mantas – The Haven

Published 28 October 9 10:5 AM | Maldives Complete

Possibly one of the most placidly dramatic aquatic encounters in the Maldives is the graceful and commanding creature Manta Ray. Quite prevalent across most of the Maldives, we have seen them a number of times from shore. In fact, Conrad Hilton Rangali...

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Best for White-Tip Reef Sharks - Bathala

Published 12 October 9 4:18 PM | Maldives Complete

Eeek a shark! One of the most prevalent sea creatures that you will encounter in the Maldives is the white-tipped reef shark . But for those who have gorged on too many Hollywood special effects, rest assured there is nothing to fear. In fact, one of...

Filed under: diving, Bathala, Maayafushi, Halaveli, ocean

Best of the Maldives: House Reef – Kandoludhoo

Published 15 August 9 12:26 PM | Maldives Complete

           One of the very first and most common questions to ask of any ‘ Maldives Best Of’ selection is what is the ‘Best House Reef’. Maldives is easily one of the world’s top dive areas up there with the...

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Best of the Maldives: Wreck Dive – Kuredu

Published 29 June 9 8:43 AM | Maldives Complete

Given the omnipresent reefs that literally define the Maldives and the shallows around them, it is no surprise that the Maldives are littered with ship wrecks for divers to explore. But the best locale has to be ‘The Shipyard’ off Kuredu in the Faadhippolhu...

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Best of the Maldives: Whale Sharks – LUX Maldives

Published 1 June 9 10:6 AM | Maldives Complete

Whales Sharks are a majestic and stirring sight on any diving privilege to see them, and in the Maldives they have a special folklore about them. The best place to see them in the Maldives, if not the world, is at the Dhidhdhoo Beryru Faru dive site ...

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Best of the Maldives: Hammerheads – Kuramathi and Veligandu

Published 16 May 9 5:45 PM | Maldives Complete

     My wife, our son Chase and I dove ‘ Hammerhead Point’ when we visited Kuramathi Village a few years ago. You get up extremely early around 6:00 am and you go off the dive boat in the middle of the deep channel. You descend to...

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