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  Dive Operators - Maldives |  Maldives has a total land surface area of 300 Sq Km (116 Sq miles)
Maldives is part of Asia- The currency used in Maldives is Rufiyaa
- The language of Maldives is Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
- The capital of Maldives is Male
- The time in Maldives is 07:34
The climate in Maldives is tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
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Situated in the Maldives, Bandos Island Resort has an excellent house reef and suitable for diving all year round. The water temperature is consistently around the 30ºC mark so only a 3mm wetsuit required. I've been to the Maldives quite a few times and this is probably the best house reef I've ever encountered.
The Dive Centre staff are a friendly, helpful bunch and very keen on underwater video and photography so if you ever need any tips or tricks they're more than able to help. Unlike some Maldivian islands, diving here is slightly more laid back with no pre-booking necessary. If you're qualified and pass the necessary check dive, you can enter the water unguided when it suits and there will always be a cylinder waiting. Obviously, it's necessary to sign in and out of the water for safety and billing purposes! The island also has a hyperbaric chamber onsite so should an emergency arise, (and this can't happen because we're careful right?) you're in he best place. Boat trips are also readily available, usually two in a morning or full day trips. These are pre-booked and may be cancelled at short notice if not enough people show interest.
Water entry is just a short walk from the Dive Centre, an easy 20 yard swim to the marker buoy and then straight down. Maximum depth allowed by Maldivian Law is 30m. Currents were very mild with only one exception on full moon when it was impossible to keep still and I watched my buddy's bubbles go horizontal  Of course, this makes things more interesting because now the sharks come in to feed!
The reef has just about everything to offer, white and black tipped reef sharks in abundance, turtles, stonefish. eagle wrays and the usual huge shoal of blue striped snappers you would expect to see in the Maldives. Other sea life includes moray eels of varying sizes, batfish, blue jacks and a very shy octopus. The batfish appear very protective. On each dive, one seems to break off from it's family to follow your every move, where you go, it will go and it won't let it's friends come near. Try and make eye contact with it and it looks away fast! Very cool, bless!
Let me not forget the mighty lobster. From the entry point, descend to around the 10m mark and turn left. About twenty kicks of the fin in, you'll meet the mighty lobster and what a beautiful sight he is! He is impossible to miss, has no shyness at all and will pose with relish for the camera. At approximately 40cm long with antennae reaching a total of 1 metre across he is a beauty!
The corals on this reef are coming along nicely and in fact there's little evidence of bleaching on this particular reef. It consists mainly of hard corals but there are a few soft as well. We didn't get chance to do a night dive this time which is when you're most likely to see the softies.
Lastly, there's also a small wreck available for viewing. It's too small to be penetrated but nonetheless offers a further attraction to diving here. This is again, to the left of the entry point and starts off at around 15m and goes down to 27m (ish). There are huge grouper fish living in there as well as a cute but rather large brown moray.
This island is highly recommended, if you get the chance, go!!
| Facts about Bandos Island Resort House Reef It is in Maldives- Bandos Island Resort House Reef is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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A Thila about 20 minutes from Halaveli with lots of beautiful overhangs and a whole section covered with anemones on top of it
| Facts about Orimas Thila- It is in Maldives
- Orimas Thila is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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| Facts about Kuredu, Maldives- It is in Maldives
- Kuredu, Maldives is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Multilevel dive places. Nice for begginers
| Facts about Kuredu Home reef- It is in Maldives
- Kuredu Home reef is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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A nice Thila that you can easily dive around during one dive (50 minutes limit). You find walls, overhang, soft and hard corals. On one side of the thila, depending on day time, you will encounter a low current, but usually not that strong.
| Facts about Madivaru Thila, South Ari Atoll- It is in Maldives
- Madivaru Thila, South Ari Atoll is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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A nice Thila that you can easily dive around during one dive (50 minutes limit). You find walls, overhang, soft and hard corals. On one side of the thila, depending on day time, you will encounter a low current, but usually not that strong.
| Facts about Madivaru Thila, South Ari Atoll, Maldives- It is in Maldives
- Madivaru Thila, South Ari Atoll, Maldives is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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A very good place to see manta rays during the months January to March. Usually, it is an easy drift dive and you pass by the cleaning station. Twice, In encountered as well a whale shark at this place.
3° 35' 54.24" N 72° 42' 49.01" E
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Wonderful soft corals
Medium Current on April
| Facts about Nassimo Thilla , North Male'- It is in Maldives
- Nassimo Thilla , North Male' is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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Quite a few of these magnificent leopard morray eels
| Facts about Rashdoo Atoll- It is in Maldives
- Rashdoo Atoll is in the Arabian Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
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a beautiful dive on a wreck + Thila
| Facts about Vaanu Atoll by night- It is in Maldives
- Vaanu Atoll by night is in the Arabian Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
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Canon G10, Nice pair of hawk fishes
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Canon G 10
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Canon G10
| Facts about Ari Atoll- It is in Maldives
- Ari Atoll is in the Arabian Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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A ballet of mantas rays !
| Facts about Malé North Atoll- It is in Maldives
- Malé North Atoll is in the Arabian Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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A nice olace to see the manta`s.
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27c water temperature
low visibility
| Facts about Male'- It is in Maldives
- Male' is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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at a cleaning station for mantas, we wre very lucky on our first dive to have these udewater 747's swim around us. This picture captures their size in realtion to the group of divers watching them, and makes us feel pretty small in the process
| Facts about north male- It is in Maldives
- north male is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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we were just starting to chill out after the 2 morning dives offf of our liveaboard dive boat in the maldives, when all of a sudden we heard the shout "whalesharkey, whalesharkey". We grabbed our mask snorkel and fins and jumped in. There were several other boats int he area and it seemed everyone had converged on this whale shark. One of the things Cathy Vhurch had taughtme was not to swim linear with marine animals, but in arcs. I separated from the pack andparalleled the whale shark, watching his pectoral fins. When I saw him dip his left pec fin I know he would be coming in my direction. I froze in the water, just barely breathing and when he approached, I was rewarded with this shot.
| Facts about south male- It is in Maldives
- south male is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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Very good for diferent level diving
| Facts about Kuredu Shore- It is in Maldives
- Kuredu Shore is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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South side of the Thila has a fierce current running up it from deeper water generally about 15m deep on the edge ranging up to 3m on the top.
| Facts about Boduhithi Thila- It is in Maldives
- Boduhithi Thila is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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