Course overview

Already certified? Skip the lessons and dive North Malé Atoll's best sites on guided certified fun dives. From manta cleaning stations and shark channels to coral-draped wrecks and house reefs, a guide leads you to the right site for the conditions, with dives reaching up to 30 metres for suitably qualified divers.

What you’ll learn

• Dive guided sites matched to your certification and the day's conditions
• Encounter mantas, reef sharks, turtles and schooling fish
• Refine drift- and channel-diving technique with a local guide
• Explore house reefs, channels, walls and wrecks
• Build your logged-dive experience in warm tropical water

Prerequisites

• A recognised open-water certification (PADI, SSI or equivalent)
• Recent diving experience or a refresher if you have not dived in a while
• Advanced certification recommended for deeper channel and drift sites
• Logbook and certification card to verify your level

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Check-in & site briefing

   Verify your certification, set up rental gear and receive a full briefing on the day's chosen North Malé Atoll site.
2. Day2
   Morning channel dive

   Drift a North Malé Atoll channel for reef sharks, eagle rays and schooling fish.
3. Day3
   Manta & reef dive

   Visit a manta cleaning station or coral reef, with a wreck or house-reef option for the second or third dive.

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