Course overview

Explore Rasdhoo Atoll's 35-plus dive sites on guided fun dives, with everything from easy reef drifts to high-energy channel diving within a short boat ride of this small island. Certified divers can seek out reef sharks, turtles, mantas and the atoll's celebrated dawn hammerheads, all led by experienced guides who read the tides for the best conditions.

What you’ll learn

• Dive varied reef, wall and channel sites with a guide
• Use drift and current techniques in real Maldivian conditions
• Identify signature marine life such as sharks, rays and turtles
• Improve buoyancy and air management across dives
• Time dives to tide windows for peak big-animal action
• Accumulate logged dives toward SSI recognition ratings

Prerequisites

• SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent certification
• Advanced Adventurer recommended for deeper channel and wall sites
• Recent dive experience or a refresher if needed
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician if any condition applies

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
   Two guided dives

   A typical day of two boat dives matched to your level, such as a reef drift at Three Palm and a corner dive at Madivaru Corner, with briefings and a surface interval between.

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