Scuba Diving Maldives

Land of 1,000 Islands, Dive the Indian Ocean ... DIVING MALDIVES !

A true tropical paradise with an abundance of beauty above the water as well as in it. The Maldives have been enjoyed by European divers since the 70's , and now are attracting the North Americans as a world class dive destination.

You must visit this land of a 1,000 islands before they are no longer emeralds in the Indian Ocean.

The airstrip is built out into the ocean on the island of Hulule. This is a transfer point for the many resorts and live aboard dive boats. The harbour is scattered with boats of all sizes and shapes. The Maldives is the most watery nation on earth. Half the size of Singapore, the sea forms half the territory. There must be great diving in Maldives!

Over 2,000 visitors come just to dive the pristine reefs. It's the abundance and variety of marine life that attract divers from around the globe. The Maldives dives are colorful and full of life, large and small. The Maldives sit on an underwater mountain range that rises from the depths. The mountain range is the base for the Maldives coral reefs. There are more than 70 species of coral here. A great location in the Indian Ocean and close to 700 species of fish and other marine life can be found here.

The claim to fame here IS the FISH life. Schools of fish galore, a great place for achieving that perfect fish portrait! If you don't get it here, you just won't get it! The Maldives have several indigenous species of marine life, which makes it even more exciting to us photog's. Currents play an important role in the gathering of the big fish species. Large schools of fish, sharks, eagle rays, mantas, whalesharks, jacks, trevally's, tuna, dogtooth tuna, wahoo, fusiliers, sweetlips, angel fish turtles and butterfly fish for starters. Then you get the occasional giant Napolean wrasse that looks to be one hundred years old, huge grouper, mating octopus and hordes of other fish too numerous to name.