Trip detail

Underwater Escapism

By Maldive Mosaique

Departure

  • 30 May 2021
  • 12:30 PM
  • Hulhumale Outer Harbor
  • Velana International Airport

Return

  • 08 Jun 2021
  • 09:30 AM
  • Hulhumale
  • Velana International Airport
  • About Trip

    This is one of the best and most popular dive routes for the guests of our vessel. This itinerary is for OW and AOWD sometimes with no restriction on minimum dives. The dive instructor on board is responsible for everyone’s safety and can ask people to refrain from joining on a certain dive out if he or she believes they are not experienced enough for a certain dive. it is also possible for OW and AOWD courses to be done on board, we just need advance notification to ensure the appropriately qualified crew is onboard to train the guest. 

    The Trip Includes the Following

    • Accommodation for 10 nights and check out on 11th day
    • 3 dives per day excluding arrival and departure days
    • 12L Dive Tank
    • Fishing: you can enjoy several kinds of fishing while onboard Maldive Mosaique
    • All water sports
    • Free water, tea, and coffee
    • Breakfast, lunch, and dinner prepared by the onboard chef
    • Free wifi
    • Weight belts and weights
    • 2 divemasters and 1 instructor
    • Barbeque on a private uninhabited virgin island
    • Cocktail Party night
    • Local Boduberu music night
    • Picnic
    • Visits to other resorts and village islands also could be arranged.

    Does Not Include

    • Your flights 
    • Your Insurance
    • Cameras and Dive computers

    Chargeable Services

    • Nitrox (USD 120 per person per week)
    • 15L Dive Tank (USD 11 per day)
    • Fins (USD 5 per day)
    • Mask (USD 5 per day)
    • Dive Torch (USD 10 per day)
    • Dive Computer (USD 12 per day)
    • Drinks at Bar
    • Alacarte orders
    • Massages (Need to request in advance)
    • Jet Skis (Need to request in advance)
    • Kite surfing (Need to request in advance)
  • Itinerary Highlights

      We cover all central atolls and 30 dive spots that are renowned to the Maldives and International divers’ community. The trip is geared to sight all the big fish from a varied variety of sharks, snappers, wrasse to mantas and whale sharks. The trip also covers night fishing, barbecue nights, cocktail parties, musical events and obviously lots of sea. Please view the detailed itinerary for the exact and detailed information on the route and divers. The itinerary is prepared to show you the best of Maldives' central atolls covering Hanifaru Bay thoroughly. However, the captain and divemaster will decide on the exact route based on your interests, weather, and timing.

  • Trip reviews
  • Main Attractions
    • Whale Sharks
    • Manta Rays
    • Colorful Coral
    • Sharks
    • Schools of fish
    • Eels
    • Turtles
    • Lobsters
    • Trigger Fish
    • Napolean Wrasse
    • Snappers
    • Groupers
    • Sweet Lips
    • Octopus
    • Butterfly Fish
    • Scorpion Fish
    • Wreck
    • Cave
  • Anchor Point

    Hulhumale Outer Harbor

  • Image Gallery
  • Marine Life Videos
Day 1 : Arrival And Check In

  • 12:30

    Checkin In

    Guests will continue to arrive during the morning of the day. Our staff will receive you from the airport and transfer you and your luggage to the liveaboard. We will allocate your rooms, do a tour of the yacht and get the legal and check-in documentation done.
  • 15:00

    Check Dive

    Guests will continue to arrive during the morning of the day. Our staff will receive you from the airport and transfer you and your luggage to the liveaboard. We will allocate your rooms, do a tour of the yacht and get the legal and check-in documentation done.
Day 2 : North Male Atoll

  • 06:00

    PARADISE MANTA POINT

    Latitude:4° 18.601' N
    Longitude:73° 36.317' E
    Alternative name: Lankan Reef
    Average depth 25 m / 82 ft
    Max depth 50 m / 164 ft
    Current Strong ( > 2 knots)
    Visibility Medium ( 5 - 10 m)
    QUALITY: Dive site quality Good
    Experience CMAS ** / AOW
    DIVE TYPE
    - Drift dive
    - Sharks
    - Big fishes
    - Reef
    DIVE SITE ACTIVITIES
    - Marine biology

    DANGERS
    - Current
    - Boat traffic
  • 10:00

    Nassemo Thila

    DIVE SITE CHARACTERISTICS
    Alternative name: Paradise Rock
    Average depth 16 m / 52.5 ft
    Max depth 34 m / 111.5 ft
    Current Medium ( 1-2 knots)
    Visibility Medium ( 5 - 10 m)
    QUALITY
    Dive site quality is Great
    Experience CMAS ** / AOW
    Bio interest is Outstanding
    DIVE TYPE
    - Drift dive
    - Reef
    DIVE SITE ACTIVITIES
    - Marine biology
    - Orientation
    DANGERS
    - Current
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    A beautiful dive site with several pinnacles of rocks filled with animal life and all kinds of corals. Soft corals and big sea fans are outstanding. Beautiful ending at the top of the thila. Quite a difficult dive site in terms of orientation.
  • 15:00

    Helengeli Thila

    DIVE SITE CHARACTERISTICS
    Average depth 28 m / 91.9 ft
    Max depth 35 m / 114.8 ft
    Current Strong ( > 2 knots)
    Visibility Excellent ( > 30 m)
    QUALITY
    Dive site quality: Standard
    Experience: All divers
    Bio interest: Outstanding
    DIVE TYPE
    - Deep
    - Sharks
    - Big fishes
    - Ambiance
    DANGERS
    - Depth
    - Current
Day 3 : Lhaviyani Atoll

  • 06:00

    Kanifushi Kandu

    Latitude:5° 29.555' N
    Longitude:73° 31.339' E
    DIVE SITE CHARACTERISTICS
    Average depth 20 m / 65.6 ft
    Max depth 25 m / 82 ft
    Current Medium ( 1-2 knots)
    Visibility Good ( 10 - 30 m)
    QUALITY
    Dive site quality: Good
    Experience: CMAS ** / AOW
    Bio interest: Interesting
    DANGERS
    - Depth
    - Current
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    Protected marine area. Typical channel. The amount of fishes depends on current. Morays, stingrays, eagle rays, sometimes manta rays.
  • 10:00

    Kanifushi Corner

    Latitude:5° 31.301' N
    Longitude:73° 25.772' E
    DIVE SITE CHARACTERISTICS
    Average depth 15 m / 49.2 ft
    Max depth 30 m / 98.4 ft
    Current Low ( < 1 knot)
    Visibility Good ( 10 - 30 m)
    QUALITY
    Dive site quality Good
    Experience CMAS * / OW
    Bio interest Outstanding
  • 15:00

    Felivaru Wreck

    Great to dive the house reef and explore the small wreck near Felivaru Reef. it as an artificial reef with a depth range from 5m to 23m, it is also suitable for beginner divers. You can find jacks on the uppermost deck and schools of batfish swimming into the current. Also huge groupers and sweetlips at the bow and gigantic reef lobsters hiding beneath. The night dive on the wreck is extraordinary with all its shrimps, nudibranchs and critters hiding in the pipes and gaps.
Day 4 : More Lhaviyani Atoll

  • 06:00

    Felivaru Kandu

    Depth
    Average: 5 m
    Maximum: 30 m
    Current
    Strong ( > 2 knots)
    Visibility
    Average: 15 m
    Maximum: 30 m
    Felivaru Kandu is a coral reef and quite large sandy channel in Maldives, which varies from 5m/16ft at the corners to 30m/98ft on the channel edge dropping away. An old, coral covered anchor can be also found near. If the current is very strong (>2 knots), it can be hard work finning against the current, but the site worth the efforts. Among marine species eagle rays, big game fish, barracuda, stingrays, grey reef sharks can be seen inside the channel.
  • 10:00

    Madivaru Kandu

    SUITABLE FOR:: Intermediate level
    DEPTH:: 5m at the corners, dropping away to 30m and beyond, maximum dive depth 30m
    EXPECT TO SEE:: Eagle rays, stingrays, sharks, snappers and triggerfish
    A sandy channel with some deep overhangs at 30 metres. While crossing this dive site from one corner to the other, look in the sandy areas for stingrays and check above you for eagle rays flying in formation. The occasional white-tip and grey reef shark can be spotted swimming along the channel edge. As you approach the corners of the channel you have the chance to see schools of snappers and brightly coloured triggerfish.
  • 15:00

    Kuredu House Reef

    Latitude:5° 32.791' N
    Longitude:73° 28.062' E
    DIVE SITE CHARACTERISTICS
    Average depth 5 m / 16.4 ft
    Max depth 20 m / 65.6 ft
    Current Medium ( 1-2 knots)
    Visibility Good ( 10 - 30 m)
    QUALITY
    Dive site quality Good
    Experience All divers
    DIVE TYPE
    - Lagoon
    - Wreck
    - Reef
    DIVE SITE ACTIVITIES
    - Night dive
    - First dive
    - Dive training
    - Snorkeling / Free diving
    - Photography
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    Small Fishing boat sunk stern down at an angle of approximately 45 degrees, Bow is at about 20m with the stern about 30m, located three quarters of the way along the house reef before the reef turns into the channel of Kuredu Express.
Day 5 : Noonu Atoll

  • 06:00

    Raafushi Wall

    Depth
    Average: 5 m
    Maximum: 30 m
    Current
    Strong ( > 2 knots)
    Visibility
    Average: 15 m
    Maximum: 30 m
    The Noonu Atoll offers diving for all levels of experience but is better suited to intermediate divers. Beginners will have the opportunity to progress and experience the thrill of challenging drift dives. Located on the outer reef of the atoll’s southern tip is the Raafushi dive – suitable for all levels. The top of the reef is 10-15 feet (3-5 meters) deep and drops off to 39-46 feet (12-14 meters). Expect nudibranchs and red toothed triggerfish with their distinctive red teeth that look like incisors. As you navigate the reef’s long crack, you might see a nocturnal nurse shark having a snooze.
    The atoll's big attraction is the grey reef sharks but also expect leopard sharks and guitar sharks – the guitar’s neck is the shark, and the guitar’s body is the ray.

    You will also see stingrays, spotted eagle rays, barracuda, jackfish, morays, schooling blue-striped snapper, and turtles.

    The table corals can be substantial, and you’ll find oriental sweet lips and pufferfish around them. Iridescent mantis shrimps shyly emerge from holes, and nudibranchs splatter the reefs with vibrant colors.
  • 10:00

    Manadhoo Corner

    SUITABLE FOR:: Intermediate level
    DEPTH:: 5m at the corners, dropping away to 30m and beyond, maximum dive depth 30m
    EXPECT TO SEE:: Eagle rays, stingrays, sharks, snappers, and triggerfish
    Intermediate divers can head to the Christmas Rock. This dive’s moniker comes from its circular-shaped thila (submerged island). Its highest point is found at a depth of 46 feet (14 meters). As you navigate the rock, you might see whitetip reef sharks - it's as though their dorsal fins have been sprinkled with snow. Look out for stingrays resting in the overhangs. This diving point attracts whale sharks and mantas and divers shall jump further away from where it was calm. The reef is not exploited, and it is very rich, especially when there is no outer reef in the atoll. Waves and current ensures the flow of clear water making the visibility good while nourishing the corals.
  • 15:00

    Mas Thila

    Orimas Thila offers a deeper dive for advanced divers. The thila is found at 46 feet (14 meters) and drops off to 98 feet (30 meters). The dive’s highlight is the grey reef sharks. These predators can be found in groups of up to twenty, and the thila also functions as a nursery. Expect to see larger females protecting their juveniles. Rays, leopard and guitar sharks may also be about.
    SUITABLE FOR:
    Advanced level
    DEPTH:
    14m, dropping to 30m and beyond, maximum dive depth 30m
    EXPECT TO SEE:
    Grey reef, leopard and guitar sharks, rays, barracuda, jackfish, eagle rays and stingrays
    Dozens of sharks, rays, schools of barracuda and jacks help make Orimas or Mas Thila is a fantastic big fish dive. Acting as a nursery and cleaning station for grey reef sharks, this underwater mound will often attract these fish in large numbers that take advantage of the ocean currents and warm waters. Other species of sharks such as leopard and guitar sharks are also commonly seen on the thila, where eagle rays and stingrays also are frequently found. With the site doubling as a nursery, many of the sharks seen are juveniles protected by a small number of often very large females. Orimas is a big hit with rebreather divers who find the sharks come VERY close when the bubbles stop flowing.
Day 6 : More Noonu Atoll

  • 06:00

    Miyaru Vani or Shark Point

    What's happening here may be dramatic a bit too much, yes this is a really great dive for shark enthusiasts. Crowds and schools of grey sharks and eagle rays, stingrays, turtles, schools of jackfish and bat fish, it's all there and it's far away from the crowds. Fantastic!
  • 10:00

    Thanburudhoo Kandu

    Many species of sharks and big fish happen to roam this channel and must drift with them to enjoy this dive.
  • 15:00

    Thanburudhoo Wall

    This wall dive starts on an outer atoll wall before diver’s hook into the reef at the channel mouth watching the passing sharks and pelagic fish. However, the highlight of the dive is the channel, as it is colored by some of the prettiest soft corals you will see in the Maldives and is also home to countless fish.
Day 7 : Raa Atoll

  • 06:00

    Kottey Corner

    Also known as Yellow Pink corner, named for the abundant yellow clathria soft coral and pink hydrocoral that blankets the reef wall and the many overhangs that punctuate the wall as it descends from 2 to 28 meters, Yellow Pink Corner is a colorful site where you can find nudibranchs, lots of anemones, and an incredible array of fish, some of which operate cleaning stations for larger species. Suitable for intermediate divers and up, the site is ideal for underwater photography.
  • 10:00

    Anemone City

    Highlights: schooling fish & big pelagic fish.
    Diving environment: caverns, beginner and advanced divers, off the beaten track...
    Look out for stingrays and Napoleon wrasse lurking on the sandy ledge below the largest overhang. After inspecting this overhang, divers usually proceed to a sloping reef with plenty of hard corals, sea whips and fish life. Expect to see butterflyfish, parrotfish, bannerfish and lots of fusiliers, unicornfish, and surgeonfish all around you, including red fire gobies, as well as shrimp and goby partnerships and mantis shrimps. There are plenty of large table corals, swarms of fairy basslets, hunting jacks, tuna, and blue-dash fusiliers. There can be quite a strong current here so you may find, particularly over the top of the giri, that it is a good time to use a reef hook and just relax and watch the goings-on.
  • 15:00

    Seven Blocks or Reethi Thila

    Reethi Thila represents a dive that is typical of the Maldives, a submerged pinnacle with plenty of caverns and overhangs and with a stunning amount of fish. What is noteworthy is the volume and variety of fish life; enough to stretch even the most ardent fish identification enthusiast. By way of example, here is a brief list of some of the wrasses that you are likely to encounter on this dive site: African, Ringed, Reindeer, Lemon Meringue, Speckled, Blue-streak Cleaner, Bird, Six-bar, Half-and-half. A similar list could be compiled for angelfish, surgeonfish, and triggerfish, such is the sheer quantity of fish and the species variety at this spot and this scuba diving area of the Maldives generally. You can also enjoy some downtime in the sandy areas of the reef flat where you should look out for mantis shrimp, nudibranchs and even some playful octopi.
Day 8 : Baa Atoll

  • 18:00

    Dharavandhoo Corner

    Latitude:5° 9.254' N
    Longitude:73° 8.302' E
    DIVE SITE CHARACTERISTICS
    Alternative name: Duravandu
    Average depth 19 m / 62.3 ft
    Max depth 40 m / 131.2 ft
    Current Low ( .5 - 1 knot)
    Visibility Good ( 10 - 30 m)
    QUALITY
    Dive site quality Great
    Experience: All divers
    Bio interest Outstanding
    DIVE TYPE
    - Wall
    - Reef
    DIVE SITE ACTIVITIES
    - Marine biology
    - Photography
  • 10:00

    Hanifaru Bay

    DIVE SITE CHARACTERISTICS
    Alternative name: Vandhumaafaru Adi
    Average depth m / ft
    Max depth 5 m / 16.4 ft
    Current Low ( 0.5 - 1 knot)
    Visibility Good ( 10 - 30 m)
    QUALITY
    Dive site quality Great
    Experience All divers
    Bio interest Outstanding
    DIVE TYPE
    - Lagoon
    - Sharks
    - Big fishes
    - Ambiance

    DIVE SITE ACTIVITIES
    - Marine biology
    - Snorkeling / Freediving
    Hanifaru Bay in Baa Atoll, Maldives, is famous for being a nursery ground for grey sharks, and stingrays. It is also one of the very few places in the world where whale sharks congregate to mate. However, it is best known for its concentration of the enigmatic, graceful, inquisitive and charismatic reef manta rays. Hundreds of these large, graceful, cartilaginous elasmobranch fish congregate to ravine themselves in the plankton-rich waters. Hanifaru in Baa Atoll, is an uninhabited island of the Maldives with a small, enclosed, underwater bay approximately the size of a football field, locally known as ‘Vandhumaafaru Adi’. In this confined space you’ll get as many as 200 mantas, which may span 3.5m across, feeding for 2 to 4 hours. These sheer numbers change the natural feeding patterns and are replaced by feeding frenzy behavior which results in a circus performance.
  • 15:00

    Dharavandhoo Thila

    Top: 8 m
    Maximum: 30 m
    Difficulty: A moderately difficult dive site, depending on current conditions.
    Tip: Nitrox recommended.
    Description: A narrow and curved reef which is situated on the northern side of the island of Dharavandhoo.
    What can you see: Napoleons, stingrays, and turtles. During the South West Monsoon, manta rays can also be spotted here.
Day 9 : More Baa Atoll

  • 06:00

    Dhonfan Thila

    Latitude:5° 10.611' N
    DIVE SITE CHARACTERISTICS
    Average depth 15 m / 49.2 ft
    Max depth 30 m / 98.4 ft
    Current Medium ( 1-2 knots)
    Visibility Good ( 10 - 30 m)
    QUALITY
    Dive site quality Great
    Experience CMAS * / OW
    Bio interest Interesting
    DIVE TYPE
    - Sharks
    - Big fishes
    - Reef
    DIVE SITE ACTIVITIES
    - Marine biology
    - Photography

    DANGERS
    - Current
    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    The nearly round thila rising up from more than 30 meters (100 ft), up to 7 meters (22 ft) depth. If you look in the blue water you can see eagle rays, manta rays, or grey reef sharks. At the reef, you will find a lot of schools of fish, like snapper, fusilier, and turtles. On one side of the thila is in a depth of 20 meters (65 ft) a little canyon. Sometimes the canyon is full of glassfish. Take care of your buoyancy, at the ground of the canyon are firefish, dragon head, and if you are lucky a stonefish. The canyon is ending in a small cave, where you can swim through on to the top of the thila.
  • 10:00

    Hanifaru Bay Second Dive

    Hanifaru Bay in Baa Atoll, Maldives, is famous for being a nursery ground for grey sharks, and stingrays. It is also one of the very few places in the world where whale sharks congregate to mate. However, it is best known for its concentration of the enigmatic, graceful, inquisitive and charismatic reef manta rays. Hundreds of these large, graceful, cartilaginous elasmobranch fish congregate to ravine themselves in the plankton-rich waters. Hanifaru in Baa Atoll, is an uninhabited island of the Maldives with a small, enclosed, underwater bay approximately the size of a football field, locally known as ‘Vandhumaafaru Adi’. In this confined space you’ll get as many as 200 mantas, which may span 3.5m across, feeding for 2 to 4 hours. These sheer numbers change the natural feeding patterns and are replaced by feeding frenzy behavior which results in a circus performance.
  • 15:00

    Soneva Fushi Thila

    For eye-popping diving in the Maldives, this is as good a spot as any.
Day 10 : Final Dive Day

  • 06:00

Day 11 : Checkout and Departure

  • 09:00

    Check out and Transfer

    After a stunning tour underwater of the Maldives, this is the time to say goodbye. With the option of joining almost 30 dives included in your package, you will surely be looking forward to coming back to explore more with the Maldive Mosaique. Goodbye and safe journey home.