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Ocean One Liveaboard – Deep south Maldives liveaboard – image courtesy of Liveaboard.com
Book your liveaboard trip to experience the Maldives deep south where. The southern atolls offer the best diving to experience shark action in out-of-the-way dive sites. Enjoy Huvadhoo Atoll in the south, and yet deep south and south of the equator dives sites like Addu Atoll and Fuvahmulah Atoll.
You’ll have an amazing time on the Maldives Deep South itinerary. Enjoy 7 to 13 days onboard one of the Maldives Deep South liveaboards.
You’ll arrive at each dive site early before any of the day boats from the resorts get there. This means you’ll enjoy more relaxed diving with less people to spoil the experience.
Maldives liveaboards that dive deep south Maldives
This table of Maldives dive liveaboards that include deep south dives in their itinerary are in customer review order, with the best reviewed deep south liveaboard at the top of the list.
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”Amazing experience. We were incredibly impressed by the setup on this liveaboard. The dive boat is spacious and supports 20 people comfortably. We were part of a dive group of 5 and the smallest on our boat was 4 and most was 6. They have 11.5L, 13.5L tanks (free) and 15L for those who need it at a premium. The gear provided was well maintained. Our standard room was spacious and clean with a good en suite. The communal areas of the boat are also spacious and there was coffee and snacks available at all times. Food was great and they even regularly caught fresh fish off the edge of the boat which was eaten the same day for dinner. This was my first, however, my colleagues said how this would spoil future liveaboards. I definitely recommend this option. For transparency, we got in early and paid around $2100 and found it to be good value for money.” Recommended for: Mantas, Whalesharks and spacious rooms.
”Epic Trip! Every dive delivered amazing experiences and encounters thanks to Gabriel, Maria, Ali and Rich. The boat crew was friendly, entertaining and enjoyable to socialize with. Manta Ray night dive was a dream alongside encounters with variety of sharks and rays. Dive guides were most professional, safe and led a phenomenal adventure. Would dive with this boat and crew again!!” Recommended for: 4 dives/day, crew hospitality and care, vast area covered at sea.
”Outstanding and unforgettable! Variety of dives are excellent on Central Atolls tour…mix of deep channels with strong currents and pelagics, sheltered reefs with vibrant corals and large schools of reef fish, stingray/shark feeding dives (insane!), manta night dive, wall dives, drift dives, and snorkelling with a whale shark to top it off. Truly amazing. Trips between dives to gorgeous island and a picture perfect sandbank plus a beach bbq party which the crew make very special. Early starts every day but then dives spaced out so plenty of sunbathing and relaxing time on surface intervals. Healthiest food I’ve ever had on a holiday! Good variety and all tasty. Daily room service and super attentive staff. Highly proficient dive staff. I had a junior suite and it was HUGE! I also went as a solo traveller expecting to share and ended up having it to myself. TV in room had screen cast not that I used it much… was never bored. Lived like a King! Multiple seating areas spread all over boat, could always find somewhere for solo time. I definitely recommend this boat and would go again in a heartbeat. Teseo dive director is kind, patient, works really hard to give you an amazing trip. Perfect person for the job and like a fish in the water! My ONLY criticism is the rental fins. They’re very flimsy and do not deliver powerful kicks. For most dives, fine, but there are strong currents on some and I was really having to exert myself to keep close to the group and my buddy. Not fun. I’m in OK fitness, deeply regretted not buying and bringing a good pair. If you do the south Atolls tour this is even more important, apparently that’s mostly channel dives. I did the Central Atolls tour 13-20 January 2024. Doesn’t affect my strong recommendation for this boat though.” Recommended for: Variety of dives, level of service from staff, comfort on board.
”Truly amazing above and below the water. Truly amazing from start to finish. We seen 7 species of sharks including the infamous whale shark. We had manta cleaning stations, 4 giant mantas on our first dive, donut couldn’t have started any better. The whole trip kept delivering and there is not one thing we would change. The crewe and the guides were fantastic. Food was also amazing and plentiful. I would recommend this trip to everybody. 100% satisfied zone more.. we had been so lucky. Big thank you to Stina our guide must of all, for the incredible guidance. A must do for every diver.” Recommended for: Underwater life, the staff and the people we met.
”Outstanding liveabord experience. The Whaleshark dive is right at the top, not only did it fulfill a tick on our bucket list, it was an experience of 30 odd minutes that normally only lasts 3 or 4. All dives for us offered something different and this is what we came to do – loved every minute. Diving always makes you hungry. The food on board was excellent at every mealtime and we were very well looked after. Diving makes you tired and our cabin was a comfortable, spacious and welcome retreat with perfect view.” Recommended for: The Diving and it’s very organised set-up, food and cabin comfort, friendliness of the staff and crew.
”Comfortable boat and awesome food. Very good diving around Fuvamullah and Addu atolls in channels. The food on board is mainly European style and is very very good. Cabins are very comfortable. Local dive guides were great. The Italian dive leader is very friendly and professional.” Recommended for: Italian food, very comfortable cabins, friendly dive leader.
”Simply incredible. The crew were fantastic, very friendly and accommodating to the group. Dives groups were 4-7 and our guides were great. The boat itself is lovely, cabins clean and surprisingly spacious with ensuites. The food was great, it’s an Italian boat so lots of Italian food but some local and international fare as well. The best part though was the diving. On an 11 day/10 night itinerary from Male to Addu we saw: – Tiger Sharks – Scalloped Hammerheads – Whale Sharks – Manta Rays – Eagle Rays – Schooling grey reef and nurse sharks (hundreds) – 50+ turtles – Schooling Barracuda – Schooling tuna & jacks – Beautiful coral reefs (especially in the deep south) We also regularly stopped on remote islands and relaxed in the sun. You won’t regret booking with them!” Recommended for: Tiger Sharks, Hammerheads and Whale Sharks.
Maldives Deep South March 2024 – A 7-night journey from Gan (Addu Atoll) to Gaafu Alifu Atoll onboard Adora Liveaboard. Saw my first Bull Shark at Kooddoo.
Map of Maldives deep south
How to get to the Maldives southern atolls?
The best way to dive the Southern Atolls is by Maldives liveaboard.
No other type of stay in the Maldives can match the number of dive sites you can access, many of which are nearby uninhabited islands that are far from land.
The deep south Maldives liveaboads often depart from the capital Male.
Male is accessible by direct flights from Dubai, Singapore, and Colombo, with inbound international connecting flights from London, the USA, Europe, Australia, China and many other places.
Also, many other southern atoll liveaboards depart from other ports, which include Kadhoo, Koodoo, Laamu, Medfushi, and Gan (in the deep south).
To get to the other departure ports, divers need to take a domestic seaplane flight Male.
When can the Maldives deep south be dived?
Diving the Southern Atolls is possible all year round, with water temperature staying between 26-29°C (78.8°-84.2F). Visibility tends to be excellent too, between 20-30 meters (66-99 feet).
The conditions are ideal during the northeast monsoon, which is from December through April. During the northeast monsoon the seas are much calmer, as the winds are much less at this time of year. Rainfall during this dry season is low too.
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Article written by Russell Bowyer who has been a scuba diver since diving on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 1989. After his first dive he trained as a BSAC diver in the UK. He attained his Diver Leader certification with BSAC. He then went on to become a scuba diving instructor, teaching others how to dive and was voted as Diving Officer and Treasurer for the Saffron Walden BSAC club too. Russell has dived all over the world, including the UK, on liveaboards in the Red Sea, the Caribbean, South Africa and the USA. Russell is experienced in all dive types, including drift diving, deep dives that involved decompression stops and recreational dives too.
