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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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”Great dives around the classic central atolls route. Saw everything and more than we expected!” The local dive guides knew the sites very well and done very well to keep us diving away from other boats (some popular sites could see up to 8 boats diving). We saw a whale shark at Dhangetti, manta rays at two cleaning stations, guitar, reef, black and white tips and nurse sharks on other dive sites as well as a tiger shark out in the blue at fish tabk. The nurse shark dive at alimatha was insanely good. The nurse sharks also stayed at the back of the boat all night whilst we ate dinner and into the next morning and you could jump in and snorkel if you liked. We dives with 100’s of stingrays, bull rays and even came across a mobula during a safety stop. For me the bbq and football on the uninhabited island meerufenfushi was magical, watching the sunset and then the sky fill with stars and watching shooting stars rain down as we took the zodiak back to the boat. Would like to see the boat lessen its environmental impact. They’re a bit behind some of the more expensive boats in terms of measures in place to offset customers impact. There is apetite for it from all divers. Overall a fantastic trip, the variety meant it was more an adventure than just a dive trip and I couldn’t have asked for more in that respect.” Recommended for: Dive guides, dive sites, friendly crew.
”The best liveaboard in the Maldives! This was by far the best liveaboard and dive holiday I’ve ever been on (previously been on Leo in the Maldives and another liveaboard in the Philippines, and also diving in Indonesia, Oman, Sicily, and Iceland). The main reason for this was definitely the incredible atmosphere created by all the staff, who were so friendly and made it such a wonderful week!
The boat itself is very comfortable, the food is great, and the dives were spectacular. The cabins on lower deck are beautiful wooden rooms, with powerful showers that always have hot water. The bed is made up several times a day, and the air con keeps the room cool. The food is really tasty and there is lots of it, and it is served on the table, instead of buffet style, which is much nicer.
There are 3 shaded sun decks with loungers and bean bags, and there is always loads of chilled filtered water to drink. The dive tender is really large and the boat staff are so helpful – they always helped me carry my tank in and out of the boat since I had a back operation. The dives themselves were brilliant, and the briefings were always thorough and well explained. The dive guides are great – ours was Shamoon, and he was amazing!
Always so friendly, fun, and helpful. The GM, Alex, was on the boat the week we were there and he was so kind, friendly, and fun! Some other amazing experiences were drinking from coconuts on a beach while listening to music with the staff and guests. Snorkelling at the back of the boat with a whale shark and dolphins who stayed all night and who we had to ourselves!
Watching a pod of pilot whales from the boat – the captain followed them for us for half an hour so we could get a better look! This was one of the best holidays I’ve been on, and I will definitely be booking Eco Blue next time I’m in the Maldives! It surpassed my expectations on every count. Thank you so much!” Recommended for: Dive guides, staff, food.
”Great dives and value! The diving was more advanced than I expected (I only have 30 logged dives) and the food was better. We had a great time. Do note that the seas and currents can be pretty rough in the Maldives (depending on the time of the year). But I would definitely recommend the Maldives and the Carpe Diem to my diving friends!” Recommended for: Great diving, food and value for money.
”A great trip all round. Cabins very comfortable, with A/c and a TV in each one. We changed our diving itinerary on day 1 on advice of the cruise directors given conditions and we were very much rewarded, with great diving as well as a whale shark and mantas. Would very much recommend this trip and the trip directors Albert and Sophie were fantastic. Food was varied, plentiful and delicious all trip.” Recommended for: Food was far in excess of what was expected, trip crew were great and the diving was excellent.
”Wonderful week on the adora. Mantas mantas mantas! Crew is wonderful, boat is very comfortable. Single cabin was a wonderful value, so nice to have my own private cabin.” Recommended for: Service, value, single occupancy cabin.
”Very nice cabin and great dive sites an guide! The dive sites are awesome and the crew is well organized. Diving at night with nurse sharks was great again and we could see a lot of other sharks and Mantas. The cabins are very nice with much place and everything is well orgnized.” Recommended for: The dive sites the cabins and much place on liveaboard.
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.
