Maldives Deep South Liveaboards Reviews & Prices

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.

What will you see on deep south Maldives liveaboards?

You will likely see most of the sea creatures that reside in the Maldives, including:

1. Various rays like manta rays, spotted eagle rays and sting rays;
2. Lots of sharks including tiger sharks, grey reef sharks, bull sharks, silvertip sharks, whitetip sharks, spinner sharks, and nurse sharks and possibly whale sharks too;
3. Turtles including hawksbill and green sea turtles;
4. Eels like green, golden, and spotted moray spotted;
5. Octopus;
6. Mammals like dolphins;
7. Reef fish of all kinds;
8. Plus the small stuff as well, like nudibranch.

Deep south itinerary highlights

• Fuvahmulah Atoll: Tiger sharks, oceanic manta rays, whitetip reef sharks, thresher sharks large schooling reef fish, turtles and untouched corals.
• Huvadhu Atoll: Whale sharks at night, silvertip sharks and grey reef sharks.
• Addu Atoll: WWII wreck HMS British Loyalty and majestic manta ray cleaning stations.

Deep south Maldives liveaboard video

I’ve chosen a few deep south liveaboard videos for you to enjoy and to get a feel of what the diving is like in the southern atolls of the Maldives.

https://youtu.be/whvkF77u7c8?si=AQS1Ic0v583-VLL7

https://youtu.be/SlJ0LT445s8?si=NFZGm-I5GkoirGEN

https://youtu.be/UH7Tt-CQfo0?si=JueDESzUt7nGbMxL

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.

I hope you enjoyed this article about deep south Maldives liveaboards

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