Dive Review of Maafushi Dive and Water Sport/Kaani Village and Spa in
Maldives/Maafushi island

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Maafushi Dive and Water Sport/Kaani Village and Spa: "Diving in Maldives", Dec, 2014, by Andrew Colin Thompson, Singapore, SG ( Reviewer 6 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 8532.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The Good: It's an inhabited island with about 500 to 800 Maldivians living on this island. You get to mix and talk to the locals. Lots of shops and local restaurants. It will take you about 10 mins on a bicycle or a 20 mins stroll to complete a tour of the island. The Bad: Maafushi island is quite well known because it has the most hotels compared to the rest of the inhabited islands, nearest island to Mali airport. During the peak season this island is packed with tourists. The bad and good of this island as opposed to the lesser know inhabited islands is subjective. If you like the typical island holiday with crowds, Maafushi is the place to go. If you prefer a quite island holiday with only one, two or three hotels on an inhabited island, then one has to search for it in the Maldives. For divers, with less than 50 dives, diving in the Maldives can be a challenge. Lots of drift dives, to observe schools of eagle rays and sharks, one needs to be hooked to the reef because of the channels and strong currents.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Malaysia, Thailand [Phuket and Ko Lanta], Philippines, Cebu
Closest Airport	Mali	Getting There	international flights.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	currents
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	10-30 Ft/ 3-9 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	depth limits
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	> 2
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Maafushi island is an inhabited island. Lots of small hotels, and very much affordable than those 5 star resorts. Due to the strong currents and channel diving that I encountered, UWP is a challenge here as opposed to diving in Anilao, Indonesia and Cebu. There are some dive spots where there's light current, however, under water tropical fish are few and corals are bleached. However, if you drift dive the channels, there's lots to see... reef sharks, schools of eagle rays, wrasse and lots more. You will have to set up UWP equipment at the hotel and carry it to the boat and there's no facilities on the boat to wash one's UWP equipment after diving. My advice... Don't bring along your expensive UWP setup. Just a camera and housing will suffice.

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Dive Review of Maafushi Dive and Water Sport/Kaani Village and Spa in Maldives/Maafushi island

Maafushi Dive and Water Sport/Kaani Village and Spa: "Diving in Maldives", Dec, 2014,

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Dive Review of Maafushi Dive and Water Sport/Kaani Village and Spa in
Maldives/Maafushi island