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Maldives/Equatorial Far South

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Scuba Tours Worldwide/Sea Spirit: "Far South Maldives", Mar, 2017, by Dan Purnell, WA, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 9513 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	My journey began in Portland Oregon, to Male, and then down to Gan. The Maldives are a long way from home! The next twelve days we would dive around Gan Addu, Foammulah and Huvadhoo. I was told to expect an adventurous diving expedition, and I was not disappointed! The Sea Spirit is well run and maintained. The crew was very friendly and helpful. If you needed anything, they were right there to assist. They were always eager to help you get in and out of the water. And the food was absolutely delicious! The Dive Guides, Lisa and Dave, are the best. Both were adventurous, excited to share the best of the Maldives with their guests. Lisa and Dave are incredibly enthusiastic about their work. You can tell that they love to dive. They took us to a number of challenging dive sites, well off the beaten path. We did a fascinating exploratory dive. Dave and Lisa provided excellent dive briefings, and ensured that we descended in the correct spots, given the wild and unpredictable currents. The diving was diverse, from wrecks, to current swept channels, to lovely coral gardens, to brilliant reef fish to walls of sharks. Gan Addu featured a bit of everything, including grey reef sharks, black and white tips, hammerheads, big eyed jacks, rainbow runners, barracuda, napoleon wrasses and green turtles. We also saw one friendly manta. Foammulah featured sharks, sharks and more sharks. The diving here was truly mind bending. Diving here featured walls of grey sharks, walls of silver tip sharks and there were too many hammerhead sharks to count. On each dive we saw a number of tiger sharks, some up close. We also saw two whale sharks, estimated to be nearly 12 meters long. It was common to see huge dog-tooth tuna and barracudas. Foammulah diving is exciting, deep, open ocean diving. Huvadhoo diving featured channel diving and coral gardens. We encountered lots of grey reef and silky sharks, along with jacks, dog-tooth tuna, barracuda, and eagle rays along the channel fronts. The channels themselves are canyons, comprised of mounds upon mounds of coral. There you would literally fly with the current, looking at eagle rays, huge green turtles, jacks, pompano, and a rainbow of reef fish. We also saw a beautiful leopard shark on one of the dives. By the end of the trip, we had seen eleven different types of sharks. The currents can be intense, making it difficult to cross channels or maintain one's position. So it is best to have a reef hook. In some areas, the corals were stunning. Layer after layer of table corals, brain corals and staghorn corals were mesmerizing. In many other areas, the corals are just beginning to come back from the extensive El Nino damage. Healthy coral cover will vary greatly from site to site. I would highly recommend the Far South Maldives for the adventurous.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	PNG, Solomon Islands, Raja Ampat, Banda Sea, Bali, Halmahera, Yap, Palau, Bonaire, Honduras, Little Cayman, Red Sea, Oregon, Washington, Flower Gardens - Texas, Fiji, Galapagos
Closest Airport	Male	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-150 Ft/ 18-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	I did not take pictures during this trip.

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Dive Review of Scuba Tours Worldwide/Sea Spirit in Maldives/Equatorial Far South

Scuba Tours Worldwide/Sea Spirit: "Far South Maldives", Mar, 2017,

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Dive Review of Scuba Tours Worldwide/Sea Spirit in
Maldives/Equatorial Far South