islandwoman Posted January 20, 2011 #1 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I have a cruise booked on the Ocean Princess that will make a one day (9AM-6PM) port call in Male, Maldives in April, 2012. There are no ship's dive excursions available. Can someone recommend a dive operation whose location and schedule might work for cruise ship passengers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirmd01 Posted February 25, 2011 #2 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Hi I think you will have difficulty finding any operator working out of Male as most diving operators are sited on the resort islands. Male is a small island, extremely built up & is not geared towards tourism. You could try e-mailing one of the dive centres on one of the nearest islands to see if they can accomodate you. diving@fihalhohi.com.mv is situated on Club Faru. kurumba@euro-divers.com are on Kurumba. Usually they are going out on the first dive of the day at about 9 am but you may get lucky. Both islands are no more than a 20 min speedboat ride away. If you have no luck, it is just as good to go snorkeling here, if your ship offers a snorkeling trip. Any snorkeling here is many times better than anywhere in the Caribbean. I have been to the Maldives several times & have been lucky enough to swim with mantas & had many blacktip reef shark sitings. You will not be able to go to Male & snorkel from the shore- there are no beaches as such & there is too much water traffic around the whole island. Club Faru has no house reef but Kurumba has a decent one. Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandwoman Posted February 25, 2011 Author #3 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Thank you for your response, Les. I was beginning to think I wouldn't get any replies. I'll follow up on your suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirmd01 Posted February 27, 2011 #4 Share Posted February 27, 2011 It's a pleasure. We love going to the Maldives as the snorkeling is so good. We have stayed on islands (Club Faru 3 times & Biyadhoo once) & also did a 14 day cruise on a live-aboard dive boat (even though we don't dive) where we were the only passengers. That was brilliant. You must at least go snorkeling somewhere here- it is fantastic in places. The last time we were on Club Faru, we snorkeled Kurumba's reef & had 30+ reef shark sitings- at one stage, there were 7 swimming under us. Full Moon (which is only a little further than Club Faru) has a lot of stingrays & once had 40+ mantas feeding (they were there for 3 days)- unforgettable!! So if your ship is doing snorkeling off Full Moon or Kurumba, you should do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxos Posted May 29, 2011 #5 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I am looking for a day snorkel trip. Our ship will arrive @ 4pm on day and depart 4pm the next day so we are looking to arrange a morning trip. Just checking to see if anyone has been able to make arrangements in advance. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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