With It's Crystal Clear Water Teeming With Fish... Scuba Dive the Maldives

By Julius Corinthius

The Maldives is a nation consisting of over a 1,200 coral islands in the Indian Ocean. It's an exotic snorkeling and scuba diving paradise and one that's popular year round due to its temperate weather. The Maldives averages about thirty degrees Celsius all year or 86 degrees F.

Simply put, the Maldives provide an ideal snorkeling and scuba diving location teeming with exotic schools of fish of many species. Just to name a few, there are black and white snappers, humpback snappers, barracuda, unicornfish, yellowback fusiliers, trevally jacks.

Snorkeling and scuba diving in the Maldives is unparalleled the world over. The large variety and number of fish that exist here is awe inspiring. Scuba divers and snorkelers will never be bored, not for a moment, nor will anyone ever experience the exact dive experience twice! There are just too many things to see to discover on any one dive; you really need to consider going on several dives to get an appreciation of the awe inspiring life residing in these waters.

Seasoned snorkelers and divers recommend going when water visibility is at its best between January and March. Other times the water can be a bit murky. Diving novices can charter boats in Male, the Maldives capital city. Remote locations are reserved for experienced divers.

Your Maldives resort can make recommendations and advise you on ideal diving and snorkeling locales. You'll have access to only a small number of dive and snorkeling locations if you stay around your resort. To avail yourself to varied dive locations, consider making reservations on a liveaboard. A liveaboard is a boat designed for people who want to live onboard a dive boat that travels to various places specifically for scuba diving.

Liveaboards can go to places few people will ever see, like Baa Atoll. The waters around Baa Atoll boasts an amazing diving and snorkeling environ. The neighboring islands are deserted and are undeveloped and unspoiled. This is indeed a scuba divers heaven where beautiful diving can be experienced and remembered.

Other secluded spots include Felidhu and Ari atolls where sharks and manta rays can be found. Remember, most remote locations require experienced divers and are reserved for thrill-seekers only!

Measures 80 kilometers in length, Ari Atoll is one of the largest atolls in the Maldives. Known for its well developed tourist spaces, it possesses a world class scuba diving and snorkeling environment that really should not be missed. The whale shark lives in the waters just off the northern shore of Ari Atoll. The best way to experience these massive creatures is by scuba diving or snorkeling.

I've mentioned just a few snippets of places to scuba dive or snorkel while visiting the Maldives. Scuba diving and snorkeling in the Maldives is a truly unforgettable event. If you consider yourself an accomplished snorkeler, then next time try scuba Maldives style! Once you've scuba dived or snorkeled in the Maldives, you'll never want to do it anywhere else. - 31860

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