Night
diving in the Maldives is an experience
to cherish forever. Maldives welcomes
avid divers on a night dive safari.
Maldives enjoys the abundance of its
rich colors and marine species. It
focuses more than 700 species of fish
and other aquatic species. Mantas,
nudibranchs, clown triggerfish, leaves
fish, sharks, gray reef and saddled
putterfish are some species found
in abundance that could be explored
during night scuba diving in the Maldives.
Most resorts in the Maldives offer
opportunity for divers to discover
the underwater world overnight. These
resorts have trained trainers and
cutting-edge diving equipment provided
to tourists for exploring the marine
life in the dark. The diving schools
understand the enthusiasm of divers
and take a safari diving at night,
when corals are seawater sparkled
with the moonlight. Night diving in
the Maldives presents a whole new
world of underwater species. There
are several fascinating species that
you may not be able to identify and
explore in the daylight and, diving
at night is most often preferred by
avid divers.
The ultimate dive sites are reefs
around the atoll, where there are
many dynamics of marine species.
The submerged reefs, thilas in central
canal are in fact best diving sites.
Maayaa Thila, Nassimo Thila, Fotteyo,
Kuda Thila and Kandooma Thila are
some sites with a high concentration
of big fish. Mushimashmingli is
famous for grey reef sharks. Rasdhoo-Madivaru
located north of the Ari atoll offers
solitary environment to enjoy deep
diving and research of hammer sharks.
Dhoni, a hand-boat built by craftsmen
with strong planks of wood are used
in the tourist dive sites.
For novice or beginner divers diving
at night are not favorable. For
divers, night diving in the Maldives
is a step forward to address the
mystery of marine life at night.
The most important factor to consider
during the night dive is visibility.
The reduced visibility of the submarine,
as night and darkness encompasses
leaves you alone with the torch
light. Night divers need to be extremely
careful so that you won’t
bump on a shark.
