Lhaviyani Atoll

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, Lhaviyani Atoll

Fushifaru Thila (★4.6)

This pinnacle is located in the northeast channel of Lhaviyani Atoll. You can find a large plateau covered in coral blocks that act as cleaning stations for the manta rays during the southwest monsoon.

Mares

Turtle Caves (★4.5)

The Turtle Caves are not so much caves as very large overhangs along the reef wall. This dive site is located in the North of Lhaviyani Atoll next to the resort island of Kuredu.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Hurawali Kandu (★4.4)

This channel dive site is in the north of Lhaviyani Atoll. Inside the channel is a tongue-shaped reef with plateau reef, slopes, walls, and drop-offs.

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, 00000 Malé

Le Meridien House Reef (★4.8)

A vibrant and beautiful House Reef at Le Meridien Maldives is located at the north side of Le Meridien. It is sheltered from the elements and accessible almost the entire year for divers and snorkelers alike. Le Meridien Maldives stunning House Reef offers more than 5 different dive sites. Including a small wreck.

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, 00000 Malé

OLHUVELI HULANGU FARU (★4.5)

A five-minute boat ride to the east take us to the neighboring local island Olhuvelifsuhi. The shallows are covered in sand which is why we also call this dive site “the milky sand reef”.

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, 00000 Malé

OLHUVELI MEDHU FARU (★4.8)

Olhuveli Medhu Faru is located 5 minutes to the east of Le Meridien Maldives. The reef structure is very unique. It starts from 2 meters and connects into separate reefs and small thilas all the way down to 30 meters. It is spread very wide and gives endless possibilities how to dive the area.

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, 00000 Malé

HALAAKU THARI THILA (★3.0)

Halaaku Thari Thila lies a 10-minute ride to the north. The name translates into “broken star thila” and this is exactly what the topography looks like. Overall, the dive site offers a beautiful underwater landscape including an almost vertical wall with lots of healthy hard corals around.

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, 00000 Malé

THIN SEHLI THILA (★5.0)

The dive at Thin Sehli starts fairly shallow at around 5 meters then gradually drops down to 25 meters on all sides. The dive site features some really nice coral blocks and is home to several cleaning stations where cleaning wrasses are waiting for larger fish to come by to get “cleaned”.

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, 00000 Malé

GAA VEHTUNU THILA (★5.0)

Gaa Vehtunu Thila translates into “fallen stone” reef. The fallen stone actually describes a reef structure west of the main reef consists of a big mushroom coral block at 19 meters depth. The main thila has a small top reef at 5 meters from where it drops gradually to about 20 meters.

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, 00000 Malé

BOAVA THILA (★4.7)

A 10-minute boat ride to the north and we arrive at Boava Thila. Located north of Le Meridien and in the inside atoll, the dive site is suitable for beginners and experienced divers alike. The reef features large patches with beautiful black coral .

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, 00000 Malé

TALABO THILA (★4.7)

About a 15-minute boat ride to the north west of Le Meridien we find the small Talabo Thila. Talabo is Divehi for “bald person” because of the lack of beautiful corals. The dive starts at about 5 meters and then drops down to a sandy bottom at around 20 – 25 meters where we can often find rare porcupine stingrays

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, 00000 Malé

SALLEYDHOO THILA (★4.6)

Salleydhoo Thila is another lovely dive site located about a 15-minute boat ride to the north of Le Meridien Maldives. Salleydhoo Thila has a very interesting topography. The southern part of the dive site doesn’t have the usual round-ish shape, but we find two tongues here that reach a depth of 20 – 22 meters.

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, 00000 Malé

OOKOLHU FARU (★4.7)

The dive site itself actually consists of two dive sites that are divided by a sandy plateau at 8 meters. South of the plateau we can find a large lagoon with an average depth of about 12 meters. On the other side towards the north and north west a sloping and long reef called faru ranges from 10 to 30 meters.

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, 00000 Malé

NEYFAI HAEH THILA (★5.0)

The reef starts at about 5 meters, where you’ll find a few rocks and hard coral blocks. Make sure to have a look underneath the various blocks to spot some lobsters. The main thila drops to about 25 to 30 meters and features some very nice coral gardens in the north east that are teeming with life.

Sub Oceanic @ Le Méridien Maldives, 00000 Malé

EGAARA THILA (★4.6)

A nice and easy site 20 minutes to the north east of Le Meridien Maldives. A top reef with healthy hard coral gardens at about 5 meters. he dive site reaches a depth of a maximum of 25 meters and features a large and very nice coral block in the north east at approximately 20 meters depth.

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