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Maldives - choosing the "best" island?

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Maldives - choosing the "best" island?

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  1. We are going to the Maldives on a liveaboard with Maldives scuba tours - http://www.scubascuba.com/

    in the end of January. We are combining the liveaboard with a week on one of the island resorts.

     

    We are of course looking for the best one for the diveseason. Closness to some spectacular divesites and a good housereef are important.

     

    Maldives scuba tours have recomended Helengeli, Maayafushi & Filitheyo.

     

    Is this nice places to stay? Which one should we choose? Is ther other places we should consider instead?

     

    Please help us to choose : )

     

     

     

    Lasse

    Edited by Lasse

  2. HI LASSE,

     

    jANUARY IS PERFECT.

     

    i dont know filitheyo. but i would prefer maayafushi over helengeli. because ari atoll is much nicer than north male. just next to maayafushi you have maaya thila, which is good for sharks and schooling fish (batfish, jacks, banner, barracuda ...). i'd contact maayafushi dive base and also ask how regularly they go on the channels on the west of the ari atoll (thats where you will find softcoral and manta)

     

    greets, serge

  3. Thank you Serge.

     

    Anyone else that has experience dloing photo dives from any of this islands ?

    Or maybe some other we should consider?

    Edited by Lasse
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