Central Atolls
- Mandatory Requirements: Open Water with Deep Diver (30 metres) certicfication and a minimum of 30 logged dives. Divers should also have experience and be comfortable diving in medium to strong currents.
Overview
Manta Rays
Sharks
Drift Diving
Thriving reefs
Abundunt marine life
This 7 night liveaboard takes you to some of the highlights of the Maldives Central Atolls, including the North and South Male Atolls, Rasdhoo Atoll, and more. A chance to discover some of the Maldives most famous dive sites, renowned for sightings of sharks, eagle rays, turtles and diverse marine life.
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Experience the Best of the Maldives
Embark on an unforgettable journey through the Maldives’ most renowned dive sites, offering a week of spectacular liveaboard diving across the Male and Ari atolls.
North & South Malé Atolls
Located near the capital city of Male, sites feature vibrant coral formations, abundant marine life, and opportunities for drift diving.
North & South Ari Atolls
These atolls are known for their vibrant coral reefs, abundant marine life, and impressive drop-offs. You can expect to encounter a wide variety of marine species, including colorful reef fish, sharks, manta rays, and even the elusive whale shark.
Rasdhoo Atoll
Diverse marine life and stunning coral formations are the order of the day here. A huge variety of fish species, including reef sharks, mantas, and eagle rays.
Vaavu Atoll
Notorious for strong currents, which attract pelagic species and create thrilling drift dives, divers can expect plenty of encounters with reef sharks, and for the lucky ones, even hammerheads and whale sharks.
Day 1 through 7: Three to four dives per day. Typically, the schedule for the day is as follows, however, the timings/schedule can be different depending on filling tanks, cruising hours, and weather conditions:
- 06:00 Wake-up call.
- 06:00 Light breakfast – Coffee and tea and toast peanut butter.
- 06:30 1st Briefing & Dive.
- 08:30 – 09:00 Normal Breakfast.
- 10:30 – 11:00 2nd Briefing and Dive.
- 13:00 Lunch.
- 15:00 – 15:30 3rd Briefing and Dive.
- 17:00 Afternoon tea and snacks
- 19:30 Dinner.
Highlights:
- Rasdhoo Atoll: Hammerhead Dive, Beautiful Reef with Pelagics.
- North Ari Atoll: Grey Reef Sharks, Maaya Thila Night Dive, Multiple Manta Cleaning Stations.
- South Ari Atoll: Whale sharks, Beautiful Pinnacles.
- South Male Atoll: Grey Reef Sharks, Eagle Rays, Other Pelagics, Beautiful Macro Wreck.
- Vaavu Atoll: Grey Reef Sharks, Eagle Rays, Other Pelagics, Traditional Maldivian Channel Diving.
- North Male Atoll: Beautiful Pinnacles.
*The itinerary above is for an example only and is highly subject to change at the time of sailing depending on weather, currents and restrictions, guests’ experience and logistics and is at the Captain’s discretion. Adverse weather and sea conditions can affect the route which includes several overnight sailings.
Our Vessel in the Maldives
Invictus Fleet can accommodates 28 guests in 12 spacious cabins. Our vessel isequipped with a spacious and convenient dive deck, including individual dive stations and ample storage facilities, this beautiful boat will take you on an unforgettable journey in Maldives.
| Nitrox Big Tank | USD 148 |
| Nitrox Normal Tank | USD 112 |
| Reef Hook Per Trip | USD 10 |
| Dive Buoy per trip | USD 30 |
| Mask Per Trip | USD 30 |
| *PIC (Personal Identification Card PADI fee for certificate, added to all courses with a *) | USD 150 |
| Scuba Tune up/Refresher Course : Theory, 1 Dive ( w/o certificate ) | USD 100 |
| *PADI Advanced Open Water Course: 5 Theories 5Dive | USD 500 |
| * PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Course | USD 250 |
| PADI Speciality Diving Courses (Drift & Current, Digital Photographer, Shark – Project Aware, Peak Performance Buoyancy) | USD 120 |
| Discover SCUBA Try Dive, 1 Theory 1 Dive | USD 250 |
| Diving without certification, with an instructor | USD 200 |
| Courses are subject to availability and must be pre-booked to ensure an instructor is available. | |
| Green Tax (Mandatory Bed Tax) Per Person Per Night | USD 12 |
| 17% Maldivian TGST and 10% Service Charge applies to all services and extras paid for on board. Credit card payments are subject to a 3.5% surcharge. | |
| Beer (per 330 ml serving) | USD 5 |
| Soft drinks Coke, Cok Zero, Sprite, Bitter Lemon. Soda Water, Tonic Water and Fanta | USD 4 |
| Nesspresso | USD 3 |
| Wine Per Bottle | USD 85 |
| Mojito (Per Glass) | USD 10 |
| Margarita (Per Glass) | USD 9 |
| WIFI Internet ( weekly) Per couple | USD 35 |
| WIFI Internet ( weekly) Per Person | USD 25 |
| Laundry Service Wash & Dry (Per Piece) | USD 5 |
| Laundry Service Wash & Dry (Full Load) | USD 25 |
| Gratitude | USD 150 |
Alcohol prices may be subject to change without notice. While we endeavour to keep this information as up-to-date as possible, please be aware that availability and prices are dependent on specially licensed local suppliers and may be different on your cruise.
PLEASE NOTE: All extras paid for on board are subject to 17% Maldivian GST and 10% Service Charge
