About 25 minute boat ride from Kihaa, right at the edge of the Baa Atoll, lies Maafin Thila. So we won’t get swept away into the open ocean, we only dive here on a current coming into the Atoll. After careful current checks we start our dive in the blue water and drift onto the…
It has been a while since our last post here, so we have lots of catching up to do! Here is what we’ve been up to during the last month. The Diving Center We have been really busy finishing up our diving center, which is now looking pretty good. I dare say it is the…
Nelivaru Thila is about 40 minutes boat ride away. We enjoy the trip sitting on the sundeck, chatting with everyone, the boat crew teaches us some words in Dhivehi. For example, koamas are the dolphins and fulhangi the flying fish which we see jumping out of the water along the way. And after we pass…
There are so many interesting symbiotic relationships happening underwater that we thought we should come back with more on the subject. If you missed our first article, you can read it here. There we explained the different types of symbiosis and introduced you to two interesting pairs. This month, we decided to talk about two…
Manta season is always a reason for excitement, not only for tourists but also for us, diving instructors and guides. Here in Baa Atoll, the expectation is even bigger as we have Hanifaru Bay at our door step (yes, we are the closest resort to it and I am literally looking at it as I…
We went shopping in Australia, New Zealand, Bali and Thailand for you. As the ozone layer is the thinnest over the South Pole, people from Australia and New Zealand know all about skin protection. Therefore, we sourced nanoparticle free SPF 50 sun cream from an Australian company called Sunsational. And in case you already have…
Baa atoll offers so many great dives that it is already April and we have not yet revealed our favourite dive site for January. In the Maldives, January is generally known for strong currents and here in Baa atoll was not different. We actually enjoyed it while it lasted and had a lot of fun…
We have been in the Maldives for 20 years and this is our first year in the Baa Atoll. We have dived in the Lhaviyani , South Ari, North & South Male and Laamu Atolls but we have never had as many underwater dolphins encounters as we are having here at the moment, in this…
Our top two favourites in December were Dhega Thila and Christmas Tree Reef as we had so many special encounters on both dive sites but in the end Christmas Tree Reef won the challenge. We love Dhega Thila which is one of our deeper reefs covered in beautiful coral and millions of little orange basslets.…
Oleg had his own travel marketing company in Belarus when he had a chance to go to Egypt to snorkel and start diving. When he had 20 dives he was approached by a local guide to help him with Russian guests. After some time Oleg “invited” the first dive instructor of Belarus to Egypt as…
