Dive Activities
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Due to Kuredu Prodivers being one of the largest dive centres in the
Maldives we are able to offer an unsurpassed variety of diving activities - here
are just a few:
House reef diving
We have a beautiful house reef available for you to dive anytime between
9am and 9pm. The reef is marked by a series of buoys making navigation very easy
and safe. You will get a guided tour of the house reef during you orientation and
many divers choose to go back for a relaxing dive at various times throughout their
holiday. The reef consists of big coral blocks from 3 - 5 metres and then a sandy
wall down to 22 metres. There is a very nice wreck situated a third of the way along
the reef that provides a haven for hunting jack fish, fusiliers and a school
of friendly batfish and, at night, a couple of large napoleons sleep inside. If
you let us know in advance we will deliver you tanks to a hut on the jetty so that
you can kit up close to the entry point, we will collect your empty tanks after
you have finished your dive
Morning and afternoon boats
Every day we have boats going out in the morning and the afternoon for single dives.
We try to make sure that you visit a different site each time you dive so that you
can see the huge variety of reef types that we have in our atoll. The dives vary
from exhilarating drifts along the outer reefs and in the channels, challenging
channel crossings and beautiful drop-offs with caves to submerged thilas and giris
which are just like aquariums. We have 46 dive sites so there is always something
for everyone.
2-Tanks
Leave a little earlier than normal and you can visit two different dive sites in
one morning and still make it back in time (hopefully!) for lunch. This is a great
way to fit all of your diving in and still have time to spend the afternoons with
your non-diving family or to do other activities, another dive - or just
be lazy!
Full-days
Spend the whole day out on the boat! Being out for the whole day enables
us to visit sites that are beyond the reach of a normal half day boat trip. We usually
travel south and do the first dive, then we go to an uninhabited island. We drop
the anchor into the sandy lagoon and carry the food above our heads to the island
where the boat crew make us a fantastic BBQ lunch. After a couple of hours relaxing
and exploring the island we do our second dive before travelling north back to Kuredu.
If we are lucky we spot dolphins from the boat during the trip back.
Night dives
There are some spectacular night dive sites very close to Kuredu, join
us and experience the reef by night. We see colourful walls covered in coral, hunting
moray eels, sleeping turtles and lots more.
Early morning dives
Drag yourself out of bed early and jump in for a dive at sunrise. Watch the reef
come to life and be back in time for breakfast.
Rebreather dives
We have two kinds of Rebreathers on offer. Either the Draeger Dolphin Semi-Closed Rebreather, or the Evolution Closed-Circuit Rebreather.
If you have your own, it will be ideal if you email us in advance to let us know when you are coming. We usually have enough dive sorb on storage, and we have tanks, but just to be sure we are ready to provide you with all you need.
If you do not have your own but are already certified, you can rent the equipment from us at any time and either enjoy diving with your buddy on the Housereef, or you can come on the dive boats with us as well. If you are not certified as a Rebreather diver yet, but would like to learn more about it, we offer intro dives for both systems. If you then still want to learn more about it, we offer courses for both systems as well. You will surely be amazed when you try it. It is a whole different experience of diving. Especially the complete silence of the Closed-Circuit Rebreather gives you an entirely new underwater perspective. Most Marine Life will let you come a lot closer, and you will be able to perceive the sounds of your surroundings very clearly.
Scooter dives
Do you want to add a new dimension to your dives?
For all the activities mentioned above, you could rent an Underwater Scooter as well! We are well equipped with 13 Scooters (11 Apollos and 2 SeaDoos), and offer a Scooter intro dive on the Housereef for those of you that have never tried it before. Afterwards you can go off on your own as a buddy team with 2 Scooters, either on the Housereef, or come along on the dive boat. A channel crossing where you manage to go all the way across will become possible all of a sudden, or you can cruise along a wall and cover much bigger distances. It will be an exciting new experience for you!
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