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We sent Dave, our videographer, to film this morning’s dive to Kuredu Caves.
Check out what the ‘Turtle Airport’ had in store and see on Facebook what impressions the guests have been left with. Dont forget that you can rate Kuredu Caves this week and have the chance of winning some great prizes!
Carsten, Karin, Martin, Kenneth, Michael, Arno, Barbara and Yaafish, who was guiding the dive, said (more…)
Every day this week, we are planning to introduce you to some of the incredible things that you could hope to see while diving or snorkeling with us. The first installment of this series features an incredible survivor of the natural world.
There are not too many things as cute as a turtle, and the Lhaviyani Atoll is one of the few places in the world where you have the unique chance to observe a green sea turtle community (more…)
It was the 23rd of August around 8:30 pm when one of the room boys of the 100 bungalow side suddenly stumbled over hatching turtles!
Immediately he informed the hotel and us and of course no one wanted to miss out this special event!
At 9:30 pm we took the chance to inform all the guests joining our Divers Night in the (more…)
Green and Hawksbill Turtles are the most common species of Turtle in the Maldives. Usually known as solitary creatures, we have the privilege of seeing them enjoying good company.
Kuredu Caves, located right on our doorstep on the outside of the Atoll, has provided shelter for a large population of green sea turtles for more than 20 years.
A diving or snorkeling excursion (more…)
There’s not too many things as cute as a baby turtle, and early this morning (27th January) we got a call on the Turtle Phone (it’s a bit like the Bat Phone but Darren doesn’t have a superhero costume, we don’t think…) to say that a nest was hatching.
So at 1:30am five of the Prodivers team went off to the beach near room 130 to go and have a look for themselves, and sure enough, lots of baby turtles were crawling (more…)
Kuredu Caves is a pretty unique dive site, not only in the Maldives, but across the world’s oceans.
Turtles are normally solitary creatures, preferring their own company to that of others. What makes Caves special is the community of green turtles that has taken up residency there.
Over the years, we have been fortunate enough to pick up on some interesting behavior and relationships (more…)
It wasn’t even DJ night and the dive center team were running around late in the evening this week!
At around 11:30 pm, the ‘Turtle Phone’ rang to let us know about that there was a turtle nest hatching on the north side of Kuredu!
When we arrived on the beach, it was clear to see that some help was needed as the beach was swarming with the baby turtles! Unable to (more…)
To watch baby Turtles hatch, or to swim eye to eye with one and be captivated by the incredibly graceful, but almost lazy way that it moves through the water, has to be top of most divers and snorkelers wish lists.
But did you know that all seven of the Earth’s species of marine turtle are classified as being threatened or endangered.
To help bring attention to the threats being faced by one of the Ocean’s gems, ‘World Turtle Day’ looks (more…)
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