Maldives PADI Pro Program New PADI Pros are being trained in the Maldives thanks to a new initiative. PADI worked with the Maldivian Government and The World Bank to make this happen!
Project AWARE® and PADI® at Furaveri Resort, Maldives Ocean lovers around the world have been invited to join in the AWARE Week celebrations and act for change. Project AWARE® is partnering up again with PADI® to mobilise the global dive community to be citizen activists for a clean ocean. The second annual AWARE Week, has seen conservation activities focused on keeping the ocean...
Baa Atoll Manta Festival 2019 For the second time around the Manta Festival was held here in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of the Baa Atoll. In 2018 the one day event was organized for the first time on the local island of Dharavandhoo and with all the speeches, presentations, games, music, dancing, education, snorkelling and of course with more ideas...
The Mystery of the Rannamaari Wreck – A Maldivian Legend Maldives is an exciting destination for divers due to its crystal clear waters, vibrant reefs and a vast variety of marine life. Each island has its own house reef, and if not (which is most unlikely), one will never run out of snorkeling and dive spots nearby. Located in North Male’ Atoll, 25 minutes away...
Maldives breaks Freediving World Record Maldives on Tuesday 1st of October broke the world record for the most people freediving simultaneously. As part of the World Tourism Day 2019 celebrations, the island nation’s President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih joined 520 others in simultaneous freediving off the lagoon of Baros Maldives resort, staying underwater for around 30 seconds. Freediving world champion Willian...
Olive Ridley Project – PADI Distinctive Specialty The Olive Ridley Project (ORP) was founded in 2013 by Biologist Martin Stelfox in response to the alarming number of olive ridley sea turtles found entangled in abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear (or ghost gear) in the Maldivian archipelago. Since then ORP strive to protect sea turtles and their habitats in the Indian Ocean...
COMO Maalifushi Women’s Dive Month Imagine, as a young girl, living on an island surrounded by the turquoise blue of the ocean. Of seeing the sun rise and set every single day to the permanent sound of the waves. Watching family members set out on fishing boats and returning with tales of mysterious mythical creatures. What stories must the sea...
Season of The Gentle Giants Manta season in North Male' Atoll Maldives Every year by late June and towards the end of November a spectacular show starts on the house reef at Paradise Island Resort (manta rays Manta Birostris). First in small numbers and then more and more until the mantas form huge groups. Manta rays may reach a width...
4 women ‘stand up for our seas’, paddle across Baa Atoll A team of four tenacious women are coming together to kick off 'Stand Up For Our Seas' this month, an ambitious event aimed at raising awareness over a range of environmental issues in the Maldives. (more…)
