Top Scuba Dive Shops in Kaafu Atoll

5-star PADI divecenter located on beautiful local island Dhiffushi, in the central Maldives. 

We provide both fun dives, divecourses and a variety of other excursions such as snorkelingtrips, dolphincruise, sandbanktrips etc. 

We cater to all levels of divers, we would love to take you underwater for the first time, or to help you continue your diveeducation. We have a very experienced instructor on site, always ready to help you with your next PADI-course. 

Pool like condition for training and Dive sites around us are the best in North Male' Atoll   

PADI 5* Dive Center at Ozen Life Maadhoo in Southmale Atoll.

Dolphin Base is operating dive and water sport center in the Maldives since 1998.  Our multilingual team looks forward to your visit.

Ocean Group Maldives runs three interlinked operations: resort-based water sports and PADI 5-star centers; a distribution and service centre for leading industry brands; and marine biologist led coral restoration projects. The company also offers secondary resort-based services including retail and photography.

Arena Dive Club born from a great partnership between Sinai Dive Club and Arena Beach Hotel opened in 2017.

Arena Beach Hotel with its outstanding top position on the first line of Bikini beach host the best place in Maafushi Island for our beautiful Diving center. Spectacular ocean view and straight access to the beach gives to the Hotel the exclusivity that it deserves.

30 years of Diving experience brought from the Red Sea to Maldives will give to our guests the feeling to be in the right place. Our experienced staff speaking English, Italian, Spanish, Arabic and Russian will let you visit the best dive sites of Maldives.

We organize daily trips every morning with double tanks dives and an extra dive also in the afternoon. Night dives are often organized during the week.

Worldwide known dive sites such as Guraidoo Corner or Kandooma Thilla are just 15 min away from our jetty, and we will visit them many times during your diving holiday in Maafushi. Gray reef Sharks, Eagle rays, Mantas and Whale Sharks are very common and the beautiful reefs around the island will give you the best memories of your life. We look forward to seeing you soon in Paradise.

Marine Center Vabbinfaru-Ihuru is based on both Vabbinfaru and Ihuru Islands, divided by 900 meters of warm Maldivian ocean. 

The dive center offers daily boat and house reef dives, with boat trips departing at 8:30am each morning. These trips typically last until lunchtime, entailing 2 dives in the local region.

House reef diving is popular in the afternoon and night diving is available. The house reef has an easily accessible wreck. 

The dive boat is spacious and shaded, with refreshments for the surface interval. 5 instructors offer a range of PADI recreational training and specialties, including underwater propulsion vehicle, underwater photography and deep diver. 

Private dive trips are available on request. 

Kurumba Maldives is a 5-Star resort situated in an idyllic area packed with excellent dive sites and a vibrant house reef. It is located just 10 minutes from the airport.

Our PADI 5 Star dive center offers various PADI courses. As a beginner, you can gain your first diving experience with the Discover Scuba Diving program in the lagoon and a dive on the house reef.

We are lucky to be surrounded by fantastic 30+ dive sites just around the corner like Banana Reef, HP Reef, Nassimo Thila, Okobe Thila, Embudhoo Express, Maldives Victory Wreck and they are all within 10 to 45 minutes by dhoni boat.

From June to December, possible sightings of Manta rays at the famous Lankan Manta Point.

Divers seeking adventure can add an underwater scooter (DPV) to a dive. With some explanation from your guide, off we go for a dive like never before. With a DPV, you can explore a bigger area and conserves air. Most importantly, it is FUN and EASY to handle.

The dive sites around Kurumba Maldives allow you to see turtles, sharks, eagle rays, manta rays, vibrant colors of soft corals, and more. Our morning, afternoon, and night dives will bring you to the most amazing dive sites in North Male Atoll for spectacular dives you will never forget.

Experience not to miss: FLUORESCENCE NIGHT DIVE! 

Kuda Huraa dive center is PADI licensed dive center, registered with PADI EMEA and manage by the Four Seasons. We schedule 3 dives a day, two dives in the morning (Departure 08.30) and one dive in the afternoon. (Departure 14:30). We employee multilingual diving instructors and local dive masters. The Dive Centre offer both Nitox and normal air. Full range of dive equipment is available for rent. Night dives can be arranged up on request. 

TGI Diving Helengeli is a PADI 5* diving center located in North Male Atoll, offering first-class diving experiences exclusively for the guests of OBLU by Atmosphere at Helengeli. 

Whether you're an experienced diver or looking to get your PADI Open Water qualification, TGI Maldives has you covered. Over 20 diverse dive sites within 1 hours' scenic boat ride offer the chance to dive with sharks, glide on currents through thilas and cruise around in the coral shallows peeking around for alien-like macro life. 

Beginners will be glad to learn that the professional, multi-lingual and friendly team are at hand, with all confined water dives taking place in the sheltered turquoise lagoon. Just beyond the shallows, the reef drops off into the abyss and it's here on the island's huge house reef you can encounter turtles, colorful reef fish and the occasional pelagic.  

TGI Diving Helengeli is a PADI 5* diving center located in North Male Atoll, offering first-class diving experiences exclusively for the guests of OBLU by Atmosphere at Helengeli. 

Whether you're an experienced diver or looking to get your PADI Open Water qualification, TGI Maldives has you covered. Over 20 diverse dive sites within 1 hours' scenic boat ride offer the chance to dive with sharks, glide on currents through thilas and cruise around in the coral shallows peeking around for alien-like macro life. 

Beginners will be glad to learn that the professional, multi-lingual and friendly team are at hand, with all confined water dives taking place in the sheltered turquoise lagoon. Just beyond the shallows, the reef drops off into the abyss and it's here on the island's huge house reef you can encounter turtles, colorful reef fish and the occasional pelagic.  

Dive Oceanus - Paradise Island is a 5* PADI dive center offering dynamic dive sites where something exciting is always happening.

Paradise Island is conveniently located in North Male’ atoll and is perfect for divers looking to experience a range of different dives. Just outside the island is Manta Point; a world-famous dive site where mantas are found regularly alongside turtles, napoleon wrasse and abundant fish life.

Just a short ride away from there is the famous Victory Wreck as well as marine protected areas such as Banana Reef and Paradise Rock. Gentle drift dives and colorful thila (submerged coral platforms) dives - Paradise Island has it all.

Manta Divers is one of the best place to learn diving if you are not already an experienced diver. We offer all PADI courses and individual fun dives. The official dive center is located in the South Male Atoll, Guraidhoo. We combine experience, passion and fun surrounded by a fantastic underwater scenery boosting with an amazing marine life, while not compromising on any PADI safety standards.

Aquafanatics is a PADI 5* Dive Centre located in Anantara Dhigu Maldives , Anantara Veli Maldives and Naladhu Private Island. We are diving exclusively with the resort guests providing the best service on the boat and underwater. 

South Male' Atoll is one of the best place in the world for diving and we have access to dive sites such as : Kandhooma Thila, Kuda Giri Wreck, Guraidhoo Corner, manta Point and many more.

WE do have dive instructors speaking a florilege of languages : English, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, German, Arabic and Spanish.

Our dive centre is open every day , 36 days a year! Come dive with us!

Best Dives Bolifushi a PADI 5-star Dive Centre located in Ozen Reserve Bolifushi resort at South Male atoll.

Fihalhohi is one of the finest snorkeling and diving resorts in the Maldives. The Fiha Dive is more than happy to offer you a wide range of diving activities, Multilingual PADI certified instructors offer a selection of internationally recognized PADI dive courses.

customized schedule to accommodate divers from beginner to advanced level. Two Bauer Verticus compressors and a separate Nitrox compressor make it possible to dive unlimited, either Air or Nitrox. We offer very attractive non-limit dive packages and Nitrox is free for certified divers.

Meeru Island Resort & Spa is “Simply Maldives.” A scenic 55 min speedboat ride from the airport, the island is stunning, covered with vegetation and offers a huge variety of activities for everybody.

Our PADI 5-Star dive center offers various PADI courses. As a beginner, you can gain your first diving experience with the Discover Scuba Diving program in the lagoon and a dive from the boat.

For certified divers, there are 50 beautiful dive sites within 15 to 70 minutes by speed Dhoni. We are lucky to be surrounded by a variety of dive sites like channel, corner, Thila, wreck or simply an easy-going outer reef dives offers a lot to see! All those enchanted places await you to jump on board.

Sightings of Manta rays is possible between January to April, and June till November. 

Divers seeking adventure can add an underwater scooter (DPV) to a dive. With some explanation from your guide, off we go for a dive like never before. With a DPV, you can explore a bigger area and conserves air. Most importantly, it is FUN and EASY to handle.

Our morning, afternoon, full day and night dives will bring you to the most amazing dive sites in North Male atoll for a spectacular dive you will never forget.

Experience not to miss: FLUORESENCE NIGHT DIVE & NIGHT DIVE ON A SHIPWRECK! 

Maafushi Dive and Water Sports was established in 2011 and has matured into an industry recognized dive and water sports center. It is owned and operated by industry professionals with 15 years of experience in diving, water sports and tourism.

Our aim is to create rewarding adventures for our divers through carefully crafted packages with high-quality standards of diving equipment and professional staff with local knowledge of dive sites within the region. All our dive center staffs are PADI EFR trained to attend to emergencies and all our equipment’s are annually serviced to ensure safety for our divers.

Maafushi dive and water sports is conveniently located closer to the beach.  Our dive center features two state of the art air conditioned classrooms, shower facilities with hot water, restrooms, changing facilities, locker service and dive shop.

We are registered with Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) and hold diving center operating license from the Ministry of Tourism.

Maafushi Dive is a PADI Five Star IDC Dive center.

Kagi Maldives Spa Island is a charming island found on the tip of North Male atoll just 60 minutes speedboat away from the airport. The big plus of Kagi is for sure the beautiful house reef. It’s an ideal place for snorkelers and divers to enjoy the beautiful underwater life of the Maldives.

Our PADI 5-Star dive center offers various PADI courses. As a beginner, you can gain your first Discover Scuba Diving experience on Kagi's beautiful house reef.

For certified divers, there are around 32 amazing dive sites within 10 to 60 minutes by our speed Dhoni. We are lucky to be surrounded by a fantastic variety of dive sites just around the corner, from Thila to channel dives that allow you to see turtles, eagle rays, sharks, vibrant colors of soft corals, breathtaking underwater topography and many more! Manta rays sightings are possible between January to April. 

Our morning, afternoon and night dives will bring you to the most beautiful dive sites in North Male Atoll for spectacular dives that you will never forget.

Experience not to miss: FLUORESCENCE NIGHT DIVE on the house reef! 

Ocean fanatics is an innovative sustainability driven one of a kind diving and water-sports brand in Maldives. Lead by 4 industry experts, OF aims to create experiences for guests over activities. Our content driven social media presence gives us an edge as well and acts as annex marketing for the resort. We are also vocal about environmental issues and education is a big part of OF. Not just about the ocean but the environment, art, history of Maldives, photography and even music. We are always on the watch about ways to raise awareness to #saveouroceans.

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Dive Butler Fari Veli is a PADI 5-Star Dive Centre that offers a full range of scuba diving courses, from entry level right through to professional certifications. We have a passionate team of handpicked multilingual instructors that have lived and worked all over the world. Dive Butler specialises in private - semi-private tuition, allowing any pre-dive anxiety to melt away in the hands of our patient, trustworthy instructors. Our instructors are committed to sharing their passion with others and delight in spreading the wonder and excitement of the underwater realm. For certified divers, our small group philosophy elevates every dive to an extra special experience. We take pride in delivering seamless service and attention to detail in every single dive, and this is what makes the Dive Butler experience so unique. 

The Dive Center is situated a few meters from the swimming pool and from the jetty. It is member of the PADI International Resort Association and qualified as a 5 Star Gold Palm Resort.

On a daily basis our staff of instructors organizes different sessions of scuba diving courses from beginner levels to the more advanced ones . These lessons are held in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Japanese, according to the standards and the international procedures of PADI and in compliance with the local laws.

The Center is completely equipped and suited for every underwater demand. It offers 30 jackets, 25 regulators, 100 sets of masks and fins, as well as short or long wet suits.

There are also available powerful underwater torches for night dives. For the underwater photographer, we also offer cameras for rent. We have more than 70 cylinders with DIN/INT valves and 3 BAUER compressors to fill the cylinders, daily checked by our staff.

Strictly safety measures are observed during all of our activities. We operate according to the international safety standards as well as the local Maldivian law. We carry out check dives in order to establish buoyancy control, and we persuade scuba divers to carry a surface balloon. A first aid kit and an oxygen kit are always available.

Best Dives Olhahali is a PADI 5-star Dive Centre located at Jumeirah Olhahali Maldives resorts in North Male atoll.

Dive Butler Fari Kandu is a 5 Star PADI Dive Centre in the North Malé Atoll, Manage and operated by Dive Butler our main focus is to provide luxury scuba diving service to all our guest. Nowhere on earth is the sea as captivating as it is here, lapping at the shores of The Ritz Carlton Maldives, Fari Island. The breathtaking waters of the Indian Ocean surrounding the pristine island offer endless opportunities to discover and explore a magnificent underwater world that lies beneath the glittering surface. This environment is rich in marine life, waiting for you to discover the underwater world.  the perfect gateway to explore some of the countries top reefs and dive sites.

COMO Cocoa Island offers access to famous dive sites Kandooma Caves and shark cleaning station Cocoa Thila. 

Diver depart daily on spacious, shaded and powerful vessels with the resident marine biologist on board. Refreshments are offered during the surface interval. All equipment is prepared, loaded onto the boat, offloaded, rinsed and stored your behalf. 

Facilities include a shop, rental equipment, storage facility, fish ID books, air-conditioned classroom and fresh water showers.

Recreational PADI courses are offered, including specialities such as underwater photographer, drift diver or nitrox. 

The dive team are multilingual and share a wealth of local diving experience. Night dives depart regularly.