
Theia Dune Itinerary
Deep South (GAN - MLE) - 10N11 days / 10 nights
About Theia Dune
- Dive the Maldives’ reefs and channels with manta rays and sharks
- Exciting seven and 14-night itineraries all across the Maldives
- All the luxuries and comforts of a five star hotel
- Five star dive service with nitrox, a large dive dhoni and experienced guides
Experience modern luxury, and amazing diving itineraries to the northern, central and southern atolls onboard the beautiful Theia Dune liveaboard. Well suited to divers and non-divers, the luxurious vessel provides the comforts of a five star hotel with its multiple relaxing lounges, sumptuous sun deck and sky bar, and uninterrupted ocean views. The passionate crew offer outstanding, yet unpretentious hospitality and welcome you like family. From the large dive tender with the highly experienced dive team, divers enjoy a luxury service exploring the Maldives’ iconic underwater world. Expect stunning reefs and epic channels with manta rays and sharks - an unforgettable liveaboard adventure.
Itinerary details
Highlights
- Exciting one-way trip visiting a total of seven atolls
- Hammerheads, bull sharks, silky sharks, grey reef sharks and silvertips
- Chance of threshers, oceanic mantas, tiger sharks and more
- Night dive included in the schedule
A Dune agent will meet you at Gan Domestic Airport, where your guides will be waiting to welcome you and guide you aboard the boat.
Addu atoll offers nice drift dives along beautiful reefs, a nice wreck dive, and also a famous channel dive with big chances of manta ray encounters. We will start with a check dive and explore the atoll for special species.
After a night crossing, we will reach Fuvahmulah Atoll, a unique island in the middle of the Indian Ocean that offers exceptional opportunities to encounter large pelagic species, especially tiger sharks. We will complete three dives around this remarkable island before continuing our journey south toward Gaafu Atoll.
Gaafu Atoll offers a multitude of channel dives with different formations. We will make three dives in the southern part of the atoll, where we can encounter a wide variety of shark species, eagle rays, schools of jack fish, and dogtooth tuna throughout the area.
We continue with channel dives in search of more sharks and pelagic species, reaching a special night spot by the end of the day, where we hope to encounter whale sharks in the evening.
Depending on weather conditions, we will complete two to three channel dives in Gaafu Atoll before embarking on a 10-hour crossing to reach Laamu Atoll by night.
Laamu Atoll offers vibrant coral life, large schools of reef fish, and opportunities to encounter manta rays and bumphead parrotfish. After the second dive, we will cross to Thaa Atoll and complete a third dive on a thila rich in hard corals and schools of yellow snappers. The boat will anchor at a well-known whale shark night spot for the evening.
Day 8:
Another channel dive in Thaa atoll to start the day, and then we will reach Meemu atoll for a manta spot and a last dive on the north of the atoll, full of soft corals and schools of sharks
Day 9:
After a channel dive in Meemu Atoll, we continue to Vaavu Atoll for a colourful second dive with pelagic species and schools of jackfish. The day concludes with a night dive famous for its nurse shark encounters.
Day 10:
Day 11:
The trip is coming to an end. After breakfast on board, our crew will arrange your transfer to the airport. Guests will disembark between 08:00 and 08:30. Time to head home with unforgettable memories!
Transfer details
Departure
03:00pm
Gan
Gan International Airport: GAN
Return
08:00am
Male
Male Velana International Airport: MLE
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