Aquaventures

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About Aquaventures

This PADI 5-Star resort offers some of Addu Atoll's best facilities for students and divers, including small group sizes, expert local guides, and 15-litre tanks. Their highly professional team of instructors and divemasters conduct a wide variety of diving courses and guided excursions throughout the region, with three boat dives available every day. Daily outings include trips to the most famous sites in the area, prized for gentle drift dives, exciting topography, the Maldives’ most impressive shipwreck, and up-close encounters with reef manta rays all year long. 

The dive centre and lodge are centrally located, with easy access to Maradhoo Island's attractions. You'll find plenty of opportunities for dining, shopping, and even nightlife within easy walking distance. And, on-site bike rental makes getting around Addu City a breeze. Plus, options for full and half board lodging combined with multi-day course and leisure diving packages make it easy to choose your own adventure. Non-divers in your group will find plenty to see and do here as well, with snorkelling excursions and watersports widely available throughout Addu Atoll.

Explore the resort

Just next door to the dive centre, Manta Lodge at Maradhoo offers spacious and comfortable guest rooms with everything you need to enjoy your Maldivian diving holiday. Their friendly staff are on site 24 hours a day, providing top-notch customer service and local tips to help you make the most of your time on the island. The lodge offers self-catering, full, and half-board packages, with an option to suit every budget and travel style. Their partner restaurant, Palm Village serves a delicious blend of local and western cuisine, plus soft drinks and juices in a relaxed garden setting. 

When you aren't busy exploring the atoll's most exciting dive sites, you'll find it easy to relax back at the lodge. Guest rooms include complimentary wireless internet, access to a spacious garden, and plenty of room to spread out after a long day of diving. Plus, their central location in Addu City makes it easy to get out and explore on your own, with beaches, sandbanks, and historical sites within walking distance. If you're hoping to see more of the island, bicycle rental is available, and the hotel is easy to access via public transportation. Aquaventures is also happy to organise non-diving activities including snorkelling, island hopping, city tours, and more.

Diving from Aquaventures

Aquaventures Maldives offers a variety of PADI courses from beginner to pro, plus guided scuba adventures throughout Addu Atoll. Their highly professional team of divemasters and instructors uphold the highest standards for safety and fun, plus plenty of hands-on customer service both above and below water. Certified divers will enjoy short boat rides to the southern Maldives' most famous sites including Manta Point and the British Loyalty shipwreck. Recently serviced rental equipment and dive computers are available, as are 15-litre tanks. Aquaventures offers three boat dives a day from spacious and comfortable vessels, with small group sizes and expert local guides.

Addu Atoll is the southernmost chain of islands in the Maldives, famous for moderate currents, year-round reef manta ray sightings, and the region's largest shipwreck. Many of the atoll's dive sites are ideally suited to beginners, with gently sloping reefs, delicate hard and soft coral gardens, and easy to explore sand flats featuring stingrays and interesting bottom-dwelling macro life. Aquaventures is happy to arrange day trips to all the region's most sought after sites, including reefs and walls, thilas, and channels, with something on offer for divers of every kind. Their courses are conducted on Maradhoo Island's lovely house reef, complete with its own channel and manta cleaning station, perfect for practice dives and honing your scuba skills.