South Male (36 km long and 19 km wide) consists of 30 islands, three of which are inhabited by people, 17 are hotels, and the remaining 10 are uninhabited. The administrative center of the atoll is Maafushi Island (Maafushi Island), on which the capital of the Maldives, Male, is already freely sprawled on two square kilometers. Here is the popular among the surfers resort Kanduma (Kandooma Resort), located near the nature reserve Guraidu. From March to September, its banks have good waves.
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Hotels
The best local hotel for divers is Anantara Resort Maldives. Near the island there are 20 coral reefs, where a boat with an instructor runs twice a day. Even the beginners are trained in the dive center and issue PADI certificates.
See also the full list of hotels in South Male.
Diving on the South Male
Near the South Male Atoll there are two marine reserves: Embudhoo Kandu and Guraidhoo Kandu plus several worthy dive sites:
- Reef Kandooma Thila, in shape resembling a drop. From the north and west sides it forms interesting grottoes and ledges, and in the western part you can meet all kinds of inhabitants of the sea depths.
- Canyo Emboohoo Canyon, formed by a huge coral block, breakaway from the reef. In the wall of the reef, you can find a long cave, which was chosen by fish.
- Guraidhoo corner: flocks of tuna and barracuda, eagle rays, gray sharks and white fins.
To the north of the island of Himmafushi, too, there are several good dive sites in the current, in particular - Himmafushi Corner. Nearby, on the southern side of the national reserve of the island of Girifushi, on HP Pyre, beautiful soft corals grow, you can meet stingrays, barracudas and flocks of tuna. Very close to Paradise-Manta Point - the place where the manta rays come to feed and clean.
To the north of the island of Hulhule there are two reefs, reminiscent of the shape of bananas, which are called: Banana-Reef. Underwater there are beautiful reef walls with caves and impressive rocks, where reef sharks are encountered.
Near the capital, in the south of the island of Hulhule there are several interesting dive-spots. In addition, a few years ago, the Maldives Victory ship "successfully" sank there with a cargo of products for hotels. It is just a stone's throw away, and it lies only at a depth of 35 meters, so that divers with AOWD qualification are available - at least for outdoor inspection. Photo of the South Male Atoll (8)