Hurawalhi’s location smack bang in the middle of Lhaviyani Atoll’s top dive sites means that divers get to experience vivid coral reefs with dazzling schools of fish on display, and have close personal encounters with sea turtles. Friendly reef sharks can be seen cruising the waters around Hurawalhi and, if lucky, the conditions can throw in a dozen or so manta rays.
Scuba Diving Activities
An incredible underwater adventure awaits below the water surface around Hurawalhi and it would be a pity not to take a sneak peek of what’s hiding on the reefs, the bustling metropolis of the Maldives. Prodivers Maldives is on hand to show you to very best of diving at the numerous sites around the resort. A myriad of activities is available for certified divers, so you can choose your desired holiday pace and explore the underwater accordingly.
House Reef Diving
The reef on which Hurawalhi sits is home to a staggering plethora of fish, big and small. Schooling bluestripe snappers and bannerfish mingle with fusiliers, and oriental sweetlips and butterflyfish munch on the coral, completely indifferent to the divers. A variety of miniature creepy crawlers can be found by the eagle-eyed divers. The house reef is easily accessible, with tank service provided to the entry points for your utmost convenience and for you and your buddy to dive at your favourite time of the day.
Diving Excursions
Lhaviyani Atoll boasts over 50 dive sites, with new ones being discovered on a regular basis. For beginners and for those who have hundreds of dives under their belts, dive sites around Hurawalhi are a treat. Diving boats leave throughout the day, helping to ensure that you can make the most of your time at the resort. The dive center runs single dive trips (morning and afternoon), and regularly organises two tank and full day trips so as to showcase the very best the diving in the Maldives has in store.
Meet the Hurawalhi manta rays!
300+ identified manta rays are expecting you
If you like the ocean, you will love the manta rays that frequent the waters around Hurawalhi! The Maldives is home to the world’s largest and the most studied population of reef manta rays (Manta alfredi), so by staying at Hurawalhi you have an unmatched opportunity to see these magnificent giants up close and personal. Due to Hurawalhi’s unique surroundings that can see congregations of manta rays, there is a Manta Trust expert on site to ensure that guests get 5-star experiences and knowledge about the Hurawalhi manta rays.
Be mesmerised by the Hurawalhi underwater adventure
A day of exploring the underwater treasures of the Maldives is a bucket list item for every diver. Don your gear and have some of the most preserved reef in the area almost all to yourself. The dreamscape underneath the water surface around Hurawalhi is inhabited by a whopping amount and variety of reef fish, turtles and coral. The stars of the show are certainly reef sharks, which patrol the reefs and are a regular sight at many of the dive sites, as well as our favourites – manta rays. Watching one getting a ‘spa treatment’ at the nearby cleaning station, or seeing one barrel roll at the feeding station just off Hurawalhi, is exhilarating and memorable – to say the least!
Scuba Diving Courses
Scuba diving and the Maldives go hand in hand! Should you only wish to get a glimpse of what lies in the ocean, or complete a full course to be able to dive anywhere in the world, Prodivers offers everything for complete beginners to PADI pro courses. A variety of options is available to suit your desired holiday pace, experience level and interests.
Discover Scuba Diving
Don’t leave Hurawalhi without seeing for yourself the colourful fish can be seen even at shallow depth. Take the plunge and join the Discover Scuba Diving programme for a little teaser session of scuba diving. It is perfect for those who want to get a taste of the diving experience, but don’t want to do a full course just yet.
PADI Open Water Diver Course
Learning to dive in the warm, clear waters of the Maldives with fish swimming around is as close to ideal learning conditions as it gets. Upon completing the PADI Open Water Diver course you will be certified to dive anywhere in the world; the shorter PADI Scuba Diver Course, which can be upgraded at a later time, is available as well.
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
Hurawalhi is an ideal place to advance your diving, allowing you to expand your scuba skills through different specialties, such as deep diving, navigation, photography, scooter diving, wreck diving and many more. The PADI Advanced Course is all about exploration, excitement and new experiences!
Enriched Air (Nitrox) course
One of the most popular and useful courses at Hurawalhi qualifies you to stay down longer and allows you to get in the water sooner than when diving with normal air. Nitrox will help you maximize your diving time, so you can get to see as many of the underwater marvels as possible.
Scooter diving
Underwater scooters are available at Hurawalhi for you to be able to reach the places where the big fish action is without the hassle of swimming against the current. You will buzz effortlessly past reef sharks, see squadrons of eagle rays – and feel like a superhero seeing the best the Lhaviyani has to offer with little effort and lots of fun.
Rebreather diving
Get introducted to the world of rebreather diving at Hurawalhi and experience the sensation of bubble-free diving. In addition to almost infinite bottom times, rebreathers allow us to get much closer to creatures that are usually spooked by the bubbles, such as mantas and sharks. Tanks and Sofnolime can be arranged for divers bringing their own units.
