Dive Sites

Gasfinolhu is currently closed for renovation. The exact date for the reopening is not known yet. As soon as we have more details, information and pictures we will display them here.

Thank you very much for your kind patience and understanding.

Please have a look at our dive sites which we will continue to dive after the reopening.


 

We cover most of North Male Atoll with more than 50 dive sites, rated from easy to difficult. They include different reef formations such as Thilas, Giris and Farus; outside reefs, channels and wrecks. The outside reefs around Gasfinolhu are famous for their turtle population and so encounters are literally guaranteed. It is also possible to see mantas and sharks throughout the year. Our favorite manta spots from May to December are "Fairy Tale" and "Lankan Manta Point" and from December to April "Bodu Hithi Thila". These trips are offered as "full day" or "two tank" dive excur-sions.

The water temperature is on average 28 degrees centigrade and the visibility from January to May about 20 to 50 and from June to December 15 – 25 meter.

Here are a few short descriptions of some of our dive sites just to give you an idea:

  • Far Reef  - Very beautiful outside reef with great fish life and many White tip reef sharks
  • Miyaru Faru Kandu – Shark Highlight ! Grey Reef Sharks, White tip reef sharks, Eagle Rays and other pelagics
  • Fairy Tale – Reef overhangs with beautiful soft corals and a great diversity of marine species. Manta cleaning station!
  • Prisca Corner – Jagged reef slope with interesting overhangs, big napoleon wrasses and groupers. Manta sightings!
  • Reethi Tila - Beautiful thila with hard and soft corals and many shoals of reef fish
  • Asdhoo Rock – Unusual reef structure and great amounts of fish make Asdhoo Rock one of the most interesting inside reef dive spots. Good for shark observation!
  • West Rock – Easy-to-dive steel wreck (length: 30 m)

 

Some of our highlights for 2-tank and full day excursions:

  • Bodu Thila - Beautiful thila with excellent coral growth and fish life
  • Trix Caves - Big overhangs with fantastic soft corals
  • Maldives Victory - Best wreck dive in the Maldives
  • Banana Reef -  One of the classic dive spots in the Maldives
  • Nassimo Thila - Thila with spectacular hard- and soft corals
  • Bodu Hithi Thila – Among the best Manta spots in the Maldives
  • Saddle and Vashimas Thila - Great places to see sharks and eagle rays
  • Okobe Thila – Interesting reef topography, great variety of marine life

House Reef/Lagoon
Gasfinolhu is surrounded by a big, beautiful lagoon. There is no typical house reef. Therefore, all dives are boat dives.

The lagoon is home to a great variety of marine life with interesting coral for-mations and colourful fish life in shallow water. It is perfect for snorkelers and for diver training.