
Every resort in the Maldives caters for scuba divers and international
certificates of all types are accepted. The dive schools are well
equipped, and regulators, BCDs, computers, masks, snorkels and fins are
available for hire. For those learning to dive resorts offer a variety
of dive courses are conducted in several languages, with courses
conducted in English, German, Italian, French and Japanese in most of
the For those learning to dive all resorts conduct open water and
advanced courses such as night diving, rescue diving, underwater
photography. Courses such as naturalist and shark specialist courses
have proved most popular due to the growing interest in the marine
environment. At resorts, diving is conducted daily all year around and
it is only rarely that diving has to be cancelled. Most resorts would
have access to a protected reef on the leeward side of the island that
enables them to dive even during times of rough seas and strong winds. |