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Halaveli wreck

The wreck was sunk by the dive school operating on Halaveli, back in 1991. It lies a mile NW of Halaveli island. The ship was once used as a cargo vessel, transporting goods from island to island. Wreck divers will love this dive site, as [...]

Against the November blues

Blog Oasis – 15.11.2021 Bernd Schreiber is one of our dear repeater guests and took again very nice pictures of The Oasis. Thanks a lot, Bernd! We´re already very much looking forward to your next visit :-)

Fifty shades of the Red Sea

Blog Oasis – 31.10.2021 Our dear Shirin has shot a few excellent pictures again that capture the atmosphere at the Red Sea very well. Thanks a lot Shirin and until we meet again!

Welcome Beat and Desiree

We are the Swiss team at Werner Lau Filitheyo. :) We are both 33 years old and used to live in Switzerland until a few years ago. Beat used to work in hospitality as the manager of a bar and as a diving instructor in [...]

Best of Manuela

Blog Oasis – 13.09.2021 Manuela is a repeater guest at the Oasis and is therefore familiar with the hotel as well as the underwater world. Recently she was visiting us again and left some beautiful pictures. Thanks a lot, Manuela! We´re already very much looking [...]

Impressions from the first month

Blog Oasis – 09.08.2021 Already over one month has passed since our reopening and we couldn´t be happier. The pictures show a small selection of what was going on, an extraordinary highlight for sure was a special trip to Elphinstone Reef with hammerheads, grey reef [...]

Happy Birthday Gleb

We pleased to take you diving and give you an experience to remember, A 10th Birthday to remember … We hope to see you soon diving with us again..

Housereef Companion

Housereef Companion (Vlaming´s Unicorn - lat. Naso Vlamingii) Here I´m presenting you our housereef companion. This peticullar Vlaming´s Unicorn you will deffinetly see on our housee reef. You can recogize it by it´s tail – lower part is missing. It is always around divers, playing [...]

Housereef maintenance

Our housereef requires attendance every now and then. The ropes need cleaning, the supporting canisters a refill of air, but even a full refurbishing is not uncommon. Here are Dani & Miro placing a new orientation number of entry/exit in the northwest, our #1, the [...]

Triger fish

Blog Bathala - 16.07.2021 40 species of triggerfish are scattered throughout the world’s seas. These bottom dwellers dig out prey, such as crabs and worms, by flapping away debris with their fins and sandblasting with water squirted from their mouths. They also use very tough [...]

Dive Full of Marbeled Stingrays

It was a nice calm morning with Detlef and Doris, headed for a check dive. They´ve been here before and they were looking forward to go on a housereef - expecialy to dive the section between Exit 6 and 7. The current was in our [...]

Glass Fish

Blog Bathala - 09.07.2021 Glassfishes are found in shallow waters up to 10m deep, usually hidden among the reef. They feed on crustaceans, worms and other invertebrates. In turn, they fall prey to larger fish such as snappers, groupers, jackfish, lionfish. They are a schooling [...]

Resort Diving

Blog Medhufushi - 07.07.2021 One small step for us, One giant leap for yourself” This is where the experience starts. We welcome more divers to visit our beautiful underwater world…

Finally open again!!

Blog Oasis - 05.07.2021 On the 1st of July 2021 we could finally reopen the hotel! We´re very happy about the lovely guests that have been with us since that day and who enjoy wonderful dives as well as the beautiful atmosphere. After 15 months [...]

Lion fish

Blog Bathala - 02.07.2021 Although the lionfish is visibly gorgeous, there's much more to this mysterious creature than its striking maroon, brown and white stripes, elegant fan-like fins and delicate floating tentacles. Native to the Indo-pacific region, the fish can be found on reefs as [...]

Servicing Time

Blog Medhufushi - 30.06.2021 We have finally reached the time of the year where we service all our equipment so that our divers have wonderful experience while diving. Servicing equipment is very important and its needs to be done annually irrespective you might dive with [...]

Welcome Markus

Blog Filitheyo - 24.06.2021 We got new reinforcments in the end of May. Markus is 37 years old (21 by heart) , vibrant, very communicative instructor, full of energy. He flew in from Macao, where he  worked as a show Diver at the biggest Water [...]

Nudis

Filitheyo - 18.06.2021 Chromodoris Tritos Yonow - also known as Dorid Nudibranch, Tritos Sea Slug. Opisthobranchia - Nudibranchs - Sea Slugs meaning "naked gills" are molluscs without a hard shell. These beautiful slugs are usually brilliantly colored and this in itself can act as a [...]

Countdown to reopening

Blog Oasis - 17.06.2021 In December 2020 we reopened our divecenter for guests that were staying in  nearby hotels. Since then, we´ve had a few guests whom you can see in the pictures and that were lots of fun to be with. Now the reopening [...]

Horse Eye Jacks

Blog Medufushi - 17.06.2021 Horse Eye Jacks also known as Big -Eye Jacks (Caranx Latus)  is a game fish and minor cHorse Eye Jacks also known as Big -Eye Jacks (Caranx Latus) is a game fish and minor commercial fish in the family Carangidae. Its appearance is similar [...]

The Orange Horizon

Blog Medhufushi - 10.06.2021 As the sun sets over the horizon the sky lights up in a beautiful dark orange colour which makes it look like the sky is on fire... @ Medhufushi Dive Centre (Sunset)

World Ocean Day

Blog Filitheyo - 08.06.2021 We celebrate this day to light the importance of oceans. As divers we withness the impact that our way of living has on the oceans. It is important to raise awarnes and contribute as much as we can, even when it [...]

Ocean day

Blog Bathala - 08.06.2021 Ghost nets are a problem for the marine environment, as they float free until they get stuck onto a reef, in which case they suffocate the corals and fish trapped underneath. This one was so heavy that three of us were [...]

Congratulation!

Blog Bathala - 03.06.2021 Diving keeps you young, ask Mrs. Ursula, 73 years old and her husband, Mr. Rolf, 86 years old from Switzerland 🙃 We are honored to have done Rolf's 2000th dive at Mayaa Thila. Congratulation, truly amazing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻  

Yellow Naked Soft Coral

Blog Medhufushi - 03.06.2021 Yellow Naked Soft Coral (Chironephthya sp.) Also known as Fan Thistle Coral, Limp Coral, Soft Tree Coral, Thistle Coral, Tree Coral. Found in caves and under ledges, along drop-offs and walls of coral and rocky reefs. They feed on zooplankton. Length [...]