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Medhufushi’s New Firepower

Blog Medhufushi - 10.04.2021 Introducing to you Our Medhufushi Team Ved as our Baseleader and Kafrul as our Dive Master/ Water Sports Incharge. Together they are young and Vibrant and full of energy and always ready to take you diving. So don’t think and come [...]

Emergency oxygen training

Blog Bathala - 09.04.2021 Safety is of great concern at Werner Lau dive centers. We train all our staff at least every six months how to use the Wenoll O2 system. Did you know that the advantage of this oxygen system is that, in an [...]

Clownfishes

Blog Bathala - 25.0.2021 Out of the 29 different species of clownfish worldwide, this particular one (see photo) is endemic to the Maldives and Sri Lanka. The anemone's tentacles have stinging cells called nematocysts that release a toxin when prey or predator touches it. Clownfish, [...]

So much fish!

Blog Bathala - 02.03.2021 So many fish, so many colours and shapes, who can recognize them all? Soldierfish or squirrelfish? Lizardfish or goby? Mullets or rudderfish? Emperor or snapper? Bannerfish or moorish idol? Scorpionfish or stonefish? Luckily our instructors have a good eye and will [...]

Turtle City

Blog Filitheyo - 28.02.2021 She cruises along our house reef everyday greeting everyone who comes along. With one breath she stayes for 30mins down a total champion free diver. Our House Reef – Haksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Old is Gold

Filitheyo - 22.02.2021 After years of being away he is back and we knew one day he would come back…. Our former Sheena Guide Tore is back in the company and back on the Maldives. Welcome on Filitheyo Tore!

Medhu is back

Blog Medhufushi - 19.02.2021 Another step forward... we will start in Medhufushi right now. Everything is prepared, Mateja and Kafrul are waiting for you let‘s dive at Mantas and More, Simply the Best, Sharks Tongue and all the other great channels

Light Show

Blog Bathala - 08.02.2021 Are you up for an underwater light show? Our blue light torches illuminate the colors of the corals and fish, making it an amazing shiny experience during night dives or snorkeling. Those scorpionfish appear pink, the lizardfish shine while hidden under [...]

keep on smiling

Blog Filitheyo - 29.01.2021 Sometimes he smiles. Sometimes he is serious. But he is our friend.. We see him rarely but when he makes a appearance it is one to remember. Our Lemon Shark on Filitheyo House Reef (Cruising in the Shallows)

Bathala is opening from the 21st of February!!!

I had a conversation with the owner of Bathala Island Resort today. It has been decided that Bathala will be bookable again from Feb 21st for our customers from Europe and Switzerland. This perfectly fits into the Manta season. If we can get flights, Lilly [...]

Always good for a surprise …

Bathala - 25.01.2021 Treat yourself to some surprises. The reefs of the North Ari atoll hide many jewels, for example these two members of the cartilaginous class of fish. Do you like more the zebra shark we saw at Maaya thila, or the guitar fish [...]

Sharktastic!

Filitheyo - 23.01.2021 With the New Year and new beginning a full boat of excited divers eagerly await what beholds down there.. A treasure some call it. For us in Filitheyo it makes our eyes shine. SHARKS!!! SHARKS !!! SHARKS!!!

We are back!

Bathala  -14.01.2021 The Werner Lau dive team on Bathala is ready for 2021, enthusiastic and excited as ever. The reefs of the North Ari atoll are waiting for you, experienced divers and the less experienced ones, and the beginners as well. Everybody is welcome. Join [...]

Maldives Update 18.11.2020

The resorts and thus our dive centres will be reopened in December! Opening dates: Bathala: 01. December 2020 exclusively for Qatar Holidays and from 21. December 2020 for all guests Filitheyo and Medhufushi: December 01, 2020 The entry to the Maldives seems to be possible [...]

Sheena goes in Pension

Dear guests, dear partners, dear friends, For well over a decade our old lady, the Sheena, has been writing liveaboard history. We discovered previously unknown dive sites in the south of the Maldives and together with our crew we gave many guests countless amazing diving [...]

InterDive Friedrichshafen 2020

InterDive Friedrichshafen 2020 This is how it looks like. Also this time we will be part of the InterDive in Friedrichshafen. However, this year we don't have our own booth, but can be found at the booth of SSI. Roland will be there the whole [...]

Miro & Dani

Bathala - 26.07.2020 Finaly! Time to go home for Dani and Miro. They leave until October and will be back once Bathala will be open again. See you soon in October on Bathala!

See you soon on Filitheyo!

Filitheyo - 25.07.2020 Good bye Filitheyo! Good bye Harun and Ramzan. In 2 month, once the island is re-opened, we hopefully see each other again! We are ready to fly! Europa, we are coming home!

new signs

Filitheyo - 15.07.2020 New signs for the entries/exits on the house reef are ready! Just need to take the kayaks out and go screw them in... Hope it will not be too difficult!

Green Team

Filitheyo - 10.07.2020 The green team finished the white garden! Was a lot of work, sweat, fun, laughs, cuts, wounds, blisters creativity, inventiveness and education for all 3 of us! Just one of the areas we have been creating to make the island look even [...]

new hot spot

Filitheyo - 07.07.2020 This is the new spot to make our certification pictures! Good job Béné for the drawing!

News from Werner Lau

Werner Lau - 03.06.2020 Short update on how things might be developing ... In the meantime, most of our destinations have already considered opening their borders and have published first, provisional plans. The Maldives want to open their borders again on 01 July 2020. Contrary [...]

Our wrecks at the house reef

Blog Filitheyo - 31.05.2020 Two local wrecks we are able to show you. First our KM Agro Mina II, a small Maldivian fishing boat, which is already since November 2009 part of the house reef. The second one is the Koimas I. This one is [...]

Werner Lau News

Werner Lau - 19.05.2020 Every day we receive several inquiries as to when diving with Werner Lau will be possible again. To say it in advance: Of course nobody knows exactly yet. Among other things we are waiting for the flight schedules of the airlines [...]

recently on Bathala …

Bathala - 14.05.2020 A staff diving day in Bathala! The island is well visited. All the staff from Thudufushi and Athuruga are there too and are waiting for the things to happen. Let's be positive about the future! In a few weeks we will know [...]