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Biiiig marbled stingray

Blog Filitheyo - 16.05.2019 A very curious and massive marbled stingray kept turning around us at Lighthouse Channel! An amazing dive with loads of sharks and some medium incoming current… Credit: Sijmon de Waal

Island style…

Blog Filitheyo - 12.05.2019 Hermit crabs use all they can find and suit them to protect their soft body… ALL.

Island Life

Blog Filitheyo - 04.05.2019 Meet Ali the Heron! He is one of the permanent inhabitants of the island and he has a very good taste for choosing his home… and hunting playground! You will always find him on the beach, and he is always ready [...]

The Werner Lau Table Calendar Campaign is back!

For some years now we have been designing our annual desk calendar with your pictures. Over the past few years we have received so many beautiful pictures of you. So overwhelming was the response that we decided to organize another competition this year. Check all [...]

Greet the new amazing Filitheyo Team!

Blog Filitheyo - 20.04.2019 They are young, they are fresh, they are experienced, they love to help, they are funny, they know their job and they are beautiful! Bottom right to left: Bene, Manu, Tobi, Ramjan, Harun Rear right to left: Flo, Lucas, Mika, Wade [...]

Supply Dhoni für Bathala

Blog Filitheyo - 17.04.2019 The whole stock of Bathala was stored here on Filitheyo. Now there's plenty of space again, because finally things are starting to happen ... today our Supply Dhoni left for Bathala with all the equipment and Tobi on board. Yeah!!!

Deco Beer

Blog Filitheyo - 10.04.2019 The famous beer after the dive! Meet the main bar crew near the reception and savor a fresh drink in a relax environment! And meet the diving staff in the evening after diner for a chat…

Welcome back to Paradise!

Blog Filitheyo - 29.03.2019 Das könnten die Worte sein, die du hören wirst, wenn du vom Tauch Trip auf die Insel zurückkehrst. Dies ist unser Hafen. Hier fahren die Boote ab und kommen zurück. Hier kann man eine Gruppe von Baby-Schwarzspitzenriffhaien beobachten wie sie umherschwimmen [...]

Interdive Frankfurt

Hello fellow divers! As of 2020, Werner Lau will no longer be exhibiting at the BOOT in Düsseldorf, but instead will be present at the new Interdive in Frankfurt. The trade exhibition only has a duration of 5 days and will be held from the […]

Sheena Sun Deck

Blog Sheena - 22.03.2019 This is one of the many places where you can spend some relaxing time on the Sheena. Comfortable sun chairs and sun beds are awaiting you. Our guests come there to enjoy the sun and the warm breeze, read a book, [...]

Isn’t it just perfect …

Blog Filitheyo - 15.03.2019 ... the view at the front of the dhony at Two Brothers channel. Crystalline water and pristine reefs are waiting for you under the surface. We even had the very rare pleasure to meet a 2m bowmouth guitar shark on that [...]

Meet Harish – our Sheena Captain

Blog Sheena/Filitheyo - 08.03.2019 Here is our MY Sheena Captain, Sir Harish! Harish has been working as a Captain in the Maldives for over 20 years now. He is the lucky father of two pretty girls… And MY Sheena is his third child. He knows [...]

two newcomers!

Blog Filitheyo - 08.03.2019 They are two, they are new, they are here for you! Meet Manuela and Wade our two new colleagues on Filitheyo! Women first of course: Manuela is our new Edelweiss from the capital city of Switzerland, Bern. She is one of [...]

Diving honeymoon

Blog Filitheyo - 01.03.2019 Mickey and Mel just got married and came to our paradise island to enjoy some great diving during their honeymoon! They brought their wedding costumes with them and wanted to have a group picture with our awesome team! A lovely and [...]

Double new delivery

Blog Filitheyo - 22.02.2019 They are back! Bene and Mika have come back from their (diving, what else?) holidays at the beginning of February and will be pleased to welcome you at the dive base. During their vacation they went to the Philippines and to [...]

Mika on Tour

Blog Filitheyo - 21.02.2019 Mika and Béné are back from their holidays and have taken over the base again. Last week Mika was allowed to join the MY Sheena tour in order to get to know the procedure, because the base management Filitheyo is responsible [...]

A Bridewhale – one of the reasons to join our checkdive…

Blog Filitheyo - 01.02.2019 “That boat is pretty close to our reef … Wait - Is it submerging ? OH MY GOD !”. These thoughts were going through the mind of our instructor, as a BRIDEWHALE was passing him and his group of divers. The [...]

Exhibition Boot 2019

Day 9 WE MADE IT! We are finished, have packed everything up again, the stand builder is probably still having fun with the stand and we are all on our way home or have already arrived. BOOT 2019 is over, but not our exhibition specials. [...]

Tauchen Award 2019

Blog Filitheyo - 25.01.2019 The Filitheyo DiveCenter won the TAUCHEN AWARD in the categorie "best diving centre maldives. A big thank you to ALL who supported us in this competition! We are more than happy and are looking forward to awesome dives with you! We [...]

A changeable fish – the clownfish

Blog Filitheyo - 07.01.2019 There are plenty of fish around the Maldives, but almost no one is as famous as the clownfish. Despite its popularity divers tend to know very little about the small reef inhabitant. They live together in groups up to 15 fish [...]

IN A NEW LIGHT

Blog Filitheyo - 22.12.2018 We have never seen our underwater world like this! Explore the reef corals and their inhabitants in our Fluo-Night Dive. For example this is stony coral (Acropora Cytherea) normally appears to be more orange-brown, but as soon as we shine on it with our Fluo-Torches, [...]

The BOOT-show in Düsseldorf

Preparations for the boat show are in full swing. Offers are fixed, flyers are in progress and the team at the fair is also on standby! Besides Werner, Lilly and Florian Lau, Steffi, Bernd, Barbara, Sylvia and Peter will be there for you. Save the [...]

A sponge with mouth ???

Blog Filitheyo - 04.12.2018 Yes, our divers were quiet surprised, when they saw a huge sponge with a pair of eyes and a mouth looking right at them. It takes a lot of luck to uncover such a big, black frogfish. This corral-like fish hides [...]

CURIOUS !!!

Blog Filitheyo - 29.11.2018 The silvertip shark is more common in the open ocean or in breathtaking depths over 800 meters below the surface. But we still encounter them during our dives – mostly at the edges of our reefs or sometimes even on top [...]

an insight to our diving instructor crew

Blog Filitheyo - 16.11.2018 The hammerhead-shark on the left: Dennis - the best man for your course and always in for a joke. The gray shark on the left: Lucas - would love to spend all of his time below the surface or showing some [...]