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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, [...]

Manta Week

Medhufushi - 18.12.18 There is nothing better than playing with Mantas. We can’t believe our luck that they are already back at our Manta Point. Watching 6-8 Mantas the whole dive, the whole week – that’s so unreal and simply breathtaking. 😊

Dolphins ….

Hondaafushi - 17.12.2018 Dolphins in the morning, driving away sorrows and worries ... We see them very often on the trips to the dive site or on the way back to the dive center, sometimes also underwater ... but nevertheless it is always a highlight [...]

Maldivian Office

Blog Hondaafushi - 12.12.2018 Just another day in the "office".... Of course, that's not all. We also produce new divers and of course we have to deal with all kinds of paperwork. Nevertheless we can say that this is one of the coolest jobs ever [...]

Water sport fun

Blog Medhufushi - 10.12.2018 Diving comes first, there is no doubt about it. And when we are not under water we are at least in the water. In our water sport centre there is a lot of action waiting for you. You ran ride the [...]

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 [...]

MY Sheena Logbook – 25.11. – 01.12.2018

MY Sheena Tour Filitheyo - Filitheyo 25.11. - 01.12.2018 25.11.2018 Dive No. 1 - Dolphins Corner On our very first dive of the trip we had strong incoming current. We began the dive on the outside reef and made our way slowly towards to 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 [...]

perfect start of the day

Blog Medhufushi  - 04.12.2018 What a wonderful start in the day. Watching eagle rays in the lagoon before we even left for the dive excursion. Fantastic. 

Manta ray soup at its finest…

Blog Hondaafushi - 03.12.2018 On our trip to Fish & Friends we were surprised today by about 20 manta rays... because of the visibility "unfortunately" only 11 could be observed at once. Clean Mantas=Happy Guests Stay tuned and always good air!!!   Images: Archiv Werner [...]

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 [...]

Sheena Logbook – 18. – 25.11.2018

MY Sheena Tour Male - Filitheyo 18. - 25.11.2018 18.11.2018 Dive No. 1 - Dolphins Corner A beautiful day at Filitheyo, Sheena is cleaned and fresh for the new arrivals. All the guests arrived at noon, check-in done. As we wanted to do a check [...]

Flying Change

Blog Medhu - 27.11.18 As you might know, our Julie is sometimes here and sometimes there. Yesterday she left Hondaafushi to get to Medhufushi so Mateja can go on her well deserved holiday. The distance between those two islands is 440 km and involves not [...]

Titu – our boat boy

Blog Medhu - 17.11.2018 Titu is our boat boy who´s been here for the very long time. He came from Bangladesh six years ago in pursuit of a better life and to help his family which he left behind, by sending money back home. Always [...]

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 [...]

Hello Klaus and Astrid! Welcome to the team !

Hondaafushi - 09.11.2018 Hello, my name is Klaus I am 41 years old and from Germany, I worked in Thailand, Malta and Austria as a Scuba Instructor. As Diving is not only my job but also my hobby, I am doing some Tec.diving  courses for [...]

MY Sheena Logbook – 28.10. – 04.11.2018

MY Sheena Tour Filitheyo - Male 28.10. - 04.11.2018 After all guest arrived on Filitheyo we did all the paperwork and everybody could move in his cabin. We decided to start the next day with our dives. 29.10.2018 Dive No. 1 - Dolphins Corner Dive [...]

The decision has been made…. Desk Calendar Competition 2019

Our table calendar campaign was also this year a great success. Again, we received so many great pictures and the selection this year was extremely difficult for us. During the competition we received a total of 550 photos. Unfortunately, we can only add 12 of [...]

Sheena Logbook – 21. – 28.10.2018

MY Sheena Tour Filitheyo - Filitheyo 21. - 28.10.2018 We been really lucky and could start already at the arrival day with two dives. 21.10.2018 Dive No. 1 - Filitheyo House reef Dive No. 2 - Dolphins Corner This tour starts and ends in Filitheyo. [...]

MY Sheena Logbook – 14. – 21.10.2018

MY Sheena Tour Male - Filitheyo 14. - 21.10.2018 14.10.2018 Dive No. 1 - Fish Factory Check dive at fish factory was a nice and easy dive with about 15 stingrays swimming close to divers for the whole dive. Plenty of big and small moray [...]

Kalam aka Spiderman

Medhufushi - 24.10.2018 Medhufushi Island is covered with tropical vegetation and among all the plants – coconut palm is most impressive. It can grow up to 30m and to climb it is not easy task at all.  Kalam – we call him Spiderman, is the [...]

Steven says “Hi”

Blog Hondaafushi - 13.10.2018 Hi, i’m Steven – the new instructor on Hondaafushi. I’m a 36 years old German. After gaining a lot of experience in Egypt and Thailand I thought it’s about time to change locations. That decision brought me to one of the [...]

MY Sheena Logbook – 30.09. – 07.10.2018

Fully booked MY Sheena Tour Filitheyo - Male 30.09. - 07.10.2018 We are looking forward to it! 30.09.2018 All divers arrive early enough, so it is worth to do a check dive at the outer reef. The sun is shining but it is still a [...]

Manta Surprise

Blog Filitheyo – 09.10.2018 So many time I heard divers saying that safety stops are boring… Well not always and you can be sure that Christoph and Conny will not say it during a long time! Two reef mantas (Manta alfredi) came and visited us. […]

Rarely seen here

Blog Filitheyo - 01.10.2018 Isn't it lovely? We found this cutie on Little Channel South. It is called Tapestry shrimp, was about 7cm long and we very rarely see it here (the books say that it is endemic from Myanmar)! Thanks to Uwe for the [...]