Scuba diving in Turtle Beach
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1Dive centers offer dives on Turtle Beach
- Diving from USD 70
The Turtle Beach dive site is located off the southwest coast of the island of Thoddoo, Maldives and can be easily found because its location is recognized by a tiny rocky island, which is located quite close to the beach on Thoddoo. For this reason this dive site is also known by its other name, ‘the rock’. The dive site features a beautiful coral garden that hangs over a spectacular steep wall, which go down to over 30m/98ft. While exploring this colorful coral garden for hiding little creatures, divers will have a chance to be accompanied by two or three friendly turtles, who are the permanent residents of this site.
When to go
Diving at this site can be enjoyable all year round because of the warm water temperature, which stays at 26-29C/79-84F throughout the year. However, the best conditions for diving are from December to May, when there are no heavy rains and the sea is calmer.
What to see
At this dive site, divers will see colorful soft and hard corals, a variety of interesting nudibranchs, angelfish, bannerfish, triggerfish, moray eels, stingrays, green turtles, possibly octopi, and sometimes whitetip reef sharks.
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Dive center`s Special Offers
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Thoddoo Pro Dive Hydrotech (Maldives)
Weekly Package
There is a real offer for real divers – for those who wish to get a sight of underwater world of Maldives. Maldives is the world diving destination #1. Maldives has everything to prove it: clear warm water all year around, perfect visibility (20-40 m), and fantastic marine life. Corals, sponges, nudibranchs, fish, stingrays, dolphins, mantas, sharks can be found there. Diving in Maldives has some cool features. Most famous one is currents. Sometimes mild, sometimes strong, but always enjoyable. Jump in, adjust your buoyancy, and... just relax. Move with the waters along the reef walls (faru in Dhivehi), enjoy spectacular views of sea inhabitants, breath in, breath out. Napoleon wrasse, parrot fish, trigger fish, angel fish, snappers, groupers, sweetlips will be your companions in the journey. Mantas and reef sharks patrolling their areas or arriving to cleaning stations are often seen too. In Thoddoo, there are some nice walls up to 30-40 meters deep. Diving in channels (kandu in Dhivehi) between atolls and islands in Maldives sometimes can be challenging due to strong currents and visibility but always awesome because of greater chance to encounter sharks and mantas and better coral life. Madivaru channel near Rasdhoo island is the place to see hammerhead sharks. North channel (north to Veligandu resort) is where you can see mantas almost every day. There are some underwater rocks growing almost up to the surface called 'thilas'. These formations are like stop signs for the currents, providing food for corals and sponges - favorite food of bigger fish, turtles and sharks. Best thilas are located near Ukulhas island (Maaya Thila, Maa thila). -
Thoddoo Pro Dive Hydrotech (Maldives)
Discover Thoddoo
Daily diving plus one night dive. This product is for certified divers only. Thoddoo is one the most famous diving destination in the Maldives. The beauty of this island is combined with a number of great dive sites reachable in 15-60 min of boat ride.