If you have booked or are planning an upcoming holiday in the Maldives and want to incorporate diving into it then you may want to be a little more ambitious and go for a liveaboard experience instead.

What is it?

Liveaboard involves going scuba diving but also staying on a boat for one or more nights. The main advantages of doing this are that it allows you to go diving in a region which may not be close to your resort but may represent a better experience and you can also go diving in more than one location as the boat can take you to a variety if different locations which may have different wildlife and sights to see.

You can also finish your scuba dive and immediately go to your room on the boat to relax.

Or you may want to do this just to combine a relaxing boat trip with your diving experience.

Availability in the Maldives

If you want to do liveaboard in the Maldives then you are in luck as it is one of the best locations in the world. There is a wide choice of both boats and locations to include in your itinerary.

Among some of the best places in the Maldives are the Baa, Raa and Noonu atolls which contain some of the best quality coral reefs in the region. You can also choose your locations depending on what you want to see.

Some places are better if you want to see the magnificent manta ray while others will give you the rare chance to get up close to some of the regions several species of shark.

When to do it

You can book a liveaboard experience all year around as the weather remains good at all times. You may want to time your booking though depending on what you want to see.

For example the manta ray peaks around December to May.