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My $0.02 regarding diving in the Maldives. I've done about 100 dives there spread over about 6 weeks ( 2 trips). First trip was staying at a guest house and diving off a dhoni. I was the only diver guest for most of the trip (AWESOME) and we dove the local sites. The good sites were deep and had...

I miss Magic Mountain!!!!! And Mermaid I. And Raja Ampat. Very happy that diving in the Maldives is an option, but I think I left a part of my heart in Indonesia. :)

After reading your stories about reef hooks in the madlives, I assembled my own for my trip. A durable steel double hook that would not break and 4 feet of paracord (rainbow, for pride!) and a clip-biner on the other end.

The thing about Maldives is that you're likely not going to be out in the community... you're going to be going from airport to resort or liveaboard, and on a safe tourist island or boat in the middle of nowhere with no other contacts. There was a bombing in Male when I was there, but not a huge...

An update! The card worked well and I had fewer strobe issues this trip! Strobe brightness was usually good without me having to do much! :) Worth the hassle, I think.

Also as I understand it, the venom-dispensing teeth are quite far back, and they would have trouble sinking them into any part of you. They are SO curious though! I can't wait to go back there!!!

Next it was on to the Blue Voyager, which was lovely. Similar circuit of the central atolls, only less currents likely due to waning moon. This crowd was younger, and fun to hang out with. There were 21 people aboard a boat with capacity for 26 (even 21 people felt like too many in the water at...

I didn't get my laptop online at all, and I didn't log in with the cell phone, so updates didn't happen! We did a trip from Male-Male aboard the Keara and it was cool! The water was warm and wonderful, nothing more than a dive skin needed. The food was absolutely fantastic, and less fatty than...

Supposed to be getting on the boat today but there was a case from the last group of tourists and now the boat is in quarantine. I'm in Gan. The replacement boat is in Malé. Booking a flight back to Malé. Feeling kind of disappointed because I was very much looking forward to the tiger shark...

On the way back, I'm going to be spending one night in Dubai! I was planning on doing a desert trip and then maybe going shopping! I'm sure there will be time for a beer! Wednesday night and Thursday during the day I believe it's the 13th of May? Right at the end of Ramadan.

Day -3. Nose swabbed, thrice. Tests negative twice, test pending: one. Bags packed (I hope). Determined that connecting flight through New Delhi was a Bad Idea, and changed to fly through Dubai for $$$$ more but peace of mind. Still worried that I might not end up at my destination due to...

Hoping for some shallow night dives so I can practice my snooting!

I think the issue is that the dives are all very deep, so that's why there's only 3. When I asked about getting in another dive, they said that they didn't recommend it because of the dive profiles they tend to dive. I really want to do night dives so I can practice with my snoot...

@Dan Do you have any advice re: baggage allotment for inter-island flights? The baggage allowance is way less than me, my camera, and my gear require! I will have the nonchalantly lightweight backpack full of camera gear and a hiking pack, and a dive bag.

I have booked my travel! Maldives in 2 weeks! (I still can't believe it. I'm not going to believe it until I am in the water.)

Guitar sharks are so cool! We saw a pair of them when we were diving there, just chilling on the sandy bottom at 95 feet. There were 3 of us, dive guide, dive guide in training, and me... so everything was calm and they didn't mind us snapping photos at all. Kinda random question... with all...

What is the covid vaccination status of the people on your boats? That's the one thing that I worry about with travel...

One of my dive friends just shared this with me, and I thought it sufficiently important to try to boost the signal more... Apparently the Maldives is trying to boost fishery profits by considering legalization of shark fishing. The dive community needs to make them realize that this is a very...

I thought there was some kind of transfer authorization from going from one resort/boat to another?

I loved the dive on that lava flow by Banda Neira! Staghorns! So happy to hear that there is recovery from the bleaching! :) I need to book my trip this weekend! Eek! What did you have to do in order to transfer between boats? I'm going to do a 15 day Gan - Male and then 11 day Male-Male...