5 days dive in Maldives on budget

[Volleyball]

@Volleyball Did you miss including the links?

I did include the airline and ferry links in the post you quoted; did you mean my IG links, which appear broken? They work if you click on them

I am even wondering if I should stay in Dhangeth on day 5th, 6th and 7th and 8th .. then on 8th evening (or last possible departure) travel to Hulumale so I can go diving on 9th for dolphins and turtles and nice coral.

The day you land in MLE/Hulhumalé, are you calling that day 1 or day 0? Can you stay beyond 5 dive days? If you give us more specifics we can suggest better itineraries

If one is willing to fly and deal with a busy itinerary (this is what we do all the time), here's what I would personally do yet it goes without saying, delays and cancellations are possible...I am listing the following as all single-night stays, you can and should extend them if possible

Day 0, land in MLE and fly to GAN/Addu City, visit the southernmost point
Day 1, dive in Addu City in the morning to see Mantas go 1 meter over your head, take the afternoon ferry to FVM
Day 2, dive in FVM with the tiger sharks and the deep dive if AOW
Day 3, If you're okay with the 18-hour no-fly rule, take the FVM to MLE 5am flight that lands in Hulhumalé at 7am. It's a domestic flight so no passport control and you can make the Hulhumalé morning dives. Take the 7pm public ferry which is 50 minutes to Himmafushi
Day 4, dive the fish tank/aquarium and take a private speedboat back to Hulhumalé in the evening as the public ferry departs at noon NOT allowing you to complete the morning dive and make the public ferry
Day 5, depart MLE

 

[zbasbas]

I did include the airline and ferry links in the post you quoted; did you mean my IG links, which appear broken? They work if you click on them



The day you land in MLE/Hulhumalé, are you calling that day 1 or day 0? Can you stay beyond 5 dive days? If you give us more specifics we can suggest better itineraries

If one is willing to fly and deal with a busy itinerary (this is what we do all the time), here's what I would personally do yet it goes without saying, delays and cancellations are possible...I am listing the following as all single-night stays, you can and should extend them if possible

Day 0, land in MLE and fly to GAN/Addu City, visit the southernmost point
Day 1, dive in Addu City in the morning to see Mantas go 1 meter over your head, take the afternoon ferry to FVM
Day 2, dive in FVM with the tiger sharks and the deep dive if AOW
Day 3, Take the FVM to MLE 5am flight that lands in Hulhumalé at 7am. It's a domestic flight so no passport control and you can make the Hulhumalé morning dives. Take the 7pm public ferry which is 50 minutes to Himmafushi
Day 4, dive the fish tank/aquarium and take a private speedboat back to Hulhumalé in the evening as the public ferry departs at noon NOT allowing you to complete the morning dive and make the public ferry
Day 5, depart MLE

Regarding "Take the FVM to MLE 5am flight" .. I cannot dive and take flight the next day at 5AM, it is short time I believe.
Also the idea of going to Hulhumalé is to dive with Hammerhead sharks and at the begining of my trip I do not have AOW.
I am still wondering if I would do the AWO, if so, I would have to be in one place I believe at least 2 days (and I am mostly motivated in doing AOW for hammerhead sharks, I know AOW is more than just seeing these sharks...)

Sso about the schedule:
Day 0 I will arrive at MLE airport around 14:00sh (and that's first struglle how to get on same day to Dhangethi)
Day 5 depart from MLE around 10:00ish (which also need to find the best way back at MLE from wherever I am)

 

[Volleyball]

Regarding "Take the FVM to MLE 5am flight" .. I cannot dive and take flight the next day at 5AM, it is short time I believe.
Also the idea of going to Hulhumalé is to dive with Hammerhead sharks and at the begining of my trip I do not have AOW.
I am still wondering if I would do the AWO, if so, I would have to be in one place I believe at least 2 days (and I am mostly motivated in doing AOW for hammerhead sharks, I know AOW is more than just seeing these sharks...)

Sso about the schedule:
Day 0 I will arrive at MLE airport around 14:00sh (and that's first struglle how to get on same day to Dhangethi)
Day 5 depart from MLE around 10:00ish (which also need to find the best way back at MLE from wherever I am)

I updated my previous post to include the rule about 18-hour multiple non-deco dives. I shouldn't be recommending anyone fly at a certain time as some people may get super stressed worrying about things like this. I met a diver who says he's never been narced but he waits 2 days to fly after diving "just in case"

I will add all dive agencies have rules based on the number of dives and if you go into Deco; some wrongly assume it's 24 hours after a dive period

Have you asked your travel agent if affordable private transfers to Dhangethi exist? I asked mine and will report back as previously the MLE airport to Maafushi private transfer round trip was around $70 USD

 

[zbasbas]

I updated my previous post to include the rule about 18-hour multiple non-deco dives. I shouldn't be recommending anyone fly at a certain time as some people may get super stressed worrying about things like this. I met a diver who says he's never been narced but he waits 2 days to fly after diving "just in case"

I will add all dive agencies have rules based on the number of dives and if you go into Deco; some wrongly assume it's 24 hours after a dive period

Have you asked your travel agent if affordable private transfers to Dhangethi exist? I asked mine and will report back as previously the MLE airport to Maafushi private transfer round trip was around $70 USD

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My understadning too from the dive center there is a ferry or speedboad at 14:00 can take me to MALE so it can be done after morning dive. Private transfer would cost according to him depending on how many perosn might be going with me ... but he said it is not cheep.