Maldives or Indonesia/Philippines

[Dan]

There are some nice soft corals in Maldives if you know where to look. Too bad my camera is one of those point & shoot crap. But you get the idea.

 

[Centrals]

It's all relative. I can do the same in Indonesia.

The liveaboard example that I posted above is a mid to upper class liveaboard ($400-470/night), doing 4 dives/day. I have taken budget liveaboards in Komodo & Raja Ampat for half the cost ($200-235/night) too and 50% higher cost ($600-700/night) in Galapagos & Cocos.

It is NOT relative to compare 11 days with 30 days!
The OP has been to several places in Indonesia and he is looking for NEW experience. So you can count Indonesia out.

Your pictures on the corals are nice but they are more or less the standard in Philippines. Because they are everywhere ie coral triangle.

 

[Dan]

Here is my recent trip to Maldives trip report: Maldives 9 - 16 December 2018 TripReport

 

[Searcaigh]

Maldives is a 4 hr flight for me, Indonesia and Philippines twice that.

I've visited Maldives once (1998) and done well over 10 trips each to both Philippines and Indonesia in the past 20 years.