The Indian Ocean’s warm clear water and myriad of marine life is one of the world’s most famous scuba utopias. Elements Dive Centre provides access to a world of limitless discovery. Enroll in a wide range of PADI certification courses to suit your ability and aspirations. Descend into an explosion of colourful coral gardens and glide amongst schools of tropical fish. Advanced divers can customise the ultimate experience with our Dive Master to explore magnificent nearby reefs.
At Anantara Kihavah Villas itself, the house reef has become known by the local divers as ‘The Golden Wall’. The beauty of this dive site results from the incredible amount of sedentary life forms inhabiting the wall, completely covering its steep surface, edges and overhangs. This provides an immense variety of habitat to many local species of fish, lobsters, sea stars etc. The area is clearly dominated by wide spread colonies of soft corals, these being of many different species displaying a huge range of colours, such as the orange, magenta or mauve spiky soft corals and cauliflower soft corals. To have this quite literally on our doorstep means an amazing dive no matter what the conditions are. Among all the bright colours displayed, the particular presence of yellow and golden coloured variations make it clear to any diver why this reef is best called The Golden Wall and a “must dive” reef when in the Maldives.”
Manta ray snorkeling is seasonal and runs from May until November.
Guests are privy to insider information from the Anantara team who work closely with the rangers that protect Hanifaru Bay. This helps us to plan for the most favorable time to catch these glorious creatures.
Anantara Kihavah also has a resident Marine Biologist who can provide seasonal information on the manta rays. With pregnancies that last between 12 – 13 months, guests can see the mothers bloom and the rare occasion of a baby.
