Every resort in the Maldives caters for scuba divers and
international certificates of all types are accepted. The dive schools are
well equipped, and regulators, BCDs, computers, masks, snorkels and fins are
available for hire. For those learning to dive, resorts offer a variety of
dive courses which are conducted in several languages, with courses conducted in
English, German, Italian, French and Japanese in most of the For those
learning to dive all resorts conduct open water and advanced courses such as
night diving, rescue diving, underwater photography. Courses such as
naturalist and shark specialist courses have proved most popular due to the
growing interest in the marine environment. At resorts, diving is conducted
daily all year around and it is only rarely that diving has to be cancelled.
Most resorts would have access to a protected reef on the leeward side of
the island that enables them to dive even during times of rough seas and
strong winds.
