Advice on Diving in Maldives

... As a rule of thumb, the South is categorized by more channel diving versus thilas & farus, thus making it more challenging overall. The South is also characterized by a focus on sharks, due to the nature of the channel diving. Logistically, there is usually atleast one internal flight involved. Northern Maldives The North of the Maldives is the least explored and has the most virgin dive sites, with many still undiscovered. There are very few boats operating in the Northern Maldives and usually its more resort oriented. From experience of dive operators, the only significant difference betw...