Advice for diving Maaya Thila in Maldives

Maaya Thila is a rather mediocre site in the day time, but during the night its legendary. The site is full of giant trevally, white tip sharks, grey reef sharks, blacktip sharks, sting rays, sleeping turtles and a whole myriad of other marine life.

The dive is intense - the action is pumping. As you are looking at a turtle a white-tip will literally pass under you, as you bring your attention to it you will notice a sting ray right next to it etc.

The only down side is the amount of divers. At night it is rather messy with all the lights, boats, groups of divers. The top of the Thila is a plateau which has quite a bit of action but also the most number of divers. My advice would be to start the dive below the lip of the top of the Thila, staying at around 10-15 metres. Pay special attention to the Caves where you will find sleeping turtles, sharks and murray eels. You can end the dive at the top of the plateau which is around 5-7 metres and is perfect when you are low on air and need to do a safety stop.

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