Velidhu Island Resort North Ari Atoll
Velidhu is located in the North of Ari Atoll.
Ari Atoll is famous for its marine diversity and especially for its sharks and manta rays. Manta rays can be found within 10 minutes boat drive from the island, depending on the season. Encounters with this gentle giants of the Indian Ocean can be organized for diving and snorkeling.
If you are looking for a small, cozy, romantic and traditional bare foot island, then Velidhu Island is your place to be.
Resort Website: www.velidhu.com.mv
Euro-Divers Dive Shop Velidhu Island
Our fully equipped PADI 5* dive center offers the full range of diving courses from beginner to professional level. The protected lagoon and the Velidhu house reef are perfect to start your diving adventure or simply practice your diving skills.
The resort is the ideal base to dive its 30 dive sites. Most dive sites are within five minutes to one hour from the resort and the boat journey by traditional Maldivian Dhoni makes the diving trips even more enjoyable. The most famous dive sites nearby are Maaya Thila and Hafza Thila. Both smooth for beginner and advanced divers.
We offer regular morning dives, full day trips and the breath taking early morning dives to Rasdhoo Madivaru where you’re guaranteed of diving with grey reef sharks and where you have a high chance to encounter one of the hammerhead sharks.
The dive shop also offers night dives, both regular night dives as well as fluorescent night dives. The latter one includes a special UV light which gives the corals and marine life somewhat of an otherworldly natural glow, like something from a fantasy movie. The night dive can be done by boat to one of the nearby Thilas or at the Velidhu house reef.
DIVING HIGHLIGHTS
Early morning Rashdoo
Having your breakfast on the sundeck of the traditional Dhoni, accompanied by the stunning Maldivian sunrise, followed by diving with sharks and pelagic fish, is a dream come true for many divers.
Rashdoo Madivaru dive site is located in the entry channel to Rasdhoo Atoll. Due to the medium to strong current which runs through the channel, this place attracts a lot of sharks and bigger species.
Mavaaru Manta Point
Diving with Manta rays is one of the top wishes on the bucket list for many divers. In the dry season, which is running from December to April, we will bring you to our Manta cleaning station called Maavaru Manta Point. Up to 20 manta’s cleaning during a full hour dive is not rare. Our experienced guides will give you a detailed briefing about the Manta rays and their behavior before we start the dive.
The best Thila dives in North and Central Ari Atoll
With only 30 minutes to 1 hour boat ride from the resort, you will have access to the best Thilas in the Maldives: Nika Point, Reethi Thila, Ukulhas Thila, Hafza Thila, Maaya Thila, Maalhos Thila, Fish Head and many more.
EURO DIVERS VELIDHU, NORTH ARI ATOLL TOP DIVE SITES
Padi e-learning
Start now! PADI e-learning is a great way to save valuable holiday time in North Ari Atoll!
Become a PADI certified diver in no time by simply participating in all underwater adventures of the Open Water Course or Advanced Open Water Course and without spending time in a classroom during your holiday!
Everything started with my Open Water Course at Koh Tao, Thailand. I’m hooked with the first breath I took underwater – this magical and peaceful world with all these different colors and creatures made me forget about everything else. It felt like an addiction.
This time made me realize that I don’t want to keep diving only as a hobby. I wanted to become a Diving Instructor and make diving my profession.
I was working as an entertainer in one of the resorts in South Male atoll. The first time I tried diving I absolutely fell in love with it, so every day off I would go diving.
I was lucky enough to meet people from Euro-Divers who helped me complete my instructor course and employment later on.
That trip changed everything. Since 2014, I visited more than 50 countries in three continents.
2019, 2020, 2021 – still in Maldives, enjoying what I love the most.
Im sonnigen Süden (Ägypten) lernte ich im Urlaub die unglaubliche Unterwasserwelt bei einem Schnuppertauchgang kennen und lieben.
Anfangs arbeitete ich im Tauchcenter im Büro, mir wurde jedoch schnell klar, dass ich die Gäste nicht nur über Wasser sondern auch unter Wasser begleiten wollte. Somit machte ich die Divemaster Ausbildung.
I studied Hotel management and ended up working for several years in different Hotels/Resorts around Italians seaside where I spend my days off diving and achieving the Dive Master rating.
I choose to stay in Oman because of its unspoiled dive site, beaches and many undiscovered dive places! We do not have mass tourism here and the country itself is spectacular besides being the safest place to live in.
Bored and burnt out of the stressful life in Holland, I quit my job as Manager Back Office & Finance and I went to Curacao for holiday. On this tropical island I took my first breaths under water with Instructor Marc, who is still my buddy in life.
Diving keeps me grounded, relaxed and connected with Mother Nature (myself). It supports me to let go, to put things into perspective and it helps me to stay focused and balanced in my position as a manager.
But diving was not at all my purpose of the journey, in fact I was not even a diver yet, I became a diver after I got passionate in freediving in Egypt in 2012 while freediving with dolphin in the wild, eager to become a snorkeling guide, I did my life guard licence and then my PADI open water!
I love freediving but scuba diving is an all other story for me, learning scuba diving make you discover part of yourself you didn’t know, you learn to control things that you would have never imagined possible, I regularly see many of my students discovering how calm they can be underwater when in life they tend to be hyperactive and then in the other hand I see calm or introverted persons becoming excited and move like a torpedo underwater 🙂 so diving might not be for everyone but it is definitely to discover!
I decided after my hospitality studies to enter this fascinating new world. I have started my career in Club Med as Guest Service and had the opportunity to travel some of the famous destinations for diving or snorkeling.
I am the perfect example of someone who was scared of diving, the only advice I could give is to believe in yourself.
But since I was young, I knew I wanted to travel the world, to go on adventures, have fun and meet people from everywhere. Unfortunately, those jobs didn’t give me the opportunity to do it so after 5 years I decided to move to Thailand.
Scuba Diving is a sport of passion.
During this time, I wanted to try something new, so I started scuba diving and I will never forget my first underwater experience. I felt nervous at first but at the same time a lot of excitement.
Some people might think that diving is a difficult sport, but there are many ways to enjoy safe diving for any age or gender.
