What a month! March was fantastic and we want to share some moments and news of the Euro Divers Kurumba team with you! We still organize full day trips to the west side of the North Male Atoll to see beautiful mantas and…it is very successful! Very soon, they will be here around Kurumba and Continue reading
August at Kurumba Maldives was such a wonderful month with beautiful weather and most importantly, very nice diving! We want to start by saying that MANTA SEASON HAS ALREADY STARTED!! And we are looking forward for you to join us to see these magnificent animals. This month we had many encounters with the mantas where Continue reading
This month we have had really amazing times and we have had a lot of fun while also looking after the environment! On World’s Ocean Day, Euro Divers Kurumba hosted an underwater cleanup in Kurumba’s House Reef. We had five people that signed up plus instructors Murielle, Gabriela and Dmitrii. With this activity we cleaned Continue reading
The month was quiet at Kurumba. We had the chance to look into servicing our diving equipment. The divers had the great chance to encounter so many Mantas at Lankan Manta point. The behavior of the Mantas is interesting under the water this month. They seem to have a lot of energy flying through the Continue reading
Manta mania at Lankan Manta Point this June June was very quiet so we had a lot of time to look into our equipment servicing and diving center maintenance… And we had very successful Manta sighting at the cleaning station! The dive site Lankan is an outside reef which all level of divers can dive Continue reading
Euro-Divers Kurumba Maldives offers now PADI Free Diver (APNOE) courses. We teach 2 levels, Free Diver and Advanced Free Diver. The first level we teach is static in the pool where you will learn breathing techniques, meditation skills, fin kicking, safety procedures. Normally we can promise with the Free Diver Course that you can double Continue reading
Mantas are coming back to the Lankan cleaning station With the help of Manta Trust we were able to ID the manta we encountered, which is known as Salsa (MV-MA-0069). Salsa is a mature female manta that was first identified in November 2004 at Lankan Beyru, North Male. She is quite the ‘show off’ and Continue reading
The IUCN Maldives Biosphere Reserve Survey Team was exploring the Kurumba house reef.:) This project aims to advance coral reef resilience, focusing on improving ecosystem management for climate change adaptation and megafauna’s species protection in the Maldives. We found in one of our famous dive site Black color frog fish and we do look forward Continue reading
A recent article on Sport Diver Magazine Article written by Al Hornsby and titled “First in Paradise” was released in February 2017. The article rounds out Al’s Maldivian odyssey with a visit to Kurumba, the island where the Maldives’ tourism industry was born more than 40 years ago. You can read the article here: First in Paradise Continue reading
December and January started with some changes in the diving team. Nikolai and Natalie have moved to Euro-Divers Vilamendhoo for a few months. Assistant Dive Center Manager Hussein Ali changed from Euro-Divers Vilamendhoo as Dive Center Manger in Kurumba with his wife Leila Wirz Ali. Hussein is Maldivian and Leila is from Switzerland, speaks German Continue reading
June has been a quiet month here at Euro-Divers Kurumba, with plenty of free time to work on finishing our beautiful new dive centre, and upgrading our dive boat. Bad weather kept us out of the water on a few days, but it hasn’t stopped the mantas and reef sharks sightings, and although we have Continue reading
Exciting times are coming here at Euro-Divers Kurumba Maldives! April has seen the refurbishment of our dive center to an amazing standard. Wide open spaces, beautiful details and that great island view! Our scuba diving free trials continue to be popular, and despite the closure of our beloved Victory Wreck dive site, the mantas have Continue reading
The team at Kurumba Maldives is delighted to announce the reopening of the Euro-Divers dive centre on 12 th May. This was completed as part of the resort’s continual improvement philosophy; to provide the best value in any 5-star resort within the Maldives. As the Maldives is listed as one of the top locations for diving in the world, Continue reading
November saw a lot of friendly faces returning to Kurumba Island Resort Maldives. And remember that the friendly faces who bring us chocolate are even more welcome (thanks Pascal and Tanina!) 🙂 Glorious weather and strong currents meant that the reef sharks were out in force, and we caught the last of the manta season before they head for Continue reading
October has been an extremely busy month here at Kurumba Maldives. Our new Diver Propulsion Vehicles have proved very popular during Advanced Open Water courses (although the jury is still out as far as the fish are concerned!) and we have seen more and more Euro-Divers repeater guests coming back to the island. Your loyalty Continue reading
August has been an exciting and busy month here at Kurumba Island Resort. The late start to the manta season meant that more people are doing courses, and we have had Bubblemakers galore with some very enthusiastic kids! Even better, we have had delivery of 3 brand shiny new underwater scooters, and are very proud Continue reading
