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The Maldives Theia liveaboard – Overall review rating 9.5 out of 10 and 5 stars
If you’re set on scuba diving the Maldives, your next decision is whether you do resort based diving vs scuba dive from a liveaboard. But as you’re reading this Theia liveaboard review, it’s possibly safe to assume you intend to dive from a liveaboard.
Maldives Theia liveaboard review: A review of the Maldives Theia liveaboard reveals a 32 metre (105 feet) custom-built boat for scuba divers. Sleeps 18 divers across 9 cabins with en-suites, air-con and some have sea views. Western and local food served buffet style indoors or alfresco with an air-con saloon and bar. Dive trips of 8 days 7 nights.
The best way to dive the Maldives is by a scuba diving liveaboard. You can check the latest and best deals on Maldives liveaboards using the following window:
Features of Maldives Theia liveaboard
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The features that are included with your stay on the Maldives Theia liveaboard are as follows:
The Maldives Theia liveaboard is 32 metres (105 feet) in length.
Designed for up to 18 divers across 9 cabins.
Cabins have private en-suite bathrooms and air conditioning, some with sea views and there’s daily housekeeping and a laundry service.
Warm water showers.
A sun deck for those sun-worshippers who like to relax and enjoy sunbathing in-between dives.
Food includes western style food and is served buffet style and can be eaten both indoors or outside alfresco style, with all day snacks and a BBQ.
Paid for wine from a fine wines selection and beer.
Specific dietary requirements can be catered for including vegetarian and vegan options.
Non-diver friendly for snorkeling.
Indoor air conditioned saloon with bar.
Scuba diving facilities include: DIN adaptors, free nitrox available, tech diving, sidemount diving and equipment and scuba gear rentals.
Camera station and a separate rinse area for your underwater camera.
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The diving from the Maldives Theia liveaboard has a good review rating and she was custom-built for scuba diving.
On this scuba diving liveaboard, you’ll be in the hands of experienced and professional crew.
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This list of Maldives liveaboards is in descending customer rating order, followed by Scuba Diving Luxury Rating (SDE Lux Rating, see below), so the liveaboards with the highest customer rating and the best SDE lux rating will be at the top of the list. If you want to change the list order, use the “Sort by” dropdown below.
The Scuba Diving Earth Luxury Rating (SDE Lux Rating) is explained on each liveaboard review when you click the “Discover Liveaboard” link, and is my own Liveaboard Luxury Rating I’ve assigned to all liveaboards. Choosing between liveaboards is helped by customer scores, and if you get stuck choosing between two or three liveaboards, where each one has a high customer score out of 10, you can use the SDE Luxury Rating to help narrow down your choice.
Think about it like using Booking.com when searching for the best hotel. Booking.com also use a customer score where each customer rates hotels out of 10. This is similar to the liveaboard customer rating, which is also rated out of 10. But let’s say you only like to stay in hotels rated 8 and above on Booking.com, but you also want the hotel to have WIFI or parking, or to have a swimming pool etc. The features each hotel has is usually secondary to the score out of 10.
Scuba diving options on the Maldives Theia liveaboard:
Examples of the dive itineraries on the Theia liveaboard.
Great South Route, 10 Atolls (14 Nights) – 15 days 14 nights trip. Approx. 31 dives in total. Advanced Open Water certification – 50 minimum logged dives required.
Central Route – 8 days 7 nights trip. Approx. 14 dives in total. Advanced Open Water certification – 50 minimum logged dives required.
Northern Route – 8 days 7 nights trip. Approx. 17 dives in total. Advanced Open Water certification – 50 minimum logged dives required.
Some of the diving in the Maldives are deep dives and up to 30 metres (98 feet), with currents so are drift dives and there are night dives too.
On most of these trips divers will see a variety of marine life. This includes nudibranchs, Napoleon Wrasse, moray eels, large schools of reef fish, eagle rays, various shark species including grey reef and white tip sharks, turtles, manta rays and whale sharks.
You will also get the opportunity on some trips to dive some of the most beautiful shipwrecks too.
Here’s a review by a customer who rated the Maldives Theia liveaboard 10 out of 10 and 5 stars:
Great diving trip. “The diving guides worked hard to fulfill our expectations. The briefings were comprehensive and dives were well organised. The diving dhoni was spacious, comfortable and well organised. All the staff of Theia was friendly and helpfull. The food was excellent and plentifull. The cabin and bathroom was clean and comfortable. This was one of the best liveboard trip I have taken part in. I loved the idea of internal rails and big pegs to dry clothes and towels.” Recommended for: Brilliant diving guides. Comfortable, spacious, well organised dhoni. Food.
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Have fun and be safe!
Maldives Theia Liveaboard Review
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Article written by Russell Bowyer who has been a scuba diver since diving on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 1989. After his first dive he trained as a BSAC diver in the UK. He attained his Diver Leader certification with BSAC. He then went on to become a scuba diving instructor, teaching others how to dive and was voted as Diving Officer and Treasurer for the Saffron Walden BSAC club too. Russell has dived all over the world, including the UK, on liveaboards in the Red Sea, the Caribbean, South Africa and the USA. Russell is experienced in all dive types, including drift diving, deep dives that involved decompression stops and recreational dives too.
