Muli Kandu Dive Site in the Maldives: Liveaboard Guide

Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) is a dive site in Meemu Atoll (Mulaku Atoll), Maldives.

See below for all liveaboards that dive Muli Kandu (Hakura Express).

The liveaboard shown opposite is one of the liveaboards that dives Muli Kandu (Hakura Express). You can easily book the Maldives Legend Zen liveaboard using this link.

Maldives Legend Zen
Maldives Legend X

Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) is a channel, corner, drift dive in Meemu Atoll (Mulaku Atoll), known for a fast Meemu channel dive with sharks and passing pelagics. Conditions are shaped by the tide and current, so the guide can change the drop point or route on the day. A liveaboard is particularly useful here because it can arrive with the site properly timed rather than treating a published itinerary as a guaranteed fixed schedule.

The liveaboard shown opposite is one of the liveaboards that dives Muli Kandu (Hakura Express). You can easily book the Maldives Legend X liveaboard using this link.

Maldives liveaboards that dive Muli Kandu (Hakura Express)

Below are all the dive liveaboards currently found for Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) in the Maldives, sorted from highest to lowest customer liveaboard rating, with unrated liveaboards shown last.

Maldives Legend Zen

Maldives Legend Zen

Maldives

Liveaboard Rated: Not rated yet

SDE Rating: 85%

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Maldives Legend Zen Liveaboard: 85%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Maldives Legend Zen liveaboard works by taking the six individual SDE Liveaboard Rating scores, with each one being scored out of 10 and then adding them together. For the Maldives Legend Zen liveaboard are ([Diving:9/10] + [Cabin:9/10] + [Boat:8/10] + [Dining:10/10] + [Drinks:0/10] + [Non-diver:6/10] = 42/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Maldives Legend Zen liveaboard is calculated as 42/60 = 85% SDE Liveaboard Rating.

This makes it easy to compare different liveaboards at a glance. See a more detailed explanation of how SDE Liveaboard Rating works together with all dive liveaboards ranked by SDE Liveaboard Rating .

From £233.00 GBP /day

Cabins: 12·Bathrooms: 12·Guests: 24

Length: 41 m·Beam: 11 m

Dive certification:Open Water Diver
Logged dives:Minimum 50 logged dives
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Maldives Legend X

Maldives Legend X

Maldives

Liveaboard Rated: Not rated yet

SDE Rating: 93%

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Maldives Legend X Liveaboard: 93%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Maldives Legend X liveaboard works by taking the six individual SDE Liveaboard Rating scores, with each one being scored out of 10 and then adding them together. For the Maldives Legend X liveaboard are ([Diving:9/10] + [Cabin:9/10] + [Boat:9/10] + [Dining:10/10] + [Drinks:0/10] + [Non-diver:9/10] = 46/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Maldives Legend X liveaboard is calculated as 46/60 = 93% SDE Liveaboard Rating.

This makes it easy to compare different liveaboards at a glance. See a more detailed explanation of how SDE Liveaboard Rating works together with all dive liveaboards ranked by SDE Liveaboard Rating .

From £263.00 GBP /day

Cabins: 13·Bathrooms: 13·Guests: 26

Length: 41 m·Beam: 10.8 m

Dive certification:Open Water Diver
Logged dives:Minimum 50 logged dives
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Maldives; Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) Dive Site Details

Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) Common Sightings

Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) Diver Details

Useful training for this site
Advanced Open Water Diver, Drift Diver, Good buoyancy control skills, Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver

Suggested equipment
3mm wetsuit, Dive computer, Surface marker buoy (SMB), Torch, Nitrox

Dive type
Channel, Corner, Drift

Entry
Boat

Minimum recommended experience
Advanced

Maldives; Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) Dive Site Details

Water type
Salt

Water temperature
26.0°C–30.0°C

Best time to dive Muli Kandu (Hakura Express)
Year-round; December to April usually brings drier weather and strong visibility, while manta and whale-shark patterns vary by atoll and monsoon.

Depth
8.0m–35.0m

Visibility
12.0m–30.0m

Current strength
Moderate, Strong

Location
2.986, 73.5

Maldives’ Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) dive site map and location

The latitude and longitude for Maldives’ Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) dive site are: 2.986, 73.5

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Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) Liveaboard Dive Site

Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) is a channel, corner, drift dive in Meemu Atoll (Mulaku Atoll), best known for a fast Meemu channel dive with sharks and passing pelagics. The most rewarding part of the dive depends on current direction, so the exact entry point and route should be agreed during the briefing rather than copied from an earlier visit.

This is where a liveaboard can improve the dive. The cruise director can check the current, arrive before the busiest day boats where relevant, and move the dive within the itinerary if conditions are better later. On remote southern routes, a liveaboard may be the only practical way to include the site. Night diving should only be expected where the operator confirms that the reef and current are suitable after dark.

Divers should keep close to the guide, hold a controlled depth and carry a surface marker buoy. Nitrox is useful for repetitive diving when the diver is qualified and the boat supplies it. A reef hook should only be used where the operator and local rules permit it.

The site can be combined with Kurali Manta Point (Kurali Kandu) and Vahuravalhi Kandu, giving the itinerary a useful change of topography or marine-life focus within the same region. Read the supporting dive-site source and compare Maldives liveaboards that may include this area.

The Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) dive site in the Maldives is visited by two dive liveaboards. Prices across these liveaboards start from £233.00.

If you want a more intimate experience, the smallest liveaboard in this selection of the Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) dive liveaboards is Maldives Legend Zen, which has 12 cabins, accommodates up to 24 guests, and is 41 m in length. If you prefer a larger boat, Maldives Legend X, which is 41 m in length, has 13 cabins, and accommodates up to 26 guests.

To dive the Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) dive site, the minimum diver certification is Open Water Diver, and you are required to have minimum 50 logged dives. So be careful when you choose a liveaboard that has the Muli Kandu (Hakura Express) dive site on its itinerary, to make sure both your dive certification and level of experience match its minimum levels.

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