Vilamendhoo Thila Dive Site: Maldives Liveaboard Guide

Vilamendhoo Thila is a dive site in South Ari Atoll (Alif Dhaalu Atoll), Maldives.

See below for all liveaboards that dive Vilamendhoo Thila.

The liveaboard shown opposite is the highest customer rated liveaboard diving Vilamendhoo Thila, scoring 9.6/10. You can easily book the Maldives Legend Sea Pleasure liveaboard using this link.

Maldives Legend Sea Pleasure
Horizon 3 Liveaboard

Vilamendhoo Thila is a pinnacle/seamount, reef dive in South Ari Atoll (Alif Dhaalu Atoll), known for reef sharks, rays and schooling fish around a compact thila. 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 the second highest customer rated liveaboard diving Vilamendhoo Thila, scoring 8.5/10. You can easily book the Horizon 3 Liveaboard using this link.

Maldives liveaboards that dive Vilamendhoo Thila

Below are all the dive liveaboards currently found for Vilamendhoo Thila in the Maldives, sorted from highest to lowest customer liveaboard rating, with unrated liveaboards shown last.

Maldives Legend Sea Pleasure

Maldives Legend Sea Pleasure

Maldives

Liveaboard Rated: 9.6/10

SDE Rating: 85%

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

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Maldives Legend Sea Pleasure 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 Sea Pleasure liveaboard are ([Diving:8/10] + [Cabin:8/10] + [Boat:8/10] + [Dining:9/10] + [Drinks:0/10] + [Non-diver:9/10] = 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 Sea Pleasure 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: 10·Bathrooms: 11·Guests: 20

Length: 30 m·Beam: 8 m

Dive certification:Open Water Diver
Logged dives:No minimum number of logged dives
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Horizon 3 Liveaboard

Horizon 3 Liveaboard

Maldives

Liveaboard Rated: 8.5/10

SDE Rating: 76%

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Horizon 3 Liveaboard: 76%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Horizon 3 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 Horizon 3 Liveaboard are ([Diving:10/10] + [Cabin:4/10] + [Boat:8/10] + [Dining:10/10] + [Drinks:0/10] + [Non-diver:7/10] = 39/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Horizon 3 Liveaboard is calculated as 39/60 = 76% 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 £145.00 GBP /day

Cabins: 12·Bathrooms: 12·Guests: 25

Length: 36 m·Beam: 9.5 m

Dive certification:Open Water Diver
Logged dives:Minimum 40 logged dives
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Maldives Legend Odyssey

Maldives Legend Odyssey

Maldives

Liveaboard Rated: Not rated yet

SDE Rating: 83%

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Maldives Legend Odyssey Liveaboard: 83%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Maldives Legend Odyssey 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 Odyssey liveaboard are ([Diving:8/10] + [Cabin:9/10] + [Boat:7/10] + [Dining:8/10] + [Drinks:0/10] + [Non-diver:9/10] = 41/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Maldives Legend Odyssey liveaboard is calculated as 41/60 = 83% 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: 11·Bathrooms: 11·Guests: 22

Length: 30 m·Beam: 6.6 m

Dive certification:Open Water Diver
Logged dives:Minimum 3-5 logged dives
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Maldives; Vilamendhoo Thila Dive Site Details

Vilamendhoo Thila Common Sightings

Vilamendhoo Thila 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
Pinnacle/Seamount, Reef

Entry
Boat

Minimum recommended experience
Intermediate

Maldives; Vilamendhoo Thila Dive Site Details

Water type
Salt

Water temperature
26.0°C–30.0°C

Best time to dive Vilamendhoo Thila
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–30.0m

Visibility
12.0m–30.0m

Current strength
Moderate

Location
3.568, 72.84

Maldives’ Vilamendhoo Thila dive site map and location

The latitude and longitude for Maldives’ Vilamendhoo Thila dive site are: 3.568, 72.84

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Vilamendhoo Thila Liveaboard Dive Site

Vilamendhoo Thila is a pinnacle/seamount, reef dive in South Ari Atoll (Alif Dhaalu Atoll), best known for reef sharks, rays and schooling fish around a compact thila. 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 Kuda Rah Thila (Small Island Thila) and Rangali Madivaru (Manta Point), 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 Vilamendhoo Thila dive site in the Maldives is visited by three dive liveaboards. The highest customer-rated liveaboard scores 9.6 out of 10. Prices across these liveaboards start from £145.00.

If you want a more intimate experience, the smallest liveaboard in this selection of the Vilamendhoo Thila dive liveaboards is Maldives Legend Sea Pleasure, which has 10 cabins, accommodates up to 20 guests, and is 30 m in length. If you prefer a larger boat, Horizon 3 Liveaboard, which is 36 m in length, has 12 cabins, and accommodates up to 25 guests.

To dive the Vilamendhoo Thila dive site, the minimum diver certification is Open Water Diver, and logged dive requirements range from no minimum number of logged dives to minimum 40 logged dives. So be careful when you choose a liveaboard that has the Vilamendhoo Thila dive site on its itinerary, to make sure both your dive certification and level of experience match its minimum levels.

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