South Malé Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll)

Guide to diving South Malé Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll) in Maldives

Discover dive sites, liveaboards, and top sea creatures linked to South Malé Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll) in Maldives.

The liveaboard shown opposite is the highest customer rated Maldives liveaboard diving South Malé Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll). You can easily book the Adora Liveaboard, scoring 8.7/10, using this link.

1 Countries
5 Dive sites
1 Liveaboards
66 Creatures

Sea creatures found in South Malé Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll)

Here are the main sea creatures found across dive sites in South Malé Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll), grouped by type so you can quickly see what marine life you may encounter.

Creature type Sea creatures
Cephalopod Octopus
Cnidarians Anemones
Coral Black coral trees , Gorgonian fans , Hard coral , Pink soft coral , Sea Fans , Soft corals , Whip coral (wire coral)
Crustacians Cleaner Shrimp , Crabs , Lobsters
Eels Honeycomb moray eels , Moray eels , White-eyed moray eels , Yellow-headed moray eels , Yellow-margin moray eels
Invertebrates Yellow sponges
Jack Mackerel Family Big-eyed Jacks (Bigeye trevally) , Jacks (Jackfish)
Other sea creatures Grey reef sharks , Marble rays , Scorpionfish , Trevally
Pelagic fish Dogtooth tuna , Sailfish , Yellowfin tuna
Platyhelminthes Flatworms
Rays Guitar sharks (Guitar rays or Guitarfish) , Manta rays (Mantas) , Pink whip rays , Spotted eagle rays
Reef fish Bannerfish , Barracuda , Batfish , Bluefin trevallies , Bluestreak cleaning wrasse , Clownfish (anemonefish) , Fusiliers , Ghost pipefish , Giant trevallies , Glassfish , Groupers , Harlequin sweetlips , Leaf-fish (Leaf scorpionfish) , Lionfish , Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses) , Oriental sweetlips , Parrotfish , Rainbow runners , Red-tooth triggerfish , Reef fish , Snappers , Soldier fish , Spotted sweetlips , Squirrelfish , Unicornfish , Yellowtail snapper
Sea slug or Gastropoda Nudibranchs
Sea turtles Green turtles , Hawksbill turtle
Sharks Nurse sharks , Scalloped hammerhead sharks , Tiger sharks , Whitetip reef sharks
Sponges and cnidarian Sea sponges

Dive sites in South Malé Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll)

The following dive sites are found in South Malé Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll). Each site below shows the liveaboards that dive there.

Dive site Liveaboards that dive this site
Vadhoo caves (Vaadhoo Caves) Adora Liveaboard
Guraidhoo Kandu (Guraidhoo Corner) Adora Liveaboard
Embudhoo Express (Embudhoo Kandu) Adora Liveaboard
Kuda Giri Wreck Adora Liveaboard
Kadooma Thila (Cocoa Thila) Adora Liveaboard

Liveaboards, dive sites, and top sea creatures in South Malé Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll)

Adora Liveaboard

Adora Liveaboard

Vadhoo caves (Vaadhoo Caves) top sea creatures: Grey reef sharks, Spotted eagle rays, Unicornfish, Octopus, Green turtles, Hawksbill turtle, Hard coral, Sea Fans, Whip coral (wire coral), Sea sponges, Yellow sponges, Nudibranchs, Crabs, Lobsters, Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses), Reef fish
Guraidhoo Kandu (Guraidhoo Corner) top sea creatures: Grey reef sharks, Whitetip reef sharks, Spotted eagle rays, Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses), Giant trevallies, Barracuda, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Sailfish, Moray eels, Honeycomb moray eels, Reef fish, Bannerfish, Snappers, Fusiliers, Groupers, Rainbow runners, Oriental sweetlips, Spotted sweetlips, Harlequin sweetlips, Lionfish, Squirrelfish, Nudibranchs, Flatworms, Cleaner Shrimp, Leaf-fish (Leaf scorpionfish), Soft corals, Sea Fans, Sea sponges, Black coral trees
Embudhoo Express (Embudhoo Kandu) top sea creatures: Grey reef sharks, Whitetip reef sharks, Scalloped hammerhead sharks, Guitar sharks (Guitar rays or Guitarfish), Spotted eagle rays, Jacks (Jackfish), Trevally, Yellowfin tuna, Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses), Barracuda, Batfish, Gorgonian fans, Groupers, Moray eels, Squirrelfish, Soldier fish, Snappers
Kuda Giri Wreck top sea creatures: Glassfish, Lionfish, Scorpionfish, Moray eels, White-eyed moray eels, Yellow-headed moray eels, Nudibranchs, Yellow-margin moray eels, Hawksbill turtle, Parrotfish, Fusiliers, Batfish, Trevally, Whitetip reef sharks, Soft corals, Sea sponges, Anemones, Clownfish (anemonefish), Ghost pipefish, Leaf-fish (Leaf scorpionfish)
Kadooma Thila (Cocoa Thila) top sea creatures: Grey reef sharks, Whitetip reef sharks, Tiger sharks, Spotted eagle rays, Manta rays (Mantas), Big-eyed Jacks (Bigeye trevally), Dogtooth tuna, Fusiliers, Barracuda, Napoleón wrasse (Humphead Wrasses), Snappers, Groupers, Moray eels, Scorpionfish, Red-tooth triggerfish, Green turtles, Hawksbill turtle, Soft corals, Sea Fans, Sea sponges, Nurse sharks, Marble rays, Pink whip rays, Giant trevallies, Bluefin trevallies, Reef fish, Yellowtail snapper, Bannerfish, Batfish, Bluestreak cleaning wrasse, Hard coral, Pink soft coral, Oriental sweetlips

Top liveaboards diving South Malé Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll)

The following liveaboards are the highest ranked dive boats by SDE Liveaboard Rating, to help you compare the best options for diving South Malé Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll).

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Adora Liveaboard: 70%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating is Scuba Diving Earth’s own scoring system for comparing dive liveaboards at a glance. It adds together six individual category scores, each scored out of 10, covering the boat, cabins, diving, food, drinks, and non-diver companion features.

For the Adora Liveaboard, those category scores combine into an overall SDE Liveaboard Rating of 70%. This helps you compare the overall onboard experience more quickly across the liveaboards shown below.

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Adora 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 Adora Liveaboard are ( [Boat:8/10] + [Cabin:8/10] + [Diving:9/10]+ [Food:4/10] + [Drinks:8/10] + [Non-diver:5/10] = 42/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Adora Liveaboard is calculated as 42/60 = 70% 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 .