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South Male Atoll Maldives
Channel drifts and thilas a speedboat ride from the Maldives capital
Updated Feb 13, 2026 • 16 sources
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16 sources • Updated Feb 13, 2026
Written by DiveJourney. Built from public sources and local operator knowledge. Last updated Feb 13, 2026.
- Maldives Immigration - Tourist Visa (entry conditions) - Visa on arrival basics, passport validity, and updated entry notes
- Maldives Immigration - Traveller Declaration (IMUGA) - Requirement to submit traveller declaration within 96 hours before travel
- MIRA - Green Tax rate change circular (effective 1 Jan 2025) - Official green tax rates for resorts, hotels, tourist vessels, and guesthouses
- Maldives Meteorological Service - Climate - Monsoon pattern overview for Maldives (northeast vs southwest monsoon)
- Protected Areas Maldives - Emboodhoo Kanduolhi - Protected area description for the Embudhoo channel entrance
- Protected Areas Maldives - Guraidhoo Kanduolhi - Protected area description and attributes for the Guraidhoo channel entrance
- Protected Areas Maldives - 15 dive sites protection (1995 PDF) - Lists protected dive sites and outlines prohibited activities and restrictions
- Protected Areas Maldives - Permit instructions - How protected area permits are requested and processed
- Ministry of Tourism - Hyperbaric treatment chamber contacts (PDF list) - Published contact list including Bandos Maldives and ADK Hospital (generated June 2023)
- ADK Hospital - Hyperbaric Treatment Unit - Hospital information about hyperbaric treatment services in Male'
- Maldives Police Service - Emergency contact (911) - Emergency hotline information and non-emergency contact numbers
- COMO Cocoa Island - Diving menu (South Male site descriptions) - Operator descriptions for South Male dives including Embudhoo Express, Cocoa Corner, and Kandooma Caves (April 2025)
- PADI - Cocoa Thila (Kandooma Thila) dive site - Depth and current notes for a key South Male thila site
- PADI - Guraidhoo Corner dive site - Overview of a key corner dive in South Male Atoll
- Soulty Freedivers - Maldives freediving courses - Freediving instruction options based in Male' Atoll
- Destination hero photo by adam aseedh - Photographer profile: https://unsplash.com/@assiitey