The Maldives sounds like white beaches and turquoise blue seas, and that's exactly what it looks like in pictures and advertisements. It's paradise-beautiful both above and below the surface. But what makes you happy in a place or not is neither about good diving nor beautiful beaches. It's more about the people you meet there. We are eternally grateful that Scuba Travel arranged the trip to a local island instead of a so-called 'resort island' to freedive in the Maldives. It's so much nicer and more interesting to get to know a culture and contribute to the survival of families instead of impersonal resorts. We were welcomed fantastically by TME retreats and Island divers already upon arrival. Now it's finally time to freedive together in the Maldives.
Scuba Travel's ambassador Annelie Pompe
My assistant instructor and I traveled down about a week before the students arrived to explore and get to know the dive sites. It was especially good that all the dive instructors at the dive center were interested in freediving and had even taken freediving courses. They knew exactly what we needed. Calm blue sea for training on a buoy with ropes and magical encounters with animals and reefs, as well as yoga mats! After exploring, we made a perfect plan for the course and freediving.
