Dive Review of Delphis Diving Center/Paradise Island Resort in
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Delphis Diving Center/Paradise Island Resort, Mar, 2008, by Sue Sepelak, MD, USA ( 2 reports). Report 4220.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Maldives consist of over 1200 islands. Single resorts on some; islanders on others. Transportation from the airport island to a resort is either by speedboat or sea plane. We arrived at 4 a.m. (instead of 1 a.m. due to delays in Sri Lanka). Our boat was waiting for us when we finally arrived. It was a short 20 minute run to the island from the airport. Paradise Island is one of the larger resorts in the Maldives. Service was good, although not overly catering. Internet available in the main lodge. Accomodations include individual bungalows and water bungalows. Very clean rooms with inside and outside showers, TV, AC, well stocked minibar; grounds are well groomed. Several restaurants on site. We prepaid for full board (3 meals) in the main restaurant and didn't feel as though we needed to eat anywhere else. The main restaurant offered a very good variety of food. Delphis Dive Center (www.delphisdiving.com) on the island is a PADI operation, very well run. Nitrox is available. The dive boat is very roomy and comfortable for the very short ride to the dive sites. They put up to about 20 divers on the boat but split the divers into groups of 4-5 with their own divemaster and then stagger the water entries so the divers aren't exploring the same part of the reef on top of one another. Snorkelers have plenty to see from the shore and pier. The fish were abundant and varied. No coral. Beautiful beaches. Although the Malidives do not have many American visitors (mostly European, Russian, Japanese)the resort deals primarily in USD. If you pay the dive shop in cash there are excellent discounts. Credit cards are accepted at the shop and at the resort.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Malaysia, Thailand, Red Sea, Fiji, Tortola, Haiti, Bonaire, Curacao, Cozumel, Bahamas, Honduras, Galapagos, Sea of Cortez, Cayman Brac
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-83°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	bottom time; asked that divers stay together - divers were in groups of 4-5 each with a separate dive master.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The fishlife was incredible! No shortage of subjects to photograph. Saw a large variety of moray eels, some longer than 6 feet. There were numerous lobsters,various types of butterfly fish; banded shrimp; manta shrimp; lionfish; Indian bannerfish; triggerfish; unicorn fish; Napolean wrasse. Soft coral was only abundant in areas where the current was the strongest; otherwise it was sparse along the reefs. The reefs were not abundant in coral - some hard corals, sea fans, etc.

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Dive Review of Delphis Diving Center/Paradise Island Resort in Maldives

Delphis Diving Center/Paradise Island Resort, Mar, 2008,

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Dive Review of Delphis Diving Center/Paradise Island Resort in
Maldives