Why you should choose Blue Spirit:
Only 12 divers and the ability to go where other liveaboards cannot, alfresco dining with an amazing chef.
The top 10 reasons to join a Liveaboard in the Maldives

Blue Spirit is the embodiment of a comfortable and traditional Maldives liveaboard and able to provide a more exclusive diving experience than most other vessels can offer due to it’s smaller size.
Blue Spirit measures 26m in length with a beam of 7m. Her shallow draft means she can moor in smaller and quieter lagoons which are inaccessible to larger vessels.
She caters to just 12 divers and offers six en suite and fully air-conditioned cabins. Cabins include two double berth and four double/twin berth with lavishly fitted interiors.

Located on the main deck is the saloon with separate dining and relaxation areas. Photographers will delight in the facilities on board with ample storage and recharging points found in the saloon.
Guests looking to unwind can do so in the saloon where you can kick back and watch a DVD from the on-board library which also includes marine identification books and other literary pieces.

Blue Spirit includes a sun deck with superb views of the Indian Ocean, as well as a shaded area. Meals are served at a table to the front of the boat providing a wonderful alfresco dining experience.
Guests will enjoy the culinary delights of a fantastic Sri Lankan chef who has been with Blue Spirit for over 15 years and serves a mouth-watering mixture of local and Western cuisines while soaking up the panoramic views of the Maldives.

Some of the most frequently asked questions about the Maldives.
When is the best time to dive the Maldives - How to get to the Maldives - The top 10 reasons to join a Liveaboard in the Maldives - Maldives Diving and the Dive sites - What are the advantage of a Liveaboard over Shore diving - Information about the Maldives - Are these trips suitable for non-divers / snorkellers - The Latest Maldives Travel Information - Other general FAQs

Blue Spirit - schedule

Blue Spirit - prices and what's included

Prices are per person per trip and based on 2 persons sharing a cabin.
Exact pricing is available on the schedule here as prices vary dependant on the time of year, destination and the length of the trip and sometimes special offers are available.

The trip price includes:
Full board accommodation
Water/tea/coffee
All diving offered in the itinerary
Tank, weights and air fills
Free 250 mb wifi

The trip price does not include:
Green tax $6 per night - payable on board
Cabin upgrade surcharge
Alcoholic drink
Rental equipment (recreational or rebreather equipment available)
Nitrox
Dive courses
Crew Gratuity
Dive insurance is mandatory as is your own personal dive computer (You can rent one for the trip if you do not have your own).
As well as the Mandatory Dive Insurance we highly recommend Trip and Travel Insurance on the off chance of missed or cancelled flights / lost baggage, documents, money or passport / Covid issues or any other unforeseen problems that could possibly occur.
Dive Assure Insurance offers cover for all these eventualities as well as complete Dive Insurance all in one package.

Booking and cancellation Terms and Conditions:

Booking deposit: 50% of your invoice total is required within 7 days of booking to confirm the booking.
The remaining final payment of 50% is due to 90 days prior to the departure date to complete your booking.
Individual booking made less than 90 days before the departure date are due full payment upon booking to confirm your booking.
Cancellation at any stage involves forfeit of the money already payed.
Payment can be made via bank transfer, Wise, Credit or Debit card (Visa, AMEX, Mastercard) or Apple pay at no extra charge.

Equipment Rental Price
Rental equipment is based on availability. To assure availability of equipment please reserve in advance. All dive and photo equipment rentals are paid onboard the yachts.
USD Per day
Full Set $ 35
Regulator with octopus $ 8
Computer $ 10
BCD $ 10
Wetsuit (shorty 3mm) $ 10
Mask $ 2
Fins (+ booties as required) $ 5
Torch $ 9
Nitrox $ 15
Internet 1GB $ 10
Internet 2GB $ 15
Internet 5GB $ 20

Course prices
Course (USD) Price / Materials / PIC Card
PADI Advanced open water $ 250 / $ 75 / $ 45
PADI Deep diver $ 200 / $ 38 / $ 45
PADI Nitrox $ 100 / $ 38 / $ 45

Blue Spirit - cabins

Blue Spirit caters to just 12 divers and offers six en-suite and fully air-conditioned cabins.

  • Blue Spirit

    Lower Deck Double Cabin
    The Lower Deck cabins include two double cabins with lavishly fitted interiors.
    She is a traditional boat with beautifully crafted features.
    Bed sheets and bath towels are provided and changed regularly.

  • Blue Spirit

    Lower Deck Twin Cabin
    The Lower Deck cabins include four Twin cabins with lavishly fitted interiors.
    She is a traditional boat with beautifully crafted features.
    Bed sheets and bath towels are provided and changed regularly.

Lower Deck Twin Cabin
The Lower Deck cabins include four twin cabins with lavishly fitted interiors.
She is a traditional boat with beautifully crafted features.
Bed sheets and bath towels are provided and changed regularly.

Lower Deck Double Cabin
The Lower Deck cabins include two double cabins with lavishly fitted interiors.
She is a traditional boat with beautifully crafted features.
Bed sheets and bath towels are provided and changed regularly.

Blue Spirit - diving

Some of the most frequently asked questions about Maldives Diving
When is the Best time to Go / Maldives Dive Seasons
About Maldives Diving and the Dive Sites
How to get to the Maldives
The top 10 reasons to join a Liveaboard in the Maldives
What are the advantage of a Liveaboard over Shore diving
Are these trips suitable for non-divers / snorkellers

Blue Spirit - itineraries

Central Atolls - 7 nights

Requirements: Certified to dive to 30 metres, experienced and comfortable with currents, recommendation of completing PADI Advanced Open Water or Deep Diver Adventure Dive either before or during trip.
This 7 day Maldives dive safari takes you to some of the highlights of the Central Atolls, including the North and South Male Atolls, Rasdhoo Atoll and more. A chance to discover some of the Maldives most famous dive sites, renoened for sightings of sharks, eagle rays, turtles and diverse fish.
Top dive sites: Orimas Thila – North Ari, Rasdhoo Madivaru, Guraidhoo Kandu – South Male Atoll, Fish Head – North Ari and Kandooma Thila – South Male Atoll.

Best of the Southern Atolls - 9 nights

Requirements: Certified to dive to 30 metres, experienced and comfortable with currents, recommendation of completing PADI Advanced Open Water or Deep Diver Adventure Dive either before or during trip.
Explore the southern atolls of the stunning Maldives with blue o two and experience some of the best diving the Maldives has to offer. Enter a wonderful world of beautiful coral formations, channel dives and submerged pinnacles. There really is so much to explore in this 9-night diving adventure with the possibility of shark, eagle ray, tuna, manta ray and whale shark sightings.
Top dive sites: Mulaku Kandu – Meemu Atoll, Guraidhoo Kandu – South Male Atoll, Fushi Kandu – Laamu Atoll, Olhugiri Kandu – Thaa Atoll and Kandooma Thila – South Male Atoll.

Best of the Central Atolls - 10 nights

Requirements: Certified to dive to 30 metres, experienced and comfortable with currents, recommendation of completing PADI Advanced Open Water or Deep Diver Adventure Dive either before or during trip.
The name of this fantastic itinerary says it all! The ‘Best of the Maldives’ itinerary takes you to a selection the most fantastic dive sites in the area to show you the best of the Maldives in 10 nights. Dive pristine reefs, explore beautiful caves and overhangs, and experience thrilling shark dives in some of the best areas to see hammerheads and grey reef sharks.
Top dive sites: Rasdhoo Madivaru, Fotteyo Kandul – Vaavu Atoll, Mulaku Kandu – Meemu Atoll, Guraidhoo Kandu – South Male and Fish Head – North Ari.

Best of the Northern Atolls (12 nights)

Requirements: Certified to dive to 30 metres, experienced and comfortable with medium to strong currents.
This itinerary gives you 12 days on board and will take in some of the finest dive areas in the Remote Far North. We plan to cruise and dive through the atolls of Raa, Baa, Lhaviyani, Noonu, Shaviyani, Haa Dhaalu and Haa Alifu.
Top dive sites: Lhaviyani, Raa and Noonu Atolls and Haa Alifu, Haa Daalhu and Shaviyani.

Best of the Southern Atolls - 10 nights

Requirements: Certified to dive to 30 metres, experienced and comfortable with currents, recommendation of completing PADI Advanced Open Water or Deep Diver Adventure Dive either before or during trip.
Explore the southern atolls of the stunning Maldives with blue o two and experience some of the best diving the Maldives has to offer. Enter a wonderful world of beautiful coral formations, channel dives and submerged pinnacles. There really is so much to explore in this 10-night diving adventure with the possibility of shark, eagle ray, tuna, manta ray and whale shark sightings.
Top Dive Sites: Mulaku Kandu – Meemu Atoll, Guraidhoo Kandu – South Male Atoll, Fushi Kandu – Laamu Atoll, Olhugiri Kandu – Thaa Atoll and Kandooma Thila – South Male Atoll.

Far South - 10 nights

Requirements: Certified to dive to 30 metres, experienced and comfortable with currents, recommendation of completing PADI Advanced Open Water or Deep Diver Adventure Dive either before or during trip.
This itinerary gives you 10 days on board. You will adventure from Huvadhoo Atoll, across the Equator to the isolated atoll of Foammulah and to the southern-most atoll of Gan Addu. A domestic flight will take you to the very far south of the Maldives - an area described as “the new Maldives”. The diving is without doubt incredible and offers the opportunity to dive with schooling sharks, vast schools of fish and squadrons of eagle rays - on top of this, the incredible hard coral reefs are packed with colour and critters. And don’t worry - we’ve found manta points too! These trips offer exciting diving for experienced divers with adventure in mind.

Top dive sites: Huvadhoo, Fuvahmulah Atoll and Gan Addu Atoll.
The diving day has a typical schedule as follows:
• Light Breakfast followed by a briefing & Dive 1
• Full Breakfast, relaxation period, briefing & Dive 2
• Lunch, relaxation period, briefing & Dive 3
• Snack, relaxation period,
• Dinner-if we offer a night/sunset dive, the schedule will be slightly amended
The following is a description of some of the dive sites we may visit during your liveaboard safari aboard Blue Voyager.

Fish Head

Fish Head (North Male), also known as Shark Point or Mushimasmingili Thila, fits the classic definition of a Thila -a large isolated flat top reef rising sharply from the inner atoll floor at 40 to 50m to around 10m from the surface. It is one of the best sites for seeing sharks. Featuring a series of caves and overhangs in between where you can see thousands of blueline snappers against a backdrop of black coral bushes and large gorgonians.

Miyaru Faru

Unsurprisingly, given that ‘miyaru’ means ‘shark’ in Dhivehi, sharks feature prominently at this North Male spot! At around 30 metres there is an overhang that can shield you from the strength of the passing current. With an incoming current, the visibility can be excellent and the parade of pelagic fish and local residents, impressive. You might see a number of grey reef sharks as well as barracuda, kingfish and tuna. Large groups of eagle rays and their larger cousins, the manta rays, are often seen here filter feeding in the plankton-rich water.

Fotteyo Kandu -Vaavu Atoll

Many scuba divers consider Fotteyo Kandu to be the bestdive site in the Maldives and it is also rated among the top 5 dive sites in the world. The mouth of the channel is exposed to the ocean and during northeast monsoon when the currents are incoming, a good variety of pelagic hunters gather at the entrance to the channel. Species commonly spottedhere include grey reef shark patrolling the channel mouth, jack and tuna in the deeper water, schools of midnight snappers and red snapper form in huge groups. The wall features caves, overhangs and swim-throughs atdifferent depths. These caves and overhangs are filled with colourful yellow colour like soft coral, deeper caves and overhangs are filled with huge bushes of black corals.

Kandooma Thila –South Male Atoll

Shaped like a teardrop, Kandooma Thila is one ofthe most spectacular dives in the South Male Atoll, for scenery as well as for prolific fish life.

Guraidhoo Kandu South

Since the eastern side of this South Male channel is open ocean, large predatory fish can regularly be spotted here. This site is famous for sightings of sharks, schools of eagle rays and the occasional sail fish and hammerheads. The best condition to do the dive is when the current is flowing into the Atoll. The dive begins on the outer reef following the current into the atoll. Most ofthe pelagic species can be observed on the eastern side, where the reef drops off into the deep ocean. At the end of the dive in the channel, along the reef you can find overhangs with plenty of soft coral growth and small fish.

Blue Spirit - specs

Technical Information
Length: 26 metres
Breadth: 7 metres
Engines: 1 x 350 HP Daewoo
Generators: 2 x Onan 25/30 Kw
Construction Materials: Wood
Desalination Units: 4 ton/day

Safety Equipment
First Aid: Available
First Aiders: Available
Emergency Oxygen: Available
Oxygen Administrators: Available
Life Jackets: Available

Blue Spirit - faqs

What are the arrival procedures on this trip?

The embarkation time for the vessel will be dependant on the itinerary of the trip. Please contact us before booking your international flights.

What time is the embarkation, boarding and departure?

Check out on the last day will take place after breakfast, where you will be transferred back to Male airport for your flight home. If you have a late afternoon/evening flight, please contact the staff on board to discuss options for day use facilities at a local hotel.
Other option is once you have disembarked the liveaboard vessel, you may have some time before your flight home in which you may want to explore the local area. There is the option to store your luggage at Male Airport in a luggage room at the cost of $5 per item or $10 per oversized/heavy item. This can be found by visiting the main information desk in the airport.

What is the children policy?

Children under 18 years of age must not be left unsupervised on-board or in the water. Parents and Guardians are responsible for the supervision of children under 18 years of age. One parent/guardian must supervise children during dives. This may mean that parents are not able to dive together. Guests are not advised to bring children under the age of 12 on a liveaboard safari due to the environment and the nature of the holiday.