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Underwater Institute Maalhos

SSI Dive Resort 📍 Baa Maalhos, Maldives ★★★★★ 5.0 (5 reviews)

Photo: (c) Darren Obbard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · via iNaturalist

Underwater Institute Maalhos is an SSI Dive Resort in Baa Maalhos, Maldives. The courses listed on its website include Discover Scuba Diving, Instructor Training, Enriched Air Nitrox, Night Diver and Drift Diver. It is based at Bikini Beach, Maalhos 06070, Maldives.

On Google it holds an average rating of 5.0 from 5 reviews.

Sea temperatures in the surrounding waters range from 28°C in January to 31°C in April. Species recorded near these coordinates include Moon Wrasse, Captain Parrotfish, Coral Rabbitfish and Diploastrea heliopora.

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At a glance

Certification SSI Dive Resort
Courses offered Discover Scuba Diving, Instructor Training, Enriched Air Nitrox, Night Diver, Drift Diver
Location Baa Maalhos, Maldives
Address Bikini Beach, Maalhos 06070, Maldives
Phone 777-6877
Google Rating ★★★★★ 5.0 5 reviews
GPS 5.1371°, 73.1076°
Operator ID de792909-43e4-4b5a-9d7a-970a917bee39

Sea temperature through the year

Average sea surface temperature at the coordinates of Underwater Institute Maalhos, Baa Maalhos, Maldives, by calendar month. The water is warmest in April at 30.7 °C and coldest in January at 28.3 °C, a spread of 2.4 kelvin over the year. Every month of the year averages 25 °C or more.

MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sea temperature (°C)28.328.629.430.730.229.629.729.529.429.529.729.0

By season, the four quarterly averages at this location are spring (March to May) 30.1 °C, summer (June to August) 29.6 °C, autumn (September to November) 29.5 °C and winter (December to February) 28.6 °C.

Sea surface temperature from Open-Meteo Marine (CC BY 4.0), daily model means 2022-11 to 2024-12, sampled at the coordinates of this dive centre. Values are monthly averages of the daily means, not forecasts.

Marine life recorded in this area

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist near these coordinates.

Moon Wrasse (Thalassoma lunare)
Moon Wrasse Thalassoma lunare A colourful wrasse with a bright yellow crescent on the tail base, often seen swimming actively above the reef.to 45 cm · 1-20 m · by daycoral-rich areas of lagoons and seaward reefsWatch for its constant movement; it often darts into the water column to feed on plankton. (c) Darren Obbard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · observation
Captain Parrotfish (Chlorurus enneacanthus)
Captain Parrotfish Chlorurus enneacanthus (c) Darren Obbard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · observation
Coral Rabbitfish (Siganus corallinus)
Coral Rabbitfish Siganus corallinus A small, slender rabbitfish with a blue-grey body covered in small yellow spots and a yellow tail. It often swims in pairs or small groups.to 28 cm · 1-25 m · by daycoral-rich areas of lagoons and seaward reefsLook for it grazing on algae on dead coral patches; it is shy and will retreat if approached too quickly. (c) Darren Obbard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · observation
Diploastrea heliopora (Diploastrea heliopora)
Diploastrea heliopora Diploastrea heliopora A massive, dome-shaped coral with large, closely packed polygonal corallites, forming boulder-like colonies.colonies to 2 m across · 3-20 m · day and nightlower reef slopes and lagoonsLook for the distinctive honeycomb pattern of its corallites, which is visible even when the polyps are retracted. no rights reserved · CC0 · observation