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Protect the Maldives’ reefs with marine biologist Steven Weinberg

Carpe Diem Maldives is thrilled to announce that they will be giving travellers to The Maldives the opportunity to dive and meet with internationally acclaimed Marine Biologist Steven Weinberg. As part of the on-going Dive with a Purpose events and International Year of the Reef 2018 celebration with Carpe Diem, avid divers can take to […]

Top 5 newly opened luxury Maldives diving resorts

Enjoy some of the best diving in the world with the Maldives’ incredible marine life and stunning crystal clear waters. With over a thousand individual islands with stunning surrounding reefs, it’s no wonder that the Maldives is a diver’s paradise. And in 2018 you can enjoy the ultimate in luxury and these newly opened luxury resorts […]

Top things to see when diving in Mauritius

Mauritius, with its 330km of coastline, offers an exclusive diving experience on an island paradise. The island has a variety of diving experiences including stunning coral reefs, wrecks, caverns, and of course, amazing marine life. Diving is done all around the island and the waters around Mauritius are home to more than 430 different marine […]

Top 5 dive spots in the Maldives

The Maldives is well known for its incredible diving and with over a thousand individual islands with surrounding reefs it’s no wonder that this is a diver’s paradise. Choosing where to go in the Maldives is the trickiest part of planning your dive holiday.  Here are just 5 of the best dive spots to explore […]

Join “Rescue a Reef” with Carpe Diem Maldives this October

This October the Carpe Diem Maldives liveaboard has joined up with the American organisation Coral Reef CPR to initiate the “Rescue a Reef” program with an October marine expedition. The program invites any Advanced Padi divers with an avid marine conservation interest to not miss out on this unique opportunity to work alongside expert marine […]

Sudan Liveaboard Special Offer!

We have a very special offer on the ‘Royal Evolution’ Sudan Liveaboard; a whopping  30% discount from cruise price for the following Sudan trips! Sudan trip dated 16th February 2017 Deep south Sudan trip dated 8th June 2017 All other 2017 Sudan trips remain with the same offer 20% discount from the cruise price. To […]

Maldives Diving: A Diver’s Paradise

The travelling diver whether travelling solo or with other divers may choose a Maldives liveaboard with an extension of a few resort nights, but if travelling with a non-diving partner or family there are around 109 Maldives Island Resorts to choose from. With one island to one resort these Maldives resorts are as varied as […]

Dive Holidays for Singles

Now a growing trend, singles holidays are available all over the world, from Cayman Island resorts to Red Sea Liveaboard adventures. But, with dive holidays, there’s no real need to opt for one of these ‘specialist singles holidays’ and subject yourself to speed-dating evenings and awkward conversations, as scuba diving lends its-self naturally to pairing […]

Maldives Diving? Expect a Stunning Array of Marine-life

With such a massive diversity and sheer quantity of marine-life, a Maldives diving holiday can often some of the best scuba experiences on the planet. Listing every species would take up a whole website, let alone a single blog, so we’ve limited our list to some of the most common.

Red Sea Live aboards: Endemic Marine-life You’ll Find when You Dive

The Red Sea has a huge number of endemic species – some experts say as many as 20% of 1100 species living here are unique to this location. It can be difficult to pinpoint the exact figures, as new species are discovered each year and our understanding of the global distribution of marine-species is still […]

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