Staying Home Sucks, home
Rasdhoo pier - panoramio
Near Rasdhoo Madivaru Corner. Photo: georama, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Rasdhoo Madivaru Corner

Dive site · Maldives

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

82Good out of 100 for your dates

Usually home sucks

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 82 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 82 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 82 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 82 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 82 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 82 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Mon 9 · 82 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The site in five facts

  • Down to 30 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces SEswell from there reaches it

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual dive conditions at Rasdhoo Madivaru Corner, each day of your trip
DayAir
Tue 3to 9usually28°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Visibility about 15 m, usual for the month.

Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm.

Map

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Photos of Rasdhoo Madivaru Corner

Kuramathi, Maldives - panoramio - georama (2)
Near Rasdhoo Madivaru Corner, 2 km away. Photo: georama, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

3 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Rasdhoo Madivaru Corner

A wall dive. It goes down to 30 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. 4 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away. The sea is about 28°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in April, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Rasdhoo. Within 5 km we also list 2 dive sites.

  • What it is Wall.
  • How deep Down to 30 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 4 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away.

Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Mar, Apr, Jun, Aug, Sep and Nov (about 15 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,390–US$2,730 each

about US$1,390–US$2,730 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MLE, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$904–US$1,880
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$94–US$154
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$188–US$315
Food7 days eating outabout US$208–US$389
Totalabout US$1,390–US$2,730

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Rasdhoo

Closest

Rasdhoo

about 5 min by car · 19 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 19 places to stay in Rasdhoo · Booking.com

About Rasdhoo its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$67 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 28h 10m

About 28h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MLE, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 1h 20m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Family Divers Maldives 0.7 km

  • Rasdhoo dive and water sports 1.0 km

  • Alihura Rasdhoo Dive Center 1.0 km

  • Ocean dive and watersports Rasdhoo 1.0 km

  • Papa Fish Maldives 16 km

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.