Experienced divers only
Is it worth the trip?
80Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Fri 6: Sea: flat, Visibility about 15 m, Water 29 °C
Tue 3 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 29°C
Wed 4 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Air
- 29°C
Thu 5 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Air
- 29°C
Fri 6 · 81 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 27°C
Sat 7 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 3 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Air
- 28°C
Sun 8 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 29°C
Mon 9 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 28°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Tue 380, good
- Wed 480, good
- Thu 580, good
- Fri 681, good
- Sat 780, good
- Sun 880, good
- Mon 980, good
- Tue 1073, good
- Wed 1180, good
- Thu 1272, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 35 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
- Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
- Faces Nswell from there reaches it
Full forecast
every day, every number
The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.
Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3Nov | 80, good | 0.2 mflat | 5 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 80, good | 0.3 m | 4 kn | 7kn | 29°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 80, good | 0.3 m | 4 kn | 7kn | 29°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 81, good | 0.2 mflat | 2 kn | 5kn | 27°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 80, good | 0.2 mflat | 3 kn | 6kn | 28°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 80, good | 0.2 mflat | 6 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 80, good | 0.2 mflat | 5 kn | 10kn | 28°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 73, good | 0.2 mflat | 3 kn | 13kn | 28°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 80, good | 0.3 m | 5 kn | 12kn | 28°C |
| Thu 12Nov | 72, good | 0.3 m | 7 kn | 13kn | 28°C |
Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More
Tide
- Tue 3 NovHigh 06:00 +0.3 mLow 13:26 −0.1 mHigh 18:36 +0.0 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 00:11 −0.1 mHigh 07:05 +0.2 mLow 14:36 −0.2 mHigh 21:26 +0.1 m
- Thu 5 NovLow 02:30 −0.0 mHigh 08:10 +0.2 mLow 15:26 −0.3 mHigh 22:36 +0.2 m
Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.
Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Map
the site and its town
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More diving near here
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Gangehi North Kandu - manta cleaning station
A drift dive. It goes down to 35 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces N: swell from the N reaches it, and wind from the S blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 12 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 Ukulhas.
- What it is Drift.
- How deep Down to 35 m.
- Getting in From a boat.
- Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
- Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 12 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 Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct (about 20 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$2,740 each
about US$1,390–US$2,740 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 3 November 2026.
How we worked it out
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to MLE, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$905–US$1,880 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$94–US$154 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$188–US$315 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$208–US$389 |
| Total | about US$1,390–US$2,740 |
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: Ukulhas
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about 25 min by car · 18 places to stay
about US$67/nightcountry average
About Ukulhas 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 3 November 2026.
Getting there: about 28h 35m
About 28h 35m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → MLE, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 1h 45m by road
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An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Ukulhas · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Ukulhas · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
Drop Dive Maldives 12 km
Atoll Dives 12 km
Murakabay Dive Center 12 kmPADI
Dive Club 12 km
Papa Fish Maldives 12 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 records at this site itself, so these are the animals divers and surveys have recorded at other sites within 25 km in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it there, not that you will.
Whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesusShark
Seen in 3 records.
Day octopus Octopus cyaneaOctopus
Seen in 4 records.
Acanthurus leucosternonTangs
Seen in 3 records.
Clark's anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii
Seen in 3 records.
Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; Programme CROMIS: carnet de plongée en ligne de la FFESSM-Observations d'espèces subaquatiques collectées par les utilisateurs de CROMIS; Plectranthias raki (Teleostei, Serranidae), a new species of perchlet from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Maldives. Credits
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