Rasdhoo Madivaru Corner
Dive site · Maldives
Experienced divers only
Is it worth the trip?
81Good out of 100 for your dates
4 days tie for best
Tue 3 · 81 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Air
- 29°C
Wed 4 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Air
- 29°C
Thu 5 · 81 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 3 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 29°C
Fri 6 · 81 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 28°C
Sat 7 · 81 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Air
- 28°C
Sun 8 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 28°C
Mon 9 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Air
- 28°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Tue 381, good
- Wed 480, good
- Thu 581, good
- Fri 681, good
- Sat 781, good
- Sun 880, good
- Mon 980, good
- Tue 1074, good
- Wed 1173, good
- Thu 1280, good
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
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 | 81, good | 0.2 mflat | 4 kn | 7kn | 29°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 80, good | 0.2 mflat | 4 kn | 7kn | 29°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 81, good | 0.2 mflat | 3 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 81, good | 0.2 mflat | 2 kn | 5kn | 28°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 81, good | 0.2 mflat | 2 kn | 7kn | 28°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 80, good | 0.2 mflat | 6 kn | 10kn | 28°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 80, good | 0.2 mflat | 6 kn | 11kn | 28°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 74, good | 0.2 mflat | 2 kn | 9kn | 28°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 73, good | 0.2 mflat | 4 kn | 13kn | 28°C |
| Thu 12Nov | 80, good | 0.2 mflat | 7 kn | 12kn | 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 06:20 +0.2 mLow 13:51 −0.1 mHigh 19:35 +0.0 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 00:56 −0.1 mHigh 07:46 +0.2 mLow 15:12 −0.2 mHigh 22:07 +0.1 m
- Thu 5 NovLow 03:31 −0.0 mHigh 09:03 +0.2 mLow 16:02 −0.3 mHigh 23:03 +0.3 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, its town, photos
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More diving near here
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- Veligandu east 3.1 km away
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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$2,740 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 IST, 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: Rasdhoo
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about 5 min by car · 19 places to stay
about US$67/nightcountry average
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 3 November 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
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An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Rasdhoo · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Rasdhoo · GetYourGuide
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 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.
Aetobatus ocellatusRay
Seen in 3 records.
Day octopus Octopus cyaneaOctopus
Seen in 4 records.
Comaster schlegeliiCrinoid
Seen in 5 records.
Clark's anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii
Seen in 4 records.
Amphiprion nigripesDamselfishes
Seen in 4 records.
Blackspotted puffer Arothron nigropunctatus
Seen in 4 records.
Acanthurus leucosternonTangs
Seen in 3 records.
Bluefin trevally Caranx melampygus
Seen in 3 records.
Bluespotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii
Seen in 3 records.
Giant moray Gymnothorax javanicus
Seen in 3 records.
Royal angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus
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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