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Diving in the Maldives
The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is a small archipelagic state in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about 700 kilometres (430 mi) from the Asian continent's mainland. The chain of 26 atolls stretches across the Equator from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to Addu Atoll in the south. The land area is roughly 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi). Malé is the capital.
The Maldives has white sand beaches, coral reefs, clear warm waters, numerous scuba diving sites and rich marine life. Most holiday resorts in the Maldives have a scuba diving facility and there are a number of liveaboard operators offering scuba diving cruise holidays.
In the 1998 global coral bleaching, much of the coral in the Maldives was bleached due to the El Niño event combined with global warming. In 2016, global warming and the El Nino event heated the Maldives, which, with land reclamation and water pollution, bleached and killed 75% of corals in the Maldives.
The Maldives has been growing in popularity as a scuba diving destination since the 1970s when the number of resorts began to increase.[citation needed]
In May 2026, five Italian nationals died during a recreational dive at Vaavu Atoll. Maldivian military office Sgt. Mohamed Mahudhee died during an attempted recovery of the bodies of the deceased. A Finnish recovery team successfully retrieved all the victims involved in the tragedy.
Tourist arrivals to the Maldives have been growing steadily for the past ten years, with the exception of 2005 (the year after the tsunami), when the numbers dropped. Around 700,000 tourists visit the Maldives each year (2008).
Climate change has severely impacted coral reefs around the world as has been widely reported such as the effects of the El Niño in late 1990s, according to some[who?] around 60%-80% of the corals have been bleached in several areas in the world including the Maldives reefs.
Reports have described the socio-economic impact on the environment as a result of mass tourism expansion in the Maldives.[clarification needed]
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Diving in the Maldives
The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is a small archipelagic state in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about 700 kilometres (430 mi) from the Asian continent's mainland. The chain of 26 atolls stretches across the Equator from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to Addu Atoll in the south. The land area is roughly 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi). Malé is the capital.
The Maldives has white sand beaches, coral reefs, clear warm waters, numerous scuba diving sites and rich marine life. Most holiday resorts in the Maldives have a scuba diving facility and there are a number of liveaboard operators offering scuba diving cruise holidays.
In the 1998 global coral bleaching, much of the coral in the Maldives was bleached due to the El Niño event combined with global warming. In 2016, global warming and the El Nino event heated the Maldives, which, with land reclamation and water pollution, bleached and killed 75% of corals in the Maldives.
The Maldives has been growing in popularity as a scuba diving destination since the 1970s when the number of resorts began to increase.[citation needed]
In May 2026, five Italian nationals died during a recreational dive at Vaavu Atoll. Maldivian military office Sgt. Mohamed Mahudhee died during an attempted recovery of the bodies of the deceased. A Finnish recovery team successfully retrieved all the victims involved in the tragedy.
Tourist arrivals to the Maldives have been growing steadily for the past ten years, with the exception of 2005 (the year after the tsunami), when the numbers dropped. Around 700,000 tourists visit the Maldives each year (2008).
Climate change has severely impacted coral reefs around the world as has been widely reported such as the effects of the El Niño in late 1990s, according to some[who?] around 60%-80% of the corals have been bleached in several areas in the world including the Maldives reefs.
Reports have described the socio-economic impact on the environment as a result of mass tourism expansion in the Maldives.[clarification needed]
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