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Rare encounter on the house reef

Blog Filitheyo - 10.09.2019 Mika was doing an underwater Photo Specialty with a repeater guest from Austria when he spotted something like a stick moving slowly on a sandy patch… What a discovery! A pygmy pipefish!!! This tiny individual is a cousin of the seahorse [...]

Offspring for the DC

Blog Pondok Sari - 10.09.2019 Yuni, our longtime receptionist (more than 12 years!) and "good soul" of the diving center, has provided for “new blood”: little Naura is her second daughter and she looks as beautiful as her mum. We congratulate the proud mom!

Ginger is waiting for you!

Blog Bathala - 10.09.2019 For everyone who is wondering if Ginger is still on Bathala: yes, he is 😊 He is looking forward to meet you in his new environment which he obviously likes a lot. Sleeping and eating are his favourite things to do. [...]

Our Foundling

Alam Anda - 08.09.2019 Here is a little update from our foundling the turtle, which we discovered in our garden last December. After being pestered by the mean big fish in the pond at the reception, we relocated her to the Spa area. Here she [...]

Come say “Hi“ to our resident Batfish found on our House reef

Blog Bathala - 06.09.2019 Fun fact: The Shaded Batfish plays a very important role in keeping the reef free of algae, eating far more algae on reefs damaged by over fishing than traditional algae-eaters such as parrotfish and surgeonfish.

Done!

Fuerteventura - 05.09.2019 Congratulations 🎊🍾🎈 to Lisa & Benny to become a Scuba Instructor, it's done. The holiday season is over soon and we rocked it again. Two eventful months have gone and it could not have worked better. Unfortunately missing on our cude team [...]

Dive Master course done!

Blog Cyprus - 04.09.2019 Snorkel test done - that´s how people look like who just passed their Dive Master course. 😂 Congratulations Alex!

A rare visit

Blog Siddhartha - 05.09.2019 Look, what has been seen in Melasti - one of our Muckdiving spots ... A coconut octopus (amphioctopus marginatus). Melasti is known for small peculiarities. For example with a bit of luck you can find the Shaun the Sheep Nudibranch (Costasiella [...]

Impressions part 1

Blog Oasis - 04.09.2019 Our guest Urs Zbinden gave us wonderful pictures that he has been taking throughout his holiday at the Oasis. They show a small selection of the rich variaty the red sea has to offer and they also tell a story about [...]

Last Minute Offer Sharm el Sheikh

Sharm el Sheikh - 04.09.2019 Last Minute Sharm el Sheikh - it couldn't be better. Last Minute deals Sharm el Sheikh. On Sale prices from 279 EUR (Departure Zurich), 444 EUR (Departure Munich), 510 EUR (Departure Düsseldorf) oder 531 EUR (Departure Frankfurt). Our colleagues at [...]

Medhufushi team update

Medhufushi - 04.09.2019 Low season is the time when our staff is coming and leaving for holidays. We had to say goodbye to Ramzan, who returned back to his base in Filitheyo and was replacing Kafrul, when he was back in Bangladesh. Well Kafrul is [...]

The Beach

Filitheyo - 03.09.2019 Well yes… This is a problem… The sand is so white that you often wish you could go in the water with your sunglasses… Hard life, isn’t it???!!! 😊

MY Sheena Logbook 18. – 25.08.2019

7-Day Tour - Filitheyo to Male It's our fourth trip for the for Sheena this season. We are starting from Filitheyo (Faafu Atoll) and heading all the way towards Malé (Kaafu Atoll) During this trip we will be visiting the following atolls - Faafu Atoll, [...]

Welcome to Filitheyo’s nightclub …

Filitheyo - 29.08.2019 Tonight, no happy hour and however you are going to the nightclub. Meeting at the dive center at 6pm for a briefing and there we go to the house reef when the sun is setting down. One last glimpse at the breathtaking [...]

Lot to see …

Bathala - 29.08.2019 There is incredibly much to see in the channels around Bathala. The right current, a good jump and rock'n roll ... barracudas, eagle rays, grey reef sharks and much more - today was very successful!

SSI Cross Over

Fuereteventura - 29.08.2019 Sarah supported us energetically over the summer months and worked hard for her SSI Cross Over. Now it's done, Sarah can now call herself Sexy Scuba Instructor 🤣🤣🤣 Already today Sarah started with her first students 👏 We still there for her [...]

New outfit for our back staff

Blog Oasis - 28.08.2019 Finally the new outfit for our hard working back staff employees is here! In bright red with black logo they´re being recognized even better. As you can see, Shauky, Shazly, Ashraf, Ramadan, Ahmed, Mahnmoud and Ali were delighted to proudly present [...]

Saying good-bye to the water sports centre

Hondaafushi - 28.08.2019 We say bye-bye to our water sports equipment on Hondaafushi. The last part of the equipment is loaded here. The equipment is in good hands...

we are on the island until 30.09.2019

Tim and Petra are our diving instructors at Hondaafushi. Of course they will continue the operation of our dive centre professionally and with pleasure until 30.09.2019  . Afterwards Tim will reinforce our team at Filitheyo and Petra is already looking forward to her new challenge [...]

Open Water Course

Blog Sharm - 27.08.19 We would like to congratulate Alexander on passing his Open Water Course with our instructor Montasser! Well done!      

Football tournament

Medhufushi - 27.08.2019 Let´s peek a bit in the staff area. On the island live and work around 150 people. Very important activity they do after work is sport. Usually the play volleyball, badminton or football. In these days the resort organized the annual MIR [...]

MY Sheena Logbook 11. – 18.08.2019

7-Day Trip - Male to Filitheyo It's another trip and our third for the Sheena this season. We are starting from Male (Kaafu Atoll) and heading all the way towards Filitheyo (Faafu Atoll). During this trip we will be visiting the following atolls - Kaafu [...]

Rescue Operation

Blog Hondaafushi - 25.08.2019 Wednesday morning a small, unfortunately injured pilot whale, was stranded to our bar. Our guests and staff helped to bring the Pilot Whale back into the water. He made it out of the lagoon Thanks everybody for your help.  

Werner and Lilly on a visit

Bathala - 25.08.2019 First Filitheyo than Bathala - finally Werner and Lilly spend some time on Bathala. We had a great time together and did some awesome dives with them. Thanks for visiting us. See you soon ...

Maintaining Traditional Look

Medhufushi - 25.08.2019 Medhufushi island resort is one of few resorts, that is still keeping the traditional roofs. It´s  covered with kajan – coconut palm leaves thach, which gives our resort more traditional look. Most of the resorts are changing to slade roofing, which is [...]