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Well known faces

27.2.2018 Well known faces - A few days ago a part of the Bathala crew came to Hondaa. Sunil, Baten and all the other crew members are looking forward to seeing you soon at Hondaafushi.

Siddhartha – 2 weeks to go!

Blog Siddhartha - 26.02.2018 2 weeks to go! 😊 The rainy season leveled mainly off to sunshine until 1 or 2 pm and rain with occasional thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Temperatures between 24° - 27° Celsius. We are in the final throes [...]

Explorer Dive

On today's boat trip we made a great discovery. We found a thila, about 45 minutes from Hondaa, which is covered with red and yellow soft corals. In the big overhangs and swim throughs there was a lot to discover. Rare nudibranches, blue striped snapper, [...]

9:30am in Fuerteventura. Nobody asks for Knoppers…

Today we are presenting the daily life of a dive center. Every morning we meet at 9am in order to have a powerful start into the new day. So, or likewise everyone thinks of a typical day. Reality is slightly different. The guests are in [...]

Inspection… finaly

Finally...😊 The final inspection of the resort took place yesterday. Since further steps have to be taken until the opening of the resort, we do not know yet when the resort will definitely open. We wait daily for news and are ready to open at [...]

Surprise at Shaab Marsa Alam

Blog Oasis - 23.02.2018 Our weekly boat trip to Shaab Marsa Alam had ended with a surprise, 6 Dolphins were showing up. During 15 minutes the Dolphins were playing with our lucky divers, who will never forget their adventure.

21.02.2018 good morning Hondaafushi

Good morning Hondaafushi, we hope you can all admire the island from this jetty soon.

20.02.18 seat of honor

Of course, our diving awards have also been given an honorary place at the base. The diving lamps are now waiting in a nice stand for the first night divers.

19.02.18 hous reef wreck

Today we looked at the wreck that was sunk a few months ago at the house reef. Some batfish, barracudas and a large school of mackerel already feel at home on the wreck. Even small hard and soft corals have already anchored? 😊 Here you [...]

18.02.18 Compressor check

Whoever wants to dive needs air 😊 The compressors are ready to use and we are busy filling up for our explorer dives in the next few days.

17.02.18 Diver Jetty

Our almost 300m long diver jetty. From here we start our house reef and boat tours and you can explore the wreck by scooter. We're gonna watch the wreck in the next few days.

16.02.18 Hondaafushi Team

We've been on Hondaa for 4 days now and with Tofail, who has been here for the last 2 months, we've tidied up more things in the Dive Center. Since today Kafrul is also on Hondaafushi and the team is complete for the time being.

Back again after a really successful Boot show in Düsseldorf

Back to the office... We would like to thank all of those who visited us at this year's Boot Show in Düsseldorf. It was just great! It was very clear to see that people wanted to travel again. Sharm el Sheikh had his big comeback. [...]

Update zu Hondaafushi – 05.02.2018

According to the latest information from our Maldivian hotelier, the final inspection of Hondhaafushi is scheduled for February 10, 2018. We will send our team to the island on February 11, 2018 to do the final jobs at the dive centre. Search for more dive [...]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

02.02.2018 Unbelievable scenes were taking place. What are you doing to us? During the exhibition “Boot” the award for the best diving centers of the world had been assigned. Thanks to you and seriously only because of you it happened. A dream became true since [...]

last fair day ….

This is how it looks like in the morning when there are no guests at the stand and we prepare everything. Now the webcam is dismantled and will soon be doing its job on Filitheyo. Last day of the fair... we are going to speed [...]

The sound of silence …

Day 9 - Final Run! The silence before the storm.... that's how it looked like shortly before 10.00 o' clock..... we will start soon and in our experience we will be quit busy today. Visit us today and tomorrow at our booth and let us [...]

TAUCHEN Award Evening

Yesterday evening the diving award was given for the 20th time. As so many times before, it was a successful event with many well-known faces of the diving industry. Diving Centers Werner Lau were this year represented in 3 categories: - with Filitheyo we were [...]

Pondok Sari Family

VIP visitors at day 6 at the boat show. We are glad to say hello to our Pondok Sari partners.

Happy Birthday Tauchen

The German diving magazine Tauchen is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and the Tauchen Award is being presented for the 20th time this year. Congratulations, of course! Yesterday, the publisher Alexandra Jahr was with us at our stand and was surprised here by Messe [...]

Happy Birthday Tauchen

Das Magazin Tauchen hat in diesem Jahr 40-jähriges Jubliäum und der Tauchen Award wird in diesem Jahr zum 20. Mal verliehen. Wir gratulieren natürlich ganz herzlich! Gestern war die Verlegerin Alexandra Jahr bei uns am Stand und wurde hier von der Messe Düsseldorf mit einer [...]

half-time …

Day 5 on the boat - we made the half and it was really, really good. We had so many nice guests at the booth and our products are so successful. We are impressed. If it stays that way until the end of the fair, [...]

Bali fair specials and great flight deals with Singapore Airlines

Good morning from Messe Düsseldorf - Day 2 just started and the hall is slowly filling up. Yesterday we already had a lot of inquiries for our hotels in Bali and today it goes on like that. In line with our trade fair special of [...]

Same procedure as every year…

Saturday, 20.01.2018 - may the games begin. The doors to Boot Show in Düsseldorf opened on time at 10:00 a. m. and hall 3 was almost full. A great start for the first boat weekend. We have started with the whole fair team today - [...]

Nora in Dads footprints – a very special holiday

14.01.2018 From now on the 10-years-old Nora and her dad Philippe are sharing the same hobby and wonderful underwater experiences: Nora compete successfully the IAC Junior Diver Program with her dive instructor Caroline: 3 dives, where the fun is in the front and not skills [...]