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Negative entry from the blue boat

Blog Filitheyo - 01.06.2019 Jumping in the blue and descending directly to 10m,checking if everybody is there and is doing alright is what we call a proper negative entry from the blue boat. We then go down to 20m check again, make our way to [...]

MY Sheena Logbook – 19. – 26.05.2019

7 Day Tour – Filitheyo – Filitheyo With a total of 8 guests Florian and Sinan start this Sheena Tour - the last tour before the dry dock. Tauchplätze: 19.05.2019                Dolphins Corner / Fanbo Housereef / White Tip Station 20.05.2019               Lucky Reef / [...]

At least we’re making steps forward

Blog Bathala - 28.05.2019 Unfortunately the opening of Bathala was postponed again but our compressors are standing and running smoothly. Island map and teamboard are also hanging, now only the divers are missing...stay tuned

Turtle posing for the photographer

Blog Filitheyo - 25.05.2019 Sijmon had a turtle posing for him during more than 5 minutes at Filitheyo Outside! She kept coming back to him for a new pose and finally went up to take a breath… And we too because we were also getting [...]

Our newest staff member

Blog Bathala - 22.05.2019 Our newest Italian staff member has arrived at Bathala. Fresh from Ko Lanta / Thailand, Valentina now wants to explore the underwater world of the Maldives and is looking forward to the opening of the resort. She speaks Italian, English and [...]

Leaf Scorpionfish

Blog Medhufushi - 19.05.2019 One of the masters in disguise – leaf scorpion fish. The beauty of ugly, with venomous spines off course. Definitely not easy to spot and finding one always feels like finding a hidden Easter egg. They camouflage themselves as leaves to [...]

Biiiig marbled stingray

Blog Filitheyo - 16.05.2019 A very curious and massive marbled stingray kept turning around us at Lighthouse Channel! An amazing dive with loads of sharks and some medium incoming current… Credit: Sijmon de Waal

A little glimpse behind the scenes

Blog Hondafushi - 16.05.2019 Where do you live? This question we get to hear quite often. Therefore we would like to give you a little insight into our home. 😊 All the employees of Hondaafushi have their rooms in the interior of the island. There [...]

MY Sheena Logbook – 05.05. – 12.04.2019

7 Tage Tour – Filitheyo – Filitheyo Sieben Gäste haben wir auf dieser 7 Tagestour ab/an Filitheyo. Einer davon war auch schon auf der vorherigen Tour dabei. Tauchplätze: 06.05.2019                Dolphins Corner / Western Highlight / Mantas & More 07.05.2019               Mantas & More / [...]

MY Sheena Logbook 21. – 27.04.2019

7 Day Tour – Filitheyo – Filitheyo On this trip, we have thirteen guests on board. Six persons are from Switzerland, four from Israel, two from France and one from Germany. More than enough to make new friends! For three of them, it is not [...]

Equipment Room and Workshop

Blog Bathala - 13.05.2019 The equipment room is finished and our workshop is equipped. The compressor room is about to be finished and then the divers can come...stay tuned ... and this is our local team, who is hard working even during Ramadan from left [...]

Island style…

Blog Filitheyo - 12.05.2019 Hermit crabs use all they can find and suit them to protect their soft body… ALL.

MY Sheena

Blog Medhufushi - 11.05.2019 I believe Sheena – safari vessel, managed by DC Werner Lau, doesn´t need a special introduction. Maybe you didn´t know, that one of the diving spots they visit is also our famous Mantas and more – near Medhufushi. Sometimes the guest [...]

Our Sheena Crew … or how do produce a new staff picture

The announcement: "Boys, we would like to do a new staff picture for the website, get ready!" caused a lot of excitement. Everyone had a shower, new clean Werner Lau T-Shirts were taken out. Everybody ran excitedly in a mess - everybody looked at his [...]

Bathala visit

Blog Bathala - 07.05.2019 Werner and Lilly visited us on Bathala to get a picture of the current situation. It will still take a little while with the opening but it will be awesome... stay tuned

Ramadan Mubarak

Blog Hondaafushi - 05.05.2019 Tomorrow Ramadan starts. That’s the fasting month for all Muslims.   It is also a time of spiritual reflection, improvement and increased devotion and worship. Fasting is one of the 5 Pillars of the Islam. The other 4 are: Daily prayer, [...]

MY Sheena Logbook 28.04. – 05.05.2019

7 Tage Tour – Filitheyo – Filitheyo With 11 guests we start this trip in Filitheyo. Four Swiss, one German couple and one Dutch woman, two guests from England and a very special visit by Werner and Lilly Lau. During the trip the guests had [...]

Island Life

Blog Filitheyo - 04.05.2019 Meet Ali the Heron! He is one of the permanent inhabitants of the island and he has a very good taste for choosing his home… and hunting playground! You will always find him on the beach, and he is always ready [...]

Stop Over on Medhufushi

Blog Medhufushi - 04.05.2019 Also Medhu was on Werner's and Lilly's schedule before Bathala. So they were on all our islands and on the Sheena for at least shortly. Come back again soon :)

Farewell MY Sheena

Blog MY Sheena - 02.05.2019 Werner and Lilly are currently on to the Maldives and took the opportunity to travel from Filitheyo to Medhufushi with the MY Sheena. This way they avoided the transfer via Male and spent a few days on the Sheena instead.

Handycraft Maxims Style

Blog Bathala - 02.05.2019 Of course, there is also a lot to be built for the dive equipment. Now also the mask and snorkel racks are ready - Maxim style ...stay tuned

MY Sheena Logbook 07. – 14.04.2019

7 Tage Tour – Filitheyo - Filitheyo 13 guests arrive during the day. For some guests the diving luggage unfortunately arrived late in the afternoon. Nevertheless our guides Florian and Sinan did the first dive with some guests on the day of arrival. The atmosphere [...]

Our base will be established

Blog Bathala - 26.04.2019 Not quite ready yet but the first divers could come... theoretically...stay tuned

Nice Visitors

Blog Hondaafushi - 25.04.2019 It is always nice when Lilly & Werner come to visit us. Since the 80s they have been more or less at home in the Maldives and you can certainly speak of two diving legends. We are delighted to benefit from [...]

underwater impressions

Bathala Blog - 24.04.2019 A check at the house reef showed that it is completely intact except for a few small sections despite the construction measures. The western side is very beautiful, hard and soft corals, sponges etc. are all healthy. Also the north side, [...]