First Mobile Dive Base in the Maldives

Experiences

From first breaths to deep shark encounters — choose your underwater adventure.

Recreational Diving with Us

Three Ways to Get Underwater

Unforgettable recreational diving across the Maldives — whether you’re exploring with sharks, joining a liveaboard, or diving from your resort or guesthouse. Safe, flexible, and tailored to you.

Shark Diving at Hulhumalé

Descend into the Hulhumalé Entrance for encounters with tiger sharks, hammerheads, grey reefs, and a hundred-plus stingrays — minutes from the capital.

Day Trip

Liveaboard Dive Trips

We join you onboard for multi-day liveaboard adventures across the atolls — guides, gear, and dive planning included so you focus on the underwater world.

Multi-Day

Land-Based Diving

Staying at a resort, guesthouse, or local island? Our mobile team comes to you with full equipment and certified guides — anywhere across the 26 atolls.

Anywhere
Signature Experience

Hulhumalé Shark Tank

The Site We Pioneered

When engaging with large sharks, control is everything.

We studied this site from its early days, long before it became widely known as a shark dive location. Through that experience and our understanding of the environment, we developed a stationary diving method using mooring lines — an approach that allows us to maintain full control of the dive at all times.

The system is designed around diver safety, proper positioning, and responsible interaction — creating a structured and secure experience for both divers and marine life.

Mooring-Line Method A proprietary stationary technique we developed on-site — divers stay anchored, sharks come to us.
Full Dive Control Position, depth, and exposure managed from start to finish — safe for divers, respectful of the animals.
Pioneering Knowledge We knew this channel before it had a name. Tide, current, and behaviour patterns built up over years of study.
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What You’ll Encounter

The Residents of Hulhumalé

Large pelagics drawn to the channel current and runoff — here’s who you might meet down on the line.

Tiger Shark

Up to 5m · Apex predator

Massive striped pelagic. Wary, intelligent, unmistakable in profile — the headline encounter at Hulhumalé.

Scalloped Hammerhead

Up to 4m · Schooling pelagic

The unmistakable t-shaped silhouette. Often glimpsed mid-water cruising the channel along the current.

Grey Reef Shark

Up to 2m · Reef predator

Compact, muscular, and graceful. Often the most numerous species — patrolling the reef edge and channel walls.

Spinner Shark

Up to 3m · Open water

Named for its acrobatic spiraling leaps when feeding. Slender, fast, and fond of open water above the channel.

Stingrays (100+)

Up to 2m wingspan · Sand-floor

Vast aggregations drawn by the runoff current. Watching the cloud rise and shift under you is its own spectacle.

Other Visitors

Seasonal · Variable

Whitetip and blacktip reef sharks, large jacks, snapper schools, and the occasional whale shark sighting.

The Crew

Locals who know every channel

Every Raajje Divers guide is a Maldivian local and a PADI Instructor — with careers built on liveaboards, dive safaris and superyachts across the atolls.

Buka, Owner & Dive Center Operator

Owner & Dive Center Operator

Buka Abdulla Hussain

10 yrs
Luxury yachting
8 yrs
Dive-safari instructor
MSDT
PADI rating

Buka has owned and run Raajje Divers in Hulhumalé since 2021 — the daily operations, the dives themselves, the guests and the safety of every dive. That comes on top of eight years as a dive instructor living aboard Maldivian dive safaris, and ten years crewing luxury and private yachts in guest services, safety and operations.

Career

  1. 2021 – nowOwner & operator, Raajje Divers, Hulhumalé
  2. 2008 – 2016Dive instructor aboard the safari boats Eagle Ray, Carpe Diem, Carpe Vita and Marsellia
  3. 10 yearsCrew on luxury and private yachts — guest services, safety and operations

Certifications

  • PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT)
  • Coastal Navigation, Class 5

Skills

  • Itinerary planning
  • Boat handling
  • Videography
  • Fishing
  • Surfing
  • Kite surfing

Languages

Dhivehi · English

Aboard Eagle Ray Carpe Diem Carpe Vita Marsellia Silver Angel M5 Serenity Nirvana Tiara Calipso Hermitage Dytan Samsara Lady E

Soba, PADI Instructor & Underwater Videographer

PADI Instructor & Underwater Videographer

Soba Hussain Sobah

2001
Diving since
20+ yrs
Guiding at sea
Pro
Photo & video

Soba has been diving since 2001 and has spent more than two decades guiding across the archipelago, mostly on liveaboards — Sea Explorer, Triton Safari and Carpe Diem Maldives among them — and today on superyachts, private charters and dive courses. Soba is also a professional photographer and videographer, with footage shot for Al Jazeera, and plans every itinerary around the guests: courses and fun dives arranged, and re-arranged, to suit.

I’m best known for my ability to navigate difficult terrain and situations with a calm mind and confident demeanour.

Career

  1. 2001 – 2005Guide aboard Sea Explorer
  2. 2006 – 2010Guide aboard Triton Safari
  3. 2010 – 2015Guide aboard Carpe Diem Maldives
  4. TodayAzalea Cruise, superyachts each season, and private hire
  5. On filmVideography for Al Jazeera

Certifications

  • PADI Instructor
  • Emergency First Response Instructor
  • PADI Divemaster since 2001

Skills

  • Photography
  • Videography
  • Itinerary planning
  • Team leadership
  • Private expeditions

Languages

Dhivehi · English

Aboard Sea Explorer Triton Safari Carpe Diem Azalea Serenity Lion Heart Ashena

Teddie, PADI Instructor & Surf Guide

PADI Instructor & Surf Guide

Teddie Ahmed Arish Rasheed

2011
Guiding since
OWSI
PADI Instructor
Surf & dive
Both monsoons

Teddie follows the monsoons: a surf guide through the southwest monsoon, a dive pro through the northeast, and a keen fisherman all year round. A freelance adventure guide since 2011 for Explore and G Adventures through Voyages Maldives, Teddie has guided dive and surf trips aboard Carpe Diem Maldives, the Azalea and Honors Legacy, and worked superyacht seasons aboard MY Andiamo, MY Jaguar and MY Coral Expedition.

Born and raised in the tropics with a big passion for the ocean.

Career

  1. 2011 – nowFreelance adventure guide for Explore (UK) and G Adventures, with Voyages Maldives
  2. LiveaboardsDive and surf guide on the Azalea, Carpe Diem Maldives, Honors Legacy and MY Alice
  3. Surf tripsGuide for The Moon Tours and World Surfaris (Australia)
  4. 2021 – 2023Superyacht seasons: MY Andrameda, MY Andiamo, MY Coral Expedition, MY Deja Too, MY Jaguar

Certifications

  • PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (2021)
  • Emergency First Response Instructor (2021)
  • ISA Surf Instructor (2017)
  • WSL Lifesaver Course (2019)

Skills

  • Surf guiding
  • Freediving
  • Bodyboarding
  • Fishing

Aboard Azalea Carpe Diem Honors Legacy MY Alice MY Andrameda MY Andiamo MY Coral Expedition MY Deja Too MY Jaguar

The Raajje Divers crew on deck between dives
The Raajje Divers crew on deck between dives
Soba and a crew member laughing on deck
All smiles between dives
Three of the crew on deck
Ready for the next drop

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