Diving into the Deep

Terrific Pacific

The Supermarket dive site off the shores of Six Senses Fiji showcases a plethora of marine life and white and black tip reef sharks are a common sight. They are not aggressive to humans but may come closer to investigate. Another thrill is to encounter green and hawksbill turtles. The latter are easy to identify through their sharp curving beak. After spending 20 years in the open ocean feeding on jellyfish, they settle in coral habitats and change their diet. They play a key role in the reef ecosystem as they eat the fast-growing sponges and enable other species and to colonize the gaps they create.

As the reef drops off into the blue, schools of barracuda, colorful fusiliers and grey reef sharks cruise along the reef wall. On top of the reef, divers can glide through the different maze-like caverns, and encounter clown fish, angel fish and parrot fish, as well as moray eels who also make these areas their version of their Finding Nemo home.

Dance like a manta

Six Senses Laamu is home to Deep Blue Divers, a PADI 5* dive center with a multilingual team of professional diving instructors teaching PADI courses rom Discover Scuba Diving to Divemaster. The waters around the resort are home to Hithadhoo Corner, a rich megafauna dive site and natural cleaning station for resident manta rays. From May to July and October to November, courtship is high on the mantas’ minds. The rare manta chain dance is truly a once in a lifetime experience to witness, during which the female tests the males’ strength by leading them on a dance, looping and swerving until there is only one male left.

The resort has received multiple prestigious awards for its contribution to sustainability, environmental conservation, and community engagement. The Aspire Sustainability Initiative of the Year, for instance, showcases the resort’s responsible approach to marine conservation through its marine science research and education center, the SHELL (Sea Hub of Environmental Learning in Laamu). The SHELL is also home to the Maldives Underwater Initiative’s 10 marine biologists from three NGOs in addition to our own in-house marine biologists, fostering an environment of collaboration, innovation, and education. 

Guests of all ages can get involved in ongoing research projects, restoring seagrass beds, protecting our beautiful residents such as turtles and manta rays or replanting corals in one of coral nurseries. The Junior Marine Biology program taps into the passion of future ocean stewards and encourages them to protect endangered habitats both in Laamu in the Maldives and across the globe.

Omani oceanic

With its prime position on the Gulf of Oman, Six Senses Zighy Bay is blessed with an incredible underwater world with beautiful hard and soft coral reefs that attract a wide variety of marine life eager to feed on the plankton-rich waters. So, whether you would like to explore diving for the first time or an experienced diver, our expert dive school Extra Divers will assist you during your aquatic journey.

Be a mermaid for the day

Diving is a great activity for the whole family at Six Senses Kanuhura, where youngsters as young as eight can join the PADI Bubblemaker program, a safe and fun introduction to diving that can be completed in just a few hours. For more experienced divers, the The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course (AOWDC) is fun and highly customizable according to your interests. To accommodate all divers’ needs, we schedule our dive boats to go out three times a day. Choose the option(s) that suits you best. All our boat dives include a light snack (fruit skewers, pastry, coffee, tea and drinking water).

For anyone with basic swimming skills, we invite you to pull on your shimmering fabric mer-tail and dive into the magic with us! This program is designed for divers and non-divers alike, requiring no prior knowledge or experience to enrol.