Dive Review of Carpe Novo/Kiha Beach in
Maldives/North Atolls

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Carpe Novo/Kiha Beach: "Whale Sharks and Mantas!!", Oct, 2021, by Carl Belles, FL, US ( 1 report with 2 Helpful votes). Report 11688 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	Combo land-based and liveaboard trip postponed due to COVID. We spent 3 nights land-based with the express purpose of snorkeling with mantas and whale sharks, before joining the Carpe Novo liveaboard for a week of diving. Overall, a great trip, with some cautions/criticisms. Travel to the Maldives was pretty uneventful. We got our Maldives-mandated PCR test 48 hours before departure from our first airport (must be within 72 hrs per Maldives entry requirements) at our local urgent-care clinic. Maldives health declaration was relatively easy to complete on mobile devices. NOTE: Maldives government requires that form be completed within 24 hrs of arrival to Maldives, and some airlines were checking for completed form before departure from US. We completed form once in US before check-in with airline, and then completed it again during layover to comply with entry requirement. Flew Qatar Airways MIA-ORD-DOH-MLE using AA miles for Business Class. Aircraft were equipped with QSuites on both international legs; well worth it if possible, and an excellent value if redeeming AA miles. Check-in took longer than usual due to the agent checking all of our documentation; have everything printed out or already up on your mobile to speed the process. Crew were friendly and charming, food and beverage service were excellent as always, and QSuites are super-comfortable and well-appointed. We had individual window seats on the way to MLE; we switched to middle, rear-facing seats for the return as the barrier between these seats can be lowered to create one larger space. Excellent choice for couples, and being rear-facing didn’t bother either of us. Transfer in Doha was as easy as ever. Our layover was long enough that we opted to get a room at the in-airport Oryx Hotel. Not cheap, but no ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Carpe Novo Kiha Beach
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Primarily Caribbean and East Coast US, with forays to Fiji, Hawai'i, and the US Pacific Coast.
Closest Airport	MLE	Getting There	Easy connections through Middle Eastern and European gateways (we flew Qatar through Doha).
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Max. depth
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	> 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
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Dive Review of Carpe Novo/Kiha Beach in Maldives/North Atolls

Carpe Novo/Kiha Beach: "Whale Sharks and Mantas!!", Oct, 2021,

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Dive Review of Carpe Novo/Kiha Beach in
Maldives/North Atolls