Barefoot Thila

A shallow house reef of Hondaafushi Island, starting at around 5 metres, sloping to beyond 18-20 metres in places. Some large boulders teeming with life on the top reef and slope with some small cave type overhangs, often hiding rays, whitetips and large groups of lobsters.

Located on the east side of Hondaafushi Island. Suitable for all levels of divers. The dive takes place on a sandy plateau, among many coral blocks and the acropora and table coral families, before sloping down to a sandy bottom at around 15-20m.

Shallow top reef with interesting boulder and old coral formations, sloping to sand at an average of 20-25m. Deep overhangs and shelves close to the sandy bottom offering refuge and hiding places for lobsters, rays and grouper among others

A medium sized thila, the highest point being around 14 meters, dropping to its base at around 30 meters. Here we descend in open water, to the base, circling the thila a few times while shallowing, to discover many differences from bottom to top.

This dive often begins on the shallower sandy patches, between the older coral formations within the natural, shallow lagoon. Moving to the edge, down and along the wall, eventually descending down to the sandy bottom at about 25 meters, where some large blocks of corals and rocks are full of life.

Small Thila dropping to 30m on the deepest side with a top at around 15m, located a short distance from the main faru (reef). Plenty of hard and soft corals with some overhangs on the deeper side, often patrolled by large jack fish, (blue fin and giant trevally), white tip reef sharks and sting rays on the sand

Finey is one the most colourful thilas in the area. The top of thila is around 15 metres and drops to its base at around 30 metres. The entire thila wall is completely covered by yellow, blue, purple and orange soft corals. A small canyon at one end offers refuge to a vast array of species.

This long narrow “thila“ is made up of three separate pinnacles, starting from 30-35m and finishing with the shallowest part at 15m, this dive site is for those looking for a deeper dive. Best dived with nitrox.

Within sight of our resort jetty and bordering our beautiful lagoon, the Barefoot House Reef is the perfect dive site for entry level and experienced divers alike. This is a shallow top reef, gently sloping to a sandy bottom at around 12m, often with very little to no current. Suitable for all.

A typically shallow top reef, gently sloping to a sandy bottom at 25-30m. The slope is covered with many large rock formations, small ledges and overhangs, offering refuges to fish, turtles, morays and some macro subjects.