Male, Maldives
AMBA
About AMBA
AMBA is a 34 metre, 10 metre wide liveaboard built in 2004 and run by her German owners, who live on board and guide the trips themselves. She takes 22 divers in 11 air conditioned cabins with private bathrooms, including two luxury cabins with their own private terrace on the upper deck. Diving is run from an 18 metre dhoni with six wide exits, Bauer Pure Air compressors and free Nitrox 32 on every dive. Routes run from Male across the central atolls, up to Baa and Raa for the Hanifaru mantas, and down to the Deep South and Fuvahmulah for tiger sharks and hammerheads.
Choose your departure date
- 14Oct14 Oct – 25 Oct12D / 11NBest of Central Maldives (South tour) · Male → MaleOnly 1 spot leftfrom USD 2.629 /person
- 27Oct27 Oct – 07 Nov12D / 11NBest of Central Maldives (North tour) · Male → MaleOnly 1 spot leftfrom USD 2.629 /person
Included
- Usually 3 dives a day / fewer on crossing days
- Nitrox 32 percent
- Dive guides
- Weights and weight belts
- Full board
- Water / tea / coffee / juice
- Beach BBQ on every trip
- Airport transfers
- Tourism tax and service charge
Required extras
- !Green tax: EUR 12 per person per night
- !Comprehensive travel and scuba diving accident insurance (mandatory)
- !Flights to and from the Maldives
- !Rental equipment
- !15 litre tanks
- !Soft drinks and alcoholic drinks
- !Courses
- !Onboard bistro
Optional extras
- +Rental equipment and spare parts (available on board / prices on request)
- +15 litre tanks (to be pre-ordered and prepaid)
- +Diving courses
- +Soft drinks and alcoholic drinks
- +Onboard bistro
- +Crew tips: from USD 10 per guest and night in cash
Cabins
Luxury Cabin Upper DeckSuite · sleeps 2 · Upper DeckPrivate bathroom · from 2.629 EUR/person
Standard Bow Cabin Lower DeckDouble · sleeps 2 · Lower DeckPrivate bathroom · from 2.629 EUR/person
Standard Cabin Lower DeckTwin · sleeps 2 · Lower DeckPrivate bathroom · from 2.629 EUR/person
Standard Cabin Upper DeckDouble · sleeps 2 · Upper DeckPrivate bathroom · from 2.629 EUR/person
Boat specifications
- Year built
- 2004
- Length
- 34 m
- Beam
- 10 m
- Max guests
- 22
- Cabins
- 11
- Min. certification
- Advanced OW
- Minimum logged dives
- 30
- Beam
- 10 m
- Decks
- 4
- Tanks
- 12 L and 15 L aluminium, DIN valves
- Cabins
- 11
- Guests
- 22
- Length
- 34 m
- Engines
- Yanmar Heavy Duty 350 HP
- Generators
- 2 x Fischer Panda 40 KW, 1 x Kohler 80 KW
- Year built
- 2004
- Compressors
- 2 x Bauer Pure Air, 1 x Nitrox membrane
- Dive tender
- 18 m dhoni
Gear rental: Rental equipment and spare parts are available on board in limited quantity. Any gear not brought by the guest must be rented or bought before the first dive. Prices on request.
Payments: Prices in EUR per person. Tourism tax, green tax and service charge are already included. On board, cash in EUR or USD, or card with a 4 percent surcharge.
Boat features
- 34 m long and 10 m wide, built in 2004
- 4 decks with 11 air conditioned guest cabins
- Two luxury upper deck cabins with private terrace
- Air conditioned salon and dining area
- Shaded lounge deck with kiosk bar
- Sun deck with loungers
- Starlink internet and satellite phone
- Daily room service and laundry service
Food & drinks
- Full board: breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks, fruit and dinner
- International, Asian, Maldivian and Indian cuisine
- German chef on board
- Water, tea, instant coffee and juice included
- Vegetarian options on request
- Soft drinks and alcoholic drinks at extra cost
Diving on board
- Nitrox 32 included on all dives
- 18 m dive dhoni with six wide exits and ladder entry
- 2 Bauer compressors with Pure Air System and 1 Nitrox membrane
- 12 and 15 litre aluminium tanks with DIN valves
- Weights and weight belts included
- ENOS diver location system on the dhoni
- 3 dive guides with more than 3,000 dives each
- Groups of 6 to 8 divers, all dives guided
Navigation & safety
- GPS, compass, radar, depth sounder and fishfinder
- Garmin Navionics navigation system
- EPIRB on both vessels
- Life rafts and life jackets
- Emergency oxygen (100 litres)
- Fire extinguishers and suppression systems
- Medical emergency box
- Satellite phone and Starlink internet
Languages spoken on board
Drawings & Vessel Layouts
