Luxury liveaboard
MV Maldives Master
The most respected manta-and-whale-shark itinerary going. Skippered by the same captain since 2011.
- Length
- 38 m
- Cabins
- 12 (max 24 guests)
- Year built
- 2015
- Hull
- Steel monohull
- Cruising
- 11 knots
- Dive dhoni
- 20 m, 24-diver capacity
- Compressors
- 2 × Bauer · nitrox onboard
- Crew
- 16 · All Maldivian
The cabins.
2 cabin classes. Pick by ensuite arrangement, view, and how much you care about a window.
Master Cabin
Master CabinFrom $3,680pp
Upper deck. Queen bed, full bath, window view.
20 m²QueenWindowMaster Cabin
Standard Double
Standard DoubleFrom $2,840pp
Main deck. Double bed, ensuite, window.
14 m²DoubleWindowStandard Double
Sample itinerary.
MV Maldives Master runs one route. The exact site list shifts by month and current — here’s a typical week from a 2025 logbook.
Day
Atoll & site
Notes
Dives
Sat
Embark · Hulhumalé
Sail south to Ari overnight.
— check dive
Sun-Tue
South Ari · Whale shark daily
Morning surface search, afternoon dives at Kudarah, Five Rocks.
6 dives + snorkel
Wed-Sun
Baa · Hanifaru + cleaning stations
Five days at Hanifaru with permits, manta cleaning station dives elsewhere in Baa.
12 dives + snorkel
Mon
Sail south to Hulhumalé
Final dive in North Malé en route.
1 dive
Tue
Disembark
Return to MLE.
— off-gas
Upcoming departures.
Saturday-to-Saturday. Reserve a cabin to hold a date — final balance due 60 days out.
Want a different week?
Tell the desk what you’re after — month, cabin class, route — and we’ll come back with three options across vessels we’d actually book.
