Whale Submarine Tour in Maldives

Embark on a 45-minute submarine excursion in Maldives into the underwater world, 100 feet beneath the ocean, in the comfort of an air-conditioned Whale Submarine Maldives. The certified crew of the Whale Submarine in Maldives will make sure that this submarine excursion in Maldives tour into the mysterious depths of the Indian Ocean, making sure that you have the smoothest and the most comfortable experience possible on this 2 hour Maldives submarine tour from Male’.

When you book the Whale Submarine in Maldives you will embark on a unique experience, which you cannot get anywhere else in the world. Whale Submarine Maldives will take you on a 45-minute cruise through the waters filled with tropical gardens and exotic marine life. Your underwater Maldives experience will be like nothing you have experienced before.

Whale Submarine Maldives is the largest, deepest diving passenger submarine in the world, capable of carrying 50 passengers and 3 crew to a maximum depth of 150 meters.

The complimentary Maldives submarine tour transfer boat will pick you from Male city or from the airport to take you to the submarine dive site to start your Maldives submarine tour. The transfer time is approximately 15 minutes away from Male’.

On reaching the Whale Submarine Maldives dive site, you will be transferred to the Maldives submarine tour platform where you will be served complimentary fresh towels, soft drinks, and tea/coffee before boarding. Boarding the Whale Submarine Maldives will start 15 minutes before dive time and passengers will enter the Whale Submarine Maldives  via the main hatch down a staircase. Once you are seated (free seating) for your submarine tour in Maldives, the Whale Submarine Maldives will begin your Maldives submarine tour by leaving the whale submarine floating platform and cruise on the surface while crew give you a safety briefing and demonstrate the use of safety equipment’s on board the submarine.

After an announcement, the whale submarine Maldives pilot will start the decent for the next part of the Maldives submarine tour, and through large acrylic view-ports in front of each seat, you can see the depths of the ocean and a school of surgeon fish greeting the submarine. On reaching a depth of 100 feet you will see a coral reef with different types of marine life and corals. Depending on the time of the day, you may see manta rays and the reef sharks swirling around this reef. The Whale Submarine Maldives is equipped with a fish feeding system to attract these creatures closer to your view-ports so that you can take a good look at the colourful fishes on your Maldives submarine tour.

While cruising underwater, the Whale Submarine Maldives will move slowly to avoid damaging the reef or scaring away the marine life. During the dive you maybe asked to switch seats so that both you and others can view the depths from a different view-port. Don’t forget to take your camera or phone with you so that you can take selfie with the pilot or the crew.

After 45-minutes of Maldives submarine tour, the Whale Submarine Maldives will come back to the surface and you will be transferred back to a boat. The boat will then take you back to Male’ City or to the Airport completing your submarine tour in Maldives.

Whale submarine Maldives dive schedules:

Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Dive times
11:00hrs - departure from male at 10:15
13:00hrs - departure from male at 12:15
14:30 hrs - departure from male at 13:45
1630hrs - departure from male at 15:45

Departure location: Male' Presidential Jetty

Dives availability depends on the number of bookings we receive.

Submarine does not operate on Monday's and Friday's.

How long is the Maldives submarine tour?

• Total time for the excursion including transfer time, waiting time, underwater time, etc is approximately 2hrs.
• Underwater time: 45 minutes

Meeting points:

• There are TWO Meetings Points, one in the capital city Male’ and one at the International Airport where all the tourists arrive and depart the Maldives.

Maldives submarine tour price:

The Maldives submarine tour price is same through out the year. There is no change in Maldives submarine tour price during high season, low season.  The whale submarine Maldives cost varies for adults and kids, ranging from, approximately, US$45 to US$85 for adults.

Maldives submarine tour price for adults: US$ 85.00 per person
Maldives submarine tour price for children: US$ 45.00 (3-11 years)

• Infants NOT allowed.
• The price includes all taxes. NO hidden charges.
• Adult means customers starting from 12 years and above.
• Child means customers 11 years and below.
• Infant means children below 3 years.