Accommodations

Luxury liveaboard diving yachts Scubaspa Ying and Scubaspa Yang have been designed to accommodate up to 40 guests. With 10 cabins and nine suites on each yacht, tastefully decorated and all with panoramic sea view or port lights, guests can choose from queen, king, or twin bed combinations. One suite and one cabin sleep up to three people. All have air conditioning and en-suite bathrooms with showers.

Manta Suites

Four suites with king-size beds, all with twin bed options, and one suite with a queen-size bed.

Set on the main deck, Manta Suites are Scubaspa’s premium cabins combining comfortable twin or king-size beds with thoughtfully appointed seating areas. Pared-back designs feature natural tones and materials whilst large oval panoramic windows set into the hull offer uninterrupted ocean views and total privacy.

• Largest suites onboard
• Located on the main deck
• Panoramic window
• 3m wide
• Air conditioning
• King-size bed
• Sitting area
• Mini fridge
• Mini safe
• En-suite

Dolphin Suites

Three suites with queen-size beds.

Beautifully decorated, the Dolphin Suites are set on the main deck and offer queen-size beds with generous seating areas. Earthy and blue fabrics complement the natural color scheme whilst oval panoramic windows set into the hull offer uninterrupted ocean views and total privacy.

• Located on the main deck
• Panoramic window
• 3m wide
• Air conditioning
• Queen-size bed
• Sitting area
• Mini fridge
• Mini safe
• En-suite

Sea Star Cabins

10 cabins with queen-size beds and one with an additional second bed.

The spacious Sea Star Cabins are situated on the lower deck. All have a queen-size bed and one features an additional second bed, for three guests sharing. Sensuous driftwood sculptures blend with earthy and jewel tones to provide a relaxing setting. Each Sea Star Cabin is generously fitted with two opening port lights.

• Located on the lower deck
• Air conditioning
• Queen-size bed
• Mini safe
• En-suite

Spa

The Asian-style 300m spa is the largest of its kind in the Maldives. Spanning two decks, facilities consist of six treatment rooms, including one for couples’ therapies, a secluded deck for open-air Thai massage or meditation, and a shaded spa lounge for relaxation and yoga.

Therapies use products made with organic ingredients, botanical extracts, and essential oils, designed exclusively for Scubaspa. The menu consists of more than 20 treatments including Balinese, Thai, Filipino ‘Hilot’, Ayurvedic, Hawaiian Lomi-Lomi, Warm Bamboo, Lava Shell, and Hot Stone therapies. Guests enjoy eight treatments of their choosing over a week.

Sunrise Yoga

Enjoy the sounds of the sea and the warmth of the sun while practicing yoga as the sun rises. No experience is necessary and all skill levels are welcome. This session will include asanas (poses), pranayama (breathing) and meditation. If you are new to Yoga, this introduction is perfect for you.

By practicing simple and easy yogic techniques, the body and mind begin to work in harmony making for a healthier and stress-free life.

Scubaspa Dive School

Scubaspa offers a variety of courses from single introductory dives to beginner and advanced certifications. Those new to diving benefit from expert tuition provided by the multilingual dive instructors, who will guide guests through the entire process at a level suited to everyone, with full PADI Open Water and specialization certifications available. Snorkeling is available to everyone who can swim and children as young as ten can learn how to scuba dive.

Dive Sites

Living aboard a luxury dive boat offers the opportunity to visit many different reefs and dive sites throughout the Maldives and Scubaspa vessels cover a wide area including the following:

North and South Ari Atoll: There are many Maldivian atolls where pelagics and big schools of fish can be seen, but Ari Atoll may be the place with the greatest reliability. Whale sharks, mantas, hammerheads, and eagle rays are frequent visitors, as well as large residents like the Napoleon wrasse, grey reef, and white tip sharks, plus large schools of blacktail barracuda and batfish. Broken Rock in North Ari Atoll is a unique formation with a canyon that breaks the reef in two. Look for large fan corals in the canyon and turtles, scorpionfish, moray eels, and good coral growth on the reef.

In the South Ari Atoll lies the Kudhimaa Wreck, a medium-sized steel wreck lying very close to the Machchafushi house reef. Purposely sunk in 1998 the wreck has easy access to the cargo holds on both sides. On and around the shipwreck live schools of batfish, pufferfish, boxfish, and the customary large lionfish. The wreck is bursting with macro subjects for budding photographers and filmmakers.

Vaavu Atoll in the South features deep channels with nutrient-rich, fast-flowing currents. At any time of year, encounters with schooling reef sharks as well as several different shark species including the occasional hammerhead can be expected. The area boasts Fotteyo Kandu – considered by many to be the best dive site in the Maldives with its swim-throughs, caves, and overhangs. Expect to see tuna, trevallies, unicorn fish, snappers, triggerfish, eagle rays, mantas, and groupers.

North Male Atoll was one of the first to be discovered for its scuba diving delights and comprises some of the oldest and most popular sites including Gaathugiri, also known as Banana Reef. Breath-taking topography with magnificent rock faces, numerous caves, steep drop-offs, and precipitous overhangs await exploration. The marine life is just as awesome with sharks, manta rays, trevally, black snappers, grouper, schooling bannerfish, large morays, squirrelfish, soldierfish, and Maldivian grubfish. South Male Atoll includes Kandooma Thila, a large teardrop-shaped pinnacle with dramatic scenery and prolific fish life. The walls are covered with soft corals and patrolled by schools of red bass and big-eye trevally. Grey sharks, white-tip sharks, and eagle rays frequent the area, whilst on top of the reef green turtles and batfish swim around undisturbed.