1. Airports
Good lefts at Airports with a strong S-SW swell and NE wind. Max высота волны 6ft, min 2 ft. All tides surfing.
2. Beacons
Touted as the Maldives gutsiest wave, Beacons` powerful rights onto a unforgiving reef. SW swells will break down the reef, but a SE swell will create peaks slamming straight onto closeout sections of coral. Max 10 ft, min 2ft. All tides surfing.
3. Castaways
Less intense is Castaways, exposed on an outside reef which is predictable but shallow on the end of section, especially at low tide. Anything N is offshore and the deserted island backdrop is idyllic. Both Beacons and Castaways are flanked by “No names” lefts, across the channel, which have their days in big swells but tend to go unridden. Max 8ft, min 3ft. All tides surfing.
4. Blue bowls
Blue bowls is the most flexible right tucked inside the pass and protected from SW-W winds. More of a point style wave, it has good length of ride and nice bowly sections for performance moves. All swells, all tides and all sizes. Max 8ft, min 3ft. All tides surfing. Max 8ft, min 3ft. All tides surfing.
5. Five Islands
Five Islands is another righthander that breaks hard and hollow on the shallow inside reef. The outside section encourages deep take-offs into racy walls and handles the biggest swells at all tides. Max 8ft, min 2ft. All tides surfing.
6. Two ways
Two ways does just that and the right is generally better but it needs a big swell to hit its protected position. Fun peeling, long walls with a bit of depth to the water. Max 8ft, min 3ft. All tides surfing.
7. Love charms
Directly next-door to Two Ways are the reliable lefts of Love Charms, which can handle E winds and any size swell. Low tide is best when it is small, soft and broken into 2 distinct sections. Bigger swells morph it into a long, hollow wall, with powerful pockets. Max 10ft, min 2ft. All tides surfing.
8. Antiques
The next pass to the east is a narrow inlet between the islands of Gan and Gadhdhoo, where the first local surfers are starting to ride the lefts and reforms at Tiger Stripes. Antiques are the rights, which are always a couple of feet smaller and way more forgiving than the lefts. Max 6ft, min 2ft. All tides surfing.
9. Tiger Stripes
The next pass to the east is a narrow inlet between the islands of Gan and Gadhdhoo, where the first local surfers are starting to ride the lefts and reforms at Tiger Stripes. Antiques are the rights, which are always a couple of feet smaller and way more forgiving than the lefts. Named after the narrow gouges in the reef that give a striped effect, Tigers has some real growling lefts in a strong swell. Unimpressive when small, it always seems to be bigger than everywhere else. All tides, all variations of S swells and any N wind. Max 8ft, min 2ft. All tides surfing.
10. KH
KH`s is almost east coast and the 2 distinct take-off spots link together in bigger swell and tide conditions.
11. Koodhoo and Viligili
There is scattered, quality surf like Koodhoo and Viligili, located in Gaafu Alifu (Notrh Huvadhoo Atoll).Despite its idyllic location in the doldrums, the sea can be pretty rough, especially crossing the one and half degree channel.