Cost index · 2026-09-15

A week of diving in Maldives

Seven nights, five dive days, ten dives, priced three ways. Download CSV

Backpacker

44 705THB

US$1,397 · 7 nights · 5 dive days

Dorm or fan room, street food, dives bought as a package.

Diving10 dives at the median 10-dive package rate 2 250 THB per dive (1 950–3 000 across 5 shops)22 500
Marine park fees192 one-off192
Accommodation7 nights at 2 048 THB (budget = 15th percentile of 13 rates)14 336
Food and drink3 meals + 2 drinks a day, 7 days5 443
Transportreturn travel 1 117 each way2 234
Total44 705
Middle

62 288THB

US$1,947 · 7 nights · 5 dive days

Air-conditioned private room, mixed eating, dives as day trips.

Diving10 dives at the median day-trip rate 3 000 THB per dive (2 200–3 200 across 3 shops)30 000
Marine park fees192 one-off192
Accommodation7 nights at 2 880 THB (mid = 50th percentile of 13 rates)20 160
Food and drink3 meals + 2 drinks a day, 7 days8 736
Transportreturn travel 1 600 each way3 200
Total62 288
Comfortable

76 356THB

US$2,386 · 7 nights · 5 dive days

A proper hotel, eat where you like, twelve dives instead of ten.

Diving12 dives at the median day-trip rate 3 000 THB per dive (2 200–3 200 across 3 shops)36 000
Marine park fees192 one-off192
Accommodation7 nights at 3 469 THB (comfortable = 85th percentile of 13 rates)24 282
Food and drink3 meals + 2 drinks a day, 7 days12 029
Transportreturn travel 1 926 each way3 853
Total76 356

Where the numbers come from

The diving line uses the shops' own published prices from our Maldives price index (0 of 92 prices read directly from an operator's website and linked there). Everything below is the collected rate data behind the other lines — 29 of 29 rows carry a source link. Where a tier has too few rates of its own, the figure is a percentile of all rates collected for the destination, which is stated on the line.

Accommodation

ItemWherePricePerChecked
Maafushi Oct avg / Jan max amaldives 2026 1 600 per night 2026-09-14
Thulusdhoo: Tropical Stay / Season Paradise thulusdhoo.mv (2022) 2 080 per night 2026-09-14
Fulidhoo avg nightly high Dec-Feb TripAdvisor 3 520 per night 2026-09-14
Dhigurah avg nightly high season Dec-Feb TripAdvisor 8 416 per night 2026-09-14
iCom Marina SeaView private (Maafushi, budget) Hostelworld 1 040 per night 2026-09-14
Tides Dhigurah (budget) Expedia 1 920 per night 2026-09-14
Whaleshark Beach (budget) Expedia 2 240 per night 2026-09-14
Arora Inn (Maafushi, budget) amaldives 2026 2 304 per night 2026-09-14
Aquzz in Maafushi (budget) budgetmaldives (Nov 2025) 2 528 per night 2026-09-14
Arena Beach Hotel (mid) budgetmaldives (Nov 2025) 2 880 per night 2026-09-14
Seaside Dhigurah (mid) Expedia 2 976 per night 2026-09-14
Bliss Dhigurah (mid) Expedia 3 136 per night 2026-09-14
Kaani Palm Beach (mid) budgetmaldives (Nov 2025) 3 264 per night 2026-09-14
Dhiguveli Maldives (upper-mid) Expedia 3 456 per night 2026-09-14
Kaani Grand Seaview (upper-mid) budgetmaldives (Nov 2025) 3 520 per night 2026-09-14

Food

ItemWherePricePerChecked
Soda amaldives 2026 32 per item 2026-09-14
Local meal (Maafushi) amaldives 2026 192 per meal 2026-09-14
Western/restaurant meal for two (Maafushi) amaldives 2026 960 per meal 2026-09-14
Guesthouse cafe meal (Dhigurah) amaldives Dhigurah (22 Apr 2026) 640 per meal 2026-09-14

Park and marine fees

ItemWherePricePerChecked
Green tax guesthouse <=50 rooms inhabited island, per person per night MIRA (official) 192 one off 2026-09-14

Getting there

ItemWherePricePerChecked
Public ferry Malé-Thulusdhoo maldives-magazine (Jan 2026) 96 per trip 2026-09-14
Scheduled speedboat Malé-Maafushi Maafushi Dive & Water Sports 800 per trip 2026-09-14
Shared speedboat Malé/airport-Maafushi per person one way halamaldif (upd. Sep 2026) 1 152 per trip 2026-09-14
Shared speedboat Malé/airport-Thulusdhoo per person one way halamaldif (upd. Sep 2026) 1 344 per trip 2026-09-14
Shared speedboat Malé/airport-Fulidhoo per person one way halamaldif (upd. Sep 2026) 1 600 per trip 2026-09-14
Shared speedboat Malé-Dhigurah per person one way halamaldif (upd. Sep 2026) 1 664 per trip 2026-09-14
Speedboat Malé-Dhigurah (guide) amaldives Dhigurah (22 Apr 2026) 1 920 per trip 2026-09-14
Shared speedboat airport-Dhigurah per person one way halamaldif (upd. Sep 2026) 1 984 per trip 2026-09-14
Domestic flight Malé-Maamigili (VAM) maldivesnomad (undated) 4 800 per trip 2026-09-14

Before you book on price alone

The cheapest week is rarely the one people remember. What changes a trip is how many divers are on the boat, whether the guide knows the site, and whether the shop cancels when conditions are bad. Those are what the Maldives ranking scores, and price is only one of its six criteria.

Cite as: "Cost of a seven-day dive trip in Maldives", topdiveshops.com, 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Ready to go? Book a shop at its own price.

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