Maldives Snorkelling Book Day

World Book Day! An apropos time to showcase the top books on snorkelling (and diving) in the Maldives. There are 3 main books on snorkelling (and diving) in the Maldives…

• Dive Maldives by Tim Godfrey – The original. More focused on scuba diving, but it does highlight which sites are great for snorkelling too.
• Complete Guide to Diving and Snorkeling the Maldives by Sam Harwood and Rob Bryning – No dive charts like Godfrey features, but Harwood and Bryning do have more information specifically on snorkelling. For example, for every site they indicate not just a star-rating for diving, but also one for snorkelling.
• Diving & Snorkeling Maldives by Lonely Planet – A relatively recent find, though also out of print. Thinner and less comprehensive that the other two, but a handy guide for the most prominent sites.

All three cover the atolls with the most resorts…

• North and South Male
• Ari
• Felidhoo
• Lhaviyani
• Seenu
• Baa

Lonely Planet and Harwood/Bryning also both cover…

• Dhaalu
• Faafu
• Raa
• Meemu

But only Harwood/Bryning cover the following atolls…

• Thaa
• Kaamu
• Gaafu (Alifu amd Dhaalu)
• Noomu
• Shaviyani