The channels in the Haa Alif Atoll are much wider, and shallower, than in the rest of the Maldives. This reduces the currents and makes diving suited to beginners. It’s the perfect dive location for beginners to progress and experience the excitement of drift diving with sharks in the atoll’s channels.In the south-west is the Filadhoo Wreck. It rests at just 46 feet (14 meters), and is covered in a variety of soft and hard corals. Table coral surrounds the wreck, and schools of groupers, snappers and fusiliers swim through its structure. Eagle rays occasionally swoop around the hull like a fighter jet in an old war movie. If you’re lucky, a whitetip reef shark may also be patrolling. Advanced divers can explore Heaven and Hell. This dives’s thila (submerged island) starts at 59 feet (18 meters) and has some of the atoll’s best corals. As you descend to 90 feet (30 meters), you’ll admire the reef’s overhangs which are covered with blue, pink, yellow and green soft corals. Turtles and an occasional manta will swim above you.In the center of the atoll is the Ihavandhoo channel, and a shallow thila located at 15 feet (5 meters). The top of the thila is a cleaning station, and when the currents are right, mantas can be found here. The top reef has soft corals and lots of macro life. At 59 feet (18 meters), there are overhangs with lobsters that are patterned like a humbug.