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Hodad Surfing

There are a few island resorts on the atoll edge that has good waves for surfing. From among the atolls, most charted surfs are in North and South Male’ Atolls. The resorts on the eastern reef of the atoll are ideally placed for the avid surfer. While some resorts offer regular boat trips to surf breaks,it is advisable to check with us for surfaris giving you the opportunity to test some of the less recognised but the most thrilling surf points in the atolls further away from Male’.

The recognised surf season in the Maldives is the Southwest Monsoon, from May to October (it's always surfing season if you are a real innovative surfer).

Northeast Monsoon from November to April. The Northeast Monsoon brings in fine weather and hence the period coincides with the high tourist season. However, the best surf is during the Southwest Monsoon. This has been recognised as the surfing season. The best months are from March to mid-November (tail end of the NE Monsoon through to the end of the SW Monsoon).