Overview

Let the Handhu Fahli guide you to some of the best waves on offer in the Maldives. This is the best budget trip in the Maldives with a crew with vast experience catering to surfers. The captain and crew of Handhu Fahli have been catering to surfers for the past three years and are a great bunch of characters who are eager to please. The Handhu Fahli will become an unforgettable surf trip of a lifetime

Description

The Outer atolls host a dozen classy set-ups that turn on only for a short window from February to April. Indo style waves,long walls and full on barrell sections. Enjoy this incredible wave park! Additioally Aussie surf guide 'Stumpy' Wallace gets you to the right spot without fail. Dodge the crowd and get to the right wave with Stumpy's expert know-how. This is the best budget trip in the Maldives with a crew with vast experience catering to surfers

Standard Inclusions

• Return domestic flights to Southern atolls
• 12 night Outer atolls charter onboard 75' Handhu-Fahli
• All meals,
• Services of experienced Aussie surf-guide
• 1 bottle water per day
• * March 2012 trips are phototrips and include a professional photo package of yourself surfing compiled by award winning photographer, Brett Wortman.

Trip Info

Great Value

Handhu Fahli is still a relatively new vessel, having been launched in 2005 and operating for three seasons. She is the sister boat of the "Handhu" and almost identical in layout with five air-conditioned and fan-cooled twin cabins with ensuite bathrooms and upper air-condtioned saloon/lounge with TV, DVD and stereo. The outdoor shade areas provide a great place to chill between surfs and the aft deck is a great fishing platform.

Super Friendly Crew and Expert Aussie Guide 'Stumpy'

The captain and crew of Handhu Fahli have been catering to surfers for the past five years and are a great bunch of characters who are eager to please. Expert Surf Guide 'Stumpy' will make your trip truly memorable and will do the utmost to ensure you surf needs are met and you score the best wave possible whilst minimising the possibilities of crowds.

Detailed Information

In spite of the rising running costs in the Maldives due to the massive hike in fuel prices, Handhu Fahli trips are still extremely affordable and will operate with a minimum of six/maximum of 10 passengers. Handhu Fahli has become extremely popular with repeat guests. So spaces advertised on Gosea.com are a rarity.

Food is a mix of local and western dishes with plenty of it to refuel you after surfing up to eight hours per day.

The Male atolls host over a dozen quality breaks and Handhu Fahli charters will give you an opportunity to sample these.

Non-surfing activities
Night fishing, snorkelling, barbecue on desert Islands, Island hopping, visits to resort Islands, visits to uninhabited Islands and local fishing villages.

Island culture - Our guides love to take guests to village islands to experience the traditional Maldivian way of life. Most resort tourists never get to experience this, another good reason to do a boat charter.

Handhu Fahli Specifications

Size
Length 78 ft / width 22 ft

Cruising speed
10 knots

Guest cabins
5 cabins (10 passengers) with attached toilet and shower with hot and cold water

Crew
1 captain, 1 chef, 2 crew, 1 surf guide

Equipment
1 engine 225 hp (Cummins), 1 fibreglass dinghy with 15 hp outboard engine, 1 desalination plant (4800 litres per day), 2 soundproof marine generators (22.5 kW and 17.5 kW), 5 air-conditioned cabins and restaurant, expresso coffee machine, snorkelling and fishing gear, TV, VCD/DVD player, video cassette player, hi-fi system, washing machine.

Navigation and
communication
CB radio, mobile phone, GPS, searchlight, binoculars, plotting
tool kits, compass and charts.

Activity Info

Great Surf

Maldives: Southern (Outer) Atolls
Surf Break descriptions
By Stu Johnson ? Outer Atolls Surfguide.Gaafu Dhaalu starting from the airport making your way around in a clockwise direction some of the breaks don?t have names so will give the island name also some of the breaks have two names so will give both Kaededhdhoo - right, island with the airport on it, has a right hander that is fun when the swell is large is on the west side of the atoll so doesn?t receive as much swell as the other breaks.
Beacons or barracuda point - right, one of the most powerful and hollowest wave in Maldives, faces south so picks up plenty of swell, needs north west or north wind so always better early season February to April. Pretty short ride with easy takeoff where you then line up for the inside and the fun begins best on mid to high tide and can be surfed 2 to 10 feet.

Dhigulaabadhoo - left, across the channel from beacons we call it dhiraagu after the phone company in the Maldives as the island is shaped like a phone. A sort of fat ride on the takeoff and if the swell direction is right can link up with another section on the inside where it produces a bit more speed and power, needs same wind as beacons and can be surfed on all tides. Plenty of marine life around here common to see whale sharks.

Castaways - right, very shallow only to be surfed on high tide, when the swell is over 4 foot breaks out the back where a fun wave can be had and you make the choice to keep going through to the inside where it hits the shallow ledge and gets a bit tricky, nice little deserted island in front of the break.

Blue bowls or voodoos - right, long wave not so hollow but a lot of fun best around 4-6 feet on mid tide it is protected if the wind swings around to south south west which is common in April.
Gani point - right, also protected from south winds, gets hollow, best on mid to high tide.

Booga reef - left and right, a Bombi in the middle of channel into atoll, not so hollow but a fun ride can be had the right usually being the pick needs west to north west wind.

Love charms - left, great wave from takeoff to finish, nice tube on the inside breaks 2-10 feet needs west to north winds and can be surfed on all tides.

Rockets - left, fun wave not so hollow but nice long walls to be had picks up plenty of swell and can be surfed all tides needs west to north winds.Note: There are some more spots on the top of the atoll (Gaafu Alofi) always smaller though as swell is blocked from the east side of the atoll which sticks out past these channels into the atoll.

Surf Guide 'Stumpy' Maximizes Surf Time

Handhu Fahli operates with Australian surf guide Stumpy Wallace. Stumpy was one of the first full Western Surfers to lay eyes on the Outer Atolls and has since made yealry pilgrimages back to this beuatful part of the world. His initimate knowledge of the region and ensure you're at the right spot when the right wave breaks. His knowledge of swell directions, tide and their effect on the region means that you are in the right spot daily. Stumpy is committed to creating the best surf experience possible with minimum crowd factor.

OtherActivities

Non-surfing activities
Night fishing, snorkelling, barbecue on desert Islands, Island hopping, visits to uninhabited Islands and local fishing villages.

Island culture - The crew are only to happy to take guests to village islands to experience the traditional Maldivian way of life. Most resort tourists never get to experience this, another good reason to do a boat charter.

Testimonials

just wanted to write to let you know that our trip was absolutely unbelievable. We had some tough wind conditions in the beginning, but Haku and the crew knew where to be when the conditions cleared. We surfed Five Island for the majority of the trip because it worked best with the wind conditions. Then, we scored Blue Bowls for the last few days of the trip, which was absolute perfection. The boat was nice, but even better were Haku and the crew: besides Haku's knowledge of the area, he and the crew were super gracious, fun, and soulful. We learned a lot from them. Finally, Gaafu Dhaalu is an incredible spot: the surf is all time, the reefs are intricate and alive, the people on the islands are cool, and it is incredibly remote. Basically, it is a trip we will remember for the rest of our lives.

Hopefully, we'll get a group together to go during March in a few years.

Thanks again for all of your work.