
In your search to the Top 3 Luxury Surf Resorts in the Maldives this blog will offer you some extra information to make a good choice. We have picked the top 3 luxury surf resorts in the Maldives and all the basics you’ll need to know can be found here. Enjoy
Six Senses Laamu
Six Senses Laamu resort is located on the privately owned Olhuveli Island in the Laamu Atoll, towards the south of the Maldives archipelago. Because this is the only resort in this atoll the surfers have the break to themselves most of the time. The best time for the wave is from April to October when wind and waves are up, with the biggest swells likely to occur in June to September.
With a strong focus on attention to detail, Six Senses Laamu is designed to offer individual style along with a strong sense of community. Your stay at the Six senses resort is truly unforgettable.
The result is an eco-friendly yet luxurious guest experience blending natural and diverse design personalities with the island’s lush vegetation.
Getting to Six Senses
Upon arrival at Malé (MLE) International Airport you will transfer to the Six Senses airport lounge; this is literally a couple of minutes away. You will have a 35-minute flight, giving you a spectacular view of the beautiful Maldives archipelago. The butler who will accompany you on the 15-minute speedboat ride to the resort will be waiting for you.
Waves
Six Senses Latitude looks over Ying Yang, a Righthander First surfed on a boat trip with Pat O’Connell and Satoshi Sekino, Yin Yang is a long outside reef corner right in a pass. Outside is a mellow wall, often cross shore, with safe rides in deep water. Then, the wave bends in the corner, mush out for a while, then wraps into one of the most critical sections in the Maldives. Inside section can be long and tubular, guys getting barreled 3 times.
Accommodations
Six Senses Latitude Laamu consists of 100 luxurious Beach Villas, Water Villas and Water Villa Suites, elegantly designed to provide an unparalleled level of privacy, comfort and luxury.
Villas are elegantly designed with a focus on natural materials creating a soft yet stylish retreat for guests.
Dining & bars
Six Senses Maldives offers over 6 top class restaurants and several nice bars. The innovative and unique experiences are located predominantly over water providing panoramic views of the lush islands of the Laamu Atoll plus spectacular sunrises and sunsets. Six Senses Laamu truly has options for everyone. The Organic Restaurant, perched above the resort’s own organic garden to provide sunset views, offers a la carte dishes with fresh produce from the garden or in the Atoll, plus daily line caught fish. It doesn’t get fresher. Altitude is a 6.4-meter-high glass tower rising out of the ocean showcasing its own well-stocked collection of wine, a Meat and Cheese Deli and a tasting table in its Centre – the coolest table in the Atoll.
Niyama Private Islands
This resort is probably one of the best resorts in the Maldives, whether you want the ultimate relax holiday or an active vacation. All the options you can find in Niyama Private Islands Resort. The surfing is world class here and besides that, all the other activities and treatments will ensure your stay at the Niyama resort absolutely incredible. Niyama resort has 2 very good right handers breaking very close by and a left hander breaking at NIYAMA but depends on wind direction for it to break.
Getting to Niyama
On arrival at (Malé) International Airport you will be picked up by Niyama’s resort staff. They will bring you to your private chauffeured car, which will bring you to Niyama’s own airport lounge at the Seaplane terminal.
After that you’ll take a 45/50 minutes by seaplane and discover NIYAMA. One of Maldives best resorts with world class waves in front of the resort. Quality time for the family and quality time for you when the surf is on!
Waves
Just off the edge of Niyama’s Island you’ll find Vodi, a powerful and sometimes hollow left hander. Off to the west and five minutes away by speedboat, Kasabu is a rippable and hollow right hander. Or explore some other options around Niyama under different conditions.
Vodi
Best conditions for Vodi are when the wind blows from a north to easterly direction. This left-hander becomes perfect when there is a light breeze. The wave is fast and challenging, but still surfable for the intermediate to advanced surfer. When the swell is small the waves are still fun and works good for fun-boards, single-fins and longboards. Even the beginners can enjoy!
This wave is exclusive for Niyama guests so never to crowded! In walking distance, and easy access. If you would like to stay as close to the wave, please request and we’ll try to get an accommodation as close as possible.
Kasabu
This is the spot to be surfed when the wind direction is northwest. Best surf conditions at this spot if the wind is westerly to northwesterly or with no wind at all. Kasabu is located on just across of the channel from Niyama’s Play island, approximately 10 minutes away by boat. The perfectly shaped reef offers world-class waves that are suitable for both beginners and advanced surfers
Enjoyable surf can be found more to the north towards the lagoon, waves are easier and more suitable for beginners.
Hocus Pocus / Screaming Kids
If it’s maxing out at Kasabu and Vodi this is the only place that still works. Not easy but a good right-hander that provides barrels.
Accommodations
Overwater pavilions, Stand-alone studios, Beachfront bliss and the many more villas with all its Luxury can be found at Niyama.
Ocean Pavilions with private pool, the two-bedroom waterfront bliss with a seaside porch leads to a sunken living room. A pantry and powder room on either side. State-of-the-art gadgets and iconic design. Probably one of the best villas to stay in the Maldives.
Dining
It’s almost impossible to make a good choice where te have your dinner. At Niyama you have the choice of 9 completely different restaurants & bars to choose from. Whether it be a cultural experience, dining among the blazing fires at Tribal or a more romantic night out watching the sunset over the water at Edge. You won’t find this experience anywhere.
Ayada
Ayada Maldives is a luxury surf resort located on a beautiful private island with pristine beaches and lush tropical greenery, Ayada Maldives offers a truly luxurious retreat with a genuine Maldivian style and can’t be missed out in our Top 3 Luxury Surf Resorts. With blue Bowls, Love Charms and Tiger Stripes all within a five to 15-minute boat trip from the resort this place has some of the best waves in the souther atolls of the Maldives.
Getting to Ayada
At the airport you’ll be picked up by the Ayada staff and escorted to a VIP lounge. The next step of your unforgettable holiday is a 55-minute flight over the most beautiful atolls to KDM domestic airport (the closest airport to Ayada). Then there will be met another representative of Ayada, who will take care of your luggage, surfboards and equipment and escort you to the harbor to board the 50-minute Ayada boat trip to the resort.
Waves
Ayada is located just before Two Ways (short paddle across the lagoon) and very close to Five Islands & Love Charms).
Best time to go is Jan – April & October – December with favorable winds and good conditions. Ayada Resort is close to Tiger Stripes /Antiques /Blue Bowls No boat trip needed anymore, simply enjoy the beauty and comfort of Ayada resort.
Some of the best surf breaks of the Maldives are just a short boat trip away from the resort. Depending on the swell, wind and local forecast, we will take you to the most suitable one, which are:
– Blue Bowls
(10 mins by speedboat)- Blue Bowls is the most flexible right, inside the pass and protected from SW-W Winds. This right wave is more for an advanced surfer. More of a point style wave, it has good a length and nice bowly sections for performance moves. All swells, all tides and all sizes.
– Five Islands
(across the channel) – Five Islands is also a right hander that breaks hard and hollow on the shallow reef inside. The outside section encourages deep takeoffs into racy walls and handles the biggest swells at all tides. This wave is the most suitable for a more experienced surfer.
– Love Charms
(across the channel) – are actually several reliable lefts, which can handle Eastern winds and any size of swell. Low tide is the best when it is small, soft and broken into two distinct sections. When the swell gets bigger it turns in a longer, hollow wave. On this left wave experience is required as well.
– Tiger Stripes
(15 mins by speedboat) – The reef that give a striped effect is why it’s called Tigers. The Tricky take offs into a long speedy wall before committing to an inside tube section that wraps and peters out in the channel. Unimpressive when small, it always seems to be bigger than everywhere else. All tides, all variations of S Swells and any N Wind.
Two ways, Castaways and Antiques are close by surf spots. The spots antiques and two ways are suitable for beginners so surf for every level of experience you’ll find at this surf resort Ayada.
Accommodations
Ayada Maldives with its nine different types of accommodation will suit to any type of stay– all with private pools and designed in authentic Maldivian style. Thatch-roofed water villas line the peaceful lagoons, while the beach villas offer ultimate privacy along the palm-filled shorelines.
The resort comprises Beach Villas, Family Beach Suites, Sunset Beach Suites, Ocean Villas, Sunset Lagoon Suites, Sunset Ocean Suites, Family Ocean Suites, and the outstanding duplex Ayada Royal Ocean Suite. All the Villas are designed, planned and constructed to provide you with an exclusive, unique, luxurious, modern but authentic experience for you. All the exterior and interior elements have been especially brought together to use the most durable natural elements.
Dining
Ayada Maldives offers the most exclusive dining experiences, with a selection of seven authentic restaurants and dining experiences to choose from. From over-water dining at Ocean Breeze to teppanyaki at ‘Mizu‘, Ayada offers a variety of cuisines and restaurants to cater for every dining preference. These restaurants will change your way of dinner for a long time! Enjoy
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