Maldives Dive resort recommendations?

Any recommendation for an exciting dive resort in the Maldives:
> good house riff and boat dives (wreck dives?)
> good food
> Nitrox (plan to take a course)
> little entertainment at night (movies, games, pool, bar etc.), younger
people (I will go on my own)
> other important things that I may missed
(price should be reasonable but does not have prio 1)

Does anybody know if better resorts pick you up from the airport even at
night (my flight arrives at 10pm) or do I have to stay in Male for one
night?
Thanks for any tips.
Andy.

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 01:22:39 +0800, "Andreas Schopper"
<schopper@gmx.ch> wrote:

>Any recommendation for an exciting dive resort in the Maldives:
>> good house riff and boat dives (wreck dives?)
>> good food
>> Nitrox (plan to take a course)
>> little entertainment at night (movies, games, pool, bar etc.), younger
>people (I will go on my own)
>> other important things that I may missed
>(price should be reasonable but does not have prio 1)
>
>Does anybody know if better resorts pick you up from the airport even at
>night (my flight arrives at 10pm) or do I have to stay in Male for one
>night?
>Thanks for any tips.
>Andy.
>

Better resorts?

Transfers are done by Dhoni if local to the airport, or speed boat if
less local, but after that it's Seaplane. And they only fly VFR,
unless it's an emergency.

The "trick" is to make sure that the flight that lands at Male does so
in the morning, that way you won't need to stay in Male.

But if you do need to stay in Male, go to the airport hotel. Good
food, cold beers.

Pete S.