Four Season Resort North Male Atoll Maldives
North Male Atoll, Maldives
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Status : In Operation

Specialties
Features antipasti buffet daily. A children's menu is available throughout the Resort.

CAFE HURAA
Café Huraa is the Resort's main restaurant, an open-sided thatched roof pavilion facing the free-form swimming pool and lagoon.

Breakfast has something for everyone. Café Huraa's sumptuous breakfast buffet includes fresh tropical fruits and juices, cereals, homemade breads, grilled meats and vegetables and a made-to-order omelette station.

The lunch menu offers a generous mix of popular dishes from East and West, featuring crisp salads, tasty sandwiches and a variety of innovative and creative meat and seafood choices.

Dinner at Café Huraa is a fun experience. Every evening, guests can enjoy family-style Asian fare featuring a taste of traditional curries, wok-prepared noodles and fresh vegetables, as well as a selection of mouth-watering seafood.

Specialties
Adjacent to the restaurant is the Barbecue Hut. This courtyard setting is the ideal location to savor grilled seafood and succulent meat. Sit outdoors under the shadow of tall hurandi trees and choose a freshly caught fish or lobster from the island dhoni, then watch Four Seasons chefs grill it to perfection. All dinners are accompanied by an extensive selection of homemade sauces and tasty side dishes.

Theme dinner celebrations are presented three nights a week. Indulge in Fisherman's Catch, lobster and crab, or experience steamboat, family-style Chinese table-top cooking.

NAUTILUS LOUNGE
The evening begins here for many guests, with a glorious sunset and cocktails in the Nautilus Lounge. This open-sided pavilion adjoins the reception area and overlooks the jetty and Spa Island. Music complements the relaxed mood, while a tantalising selection of Maldivian cocktails is available into the wee hours.

Afternoon tea is also served in the lounge. Choose from a traditional afternoon tea with finger sandwiches, pastries, scones and Devonshire cream, or a Maldivian afternoon tea with tuna chapatis, coconut scones, and foli and bokiba pastries.

POOLSIDE BAR
The Poolside Bar, built into the main swimming pool, is a popular place to celebrate an invigorating dive or simply relax in the warmth of the midday sun. Tropical drinks and a light snack menu are available throughout the day.

Surrounded by a large sunning deck and with an infinity-edge overlooking the blue horizon, our freshwater swimming pool is one of the largest in the Maldives. A swim-up bar provides refreshments.

Club Kuda Huraa is a state-of-the-art fitness facility featuring floor-to-ceiling windows, full-length mirrors, surround-sound music system, fitness equipment and the latest cardiovascular machines with individual flatscreen televisions.

DIVING
Open Water Course
We offer PADI courses in Japanese, German, Russian, French and English. The Open Water Certification course consists of four days of training in both theory and practical sessions. Upon successful completion, the certification is recognised worldwide and will open the door to endless adventures in diving.

Advanced Course
For those interested in expanding their dive horizons, sign-up for the Advanced Course; more time is spent on dives and less time in the classroom. A two-day course with five dives.

Bubblemaker Experience
Join us at the swimming pool as our team of experienced instructors guide you through the steps to exploring the underwater world. It is a pre-requisite that all participants are physically fit and able to swim. For children between 8 to 12 years of age.

Specialty Courses
Enhance your diving skills and knowledge with our Specialty Courses offered: Boat Diver, Underwater Naturalist, Multi-level Diver, Drift Diver, Night Diver, Deep Diver, Search & Recovery and many others.

PADI Discover Scuba Diving Course (2 hours)
Everyone can learn how to dive! Experience the thrill of diving under the close supervision of our PADI instructor. Your course consists of a theory briefing and one controlled ocean dive up to 12 metres. Participants of the Discover Scuba Diving Course must be over 10 years old.

Morning Dives (2-Tank Dives)
Every morning at 8:30 am our dive boats explore two sites. Refreshment of fruits and water is served during surface intervals. Our dive boats will be back at Kuda Huraa at approximately 12:45 pm.

Afternoon Dive (2-Tank Dives)
Every afternoon at 2:30 pm our dive boats explore two sites and will be back at approximately 6:00 pm.

Night Dive
For Advanced Diver, Night Specialty Diver or proofs of previous night dive experience. On request only.

Orientation Dive
If you have not been diving within the last three months and/or have less than 30 logged dives, or have recently completed an Openwater Course from another resort, and/or have less than 30 logged dives from another resort, you are required to do a check-out dive before engaging in boat diving activities. Check-out dives are conducted daily at 3:00 pm in the lagoon. Please present your certification card and log book (if any) when you register for diving.

All divers are advised to refrain from diving 12 hours after flying or 24 hours before flying. A medical clearance must be completed prior to your first dive at Kuda Huraa. Depending on your responses to a questionnaire, you may be required to pass a complimentary medical examination with our doctor.Housereef Dive

Our housereef is located approximately 500 metres from our dive centre. This dive is on request only and unlike the other dives, this dive will not be guided and requires a buddy system. A smaller, outboard engine boat will be used for this dive.

Full Day Safari
This full day excursion gives you the chance to see some of our distant dive sites in the South Malé Atoll. A choice of a 3-tank dive and also a picnic lunch onboard with either dhoni or speed boat. This is a private excursion and available upon request only.

Enriched Air Diver (EANx) Course
Don’t miss this opportunity to get a Nitrox certification in only two days. To enrol, you will have to be at least 15 years of age with an Advanced Diver certification or an Openwater Diver with at least 10 logged dives beyond Openwater training dives.

SURFING
Surfing Excursions
From April to October, the Maldives is blessed with some of the best surfing conditions on earth. Four Seasons Resort Maldives is located only a few minutes' boat ride from some of the best surf breaks to be found.

Our top surf sites are:
Sultans (Thamburudhoo Right), located on an uninhabited island on the eastern reef of North Malé Atoll. This is one of the most consistent waves of Malé Atoll, which never closes out, even on the biggest swells. The takeoff is a steep outside peak called "Phantoms," which slingshots into a very long, walled, super-fast section called the "Pinnacles," over 1 metre (4 feet) high. All three sections can be thrilling, almost insane tubes. Rides are 91–137 metres (100–150 yards).

Honky’s (Thamburudhoo Left), adjacent to "Sultans" on the eastern reef of the North Malé Atoll. Starts small and increases in size and intensity as it wraps 90 degrees around the island. A 1.8-metre (6-foot) wave on the takeoff ends up at least 2.4 metres (8 feet) on the end section, called "Fred’s Ledge." There are long rides and tubes through all sections, best on low tides unless the swell is huge. Best months for this wave are February, March and April – affected by strong currents in the southwest monsoon from May to October.

Named after of a poultry farm on the island, Chickens is located at Villingilimathi Huraa (Kuda Villingili), another uninhabited island on the eastern reef of North Malé Atoll. A pleasant thin, peeling, racing lip, when conditions are perfect.

Daily boat rides to surf breaks are available for the competent surfer. Your experience can also be recorded on video for posterity.

Surfing Instruction
An accredited Tropicsurf instructor is available to assist with all your surfing needs.

Surfing for Beginners
Learn how to surf in informative and fun introductory lagoon sessions, or take a level 1-certificate course that enables you to get out amongst the breaks and ride your first wave.

Surfer Improvement Clinic
Whether you're a beginner or a professional, we have a progressive certificate and instructional programme to help you attain your surfing goals. The combination of near-perfect waves with video analysis will assist you with anything from your "jump-up" to your tube-riding skills.

Water Sports Centre
Complimentary snorkels, masks, fins and non-motorized water sports such as sailboats, catamarans and state-of-the-art windsurfing equipment are available at the water sports centre daily. Motorized water sports equipment is available for a rental charge.