Introduction to Water Bungalows - Chaaya Island Dhonveli

Built over the blue lagoon, Water Suites have a wide outdoor deck with private sun lounges and steps down to the water. The bedroom has a king sized bed and en suite bathroom with shower and personal spa bath. A separate living room features a divan/day bed, TV, entertainment system, minibar, telephone, writing desk and internet access.

Food and Drink

This surfing holiday is all inclusive, and the food is amazing. Help yourself to the Maldivian buffet restaurant or the International restaurant. If you fancy a cold drink after a hard day surfing then you can relax at one of the two water front bars.

Surfing at Water Bungalows - Chaaya Island Dhonveli

All the surfing in the Maldives takes place over coral reefs. The best surf is on the eastern and southern edges of the atolls, where the reef has just the right orientation to swell and wind direction. In those perfect spots, the Maldives surf season produces consistent, clean, straight swell lines.

The surf season runs from mid February to November, when low pressure systems in the southern Indian Ocean generate consistent swells. The early part of the season has the most stable weather, with light, favourable winds. Swell consistency and size improves from February, with March, April and May having very clean conditions.

June to August have the most potential for big swells (the WQS contest is held in June every year), although tropical storms can be more common in these months.

September and October are also very consistent months for swell, with winds less variable and tropical storms becoming less frequent. November is still quite consistent for small to medium size waves and the weather is usually perfect.