Fotteyo lies within Vaavu Atoll and offers a concentrated set of channel, wall, and cave dives across sites including Fotteyo Kandu, Rakheedo, and Golden Wall. Topography is varied and dramatic, with drop-offs, caves, and overhangs forming much of the structure. Strong currents run through most sites, keeping the diving firmly in intermediate-to-advanced territory. Visibility is generally good, ranging from fifteen to forty metres depending on conditions. Water temperature stays consistent year-round. Whale sharks, silvertip sharks, whitetip reef sharks, turtles, and Napoleon wrasse are among the species recorded here.
Monthly water temperature across Fotteyo's sites, from satellite sea-surface data corrected for depth. The band shows the site-to-site spread.
Water temperature stays consistently warm throughout the year, hovering around twenty-nine to thirty degrees Celsius. Currents are the defining planning factor; they can be strong and unpredictable in the channels, so local guidance is recommended for first-time visitors to the area.
1 operator
Maldives
Water around Fotteyo stays near 30°C all year, based on satellite sea-temperature data for its dive sites.
With water around 29–30°C, a rash guard or 3mm shorty works in Fotteyo year-round.
Fin maps 7 sites in Fotteyo (7 scuba diving sites).
Across Fotteyo's dive sites, January, February, March, April and December are most often reported as the best months to visit.
