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Authentic dive travel
Guest house and dive centre on Kelaa Island
Maldives Dive trips and stays from 31st Oct 2026

15/10/2026

Lots of projects on the go, building, planting,painting and the start of building a coral nursery 🪸🐠

04/10/2026

Divemaster training is underway in Kelaa, in the far north of the Maldives. Learn, dive and build your skills surrounded by clear water, vibrant reefs and a close-knit island community.

Ready to take the next step in your diving journey? Come stay with us and dive with Salt & Compass Dive Centre.

27/09/2026

Take a breath, feel the sea, and let Kelaa Island help you unwind and reset. 🌴🌊

And if you scuba dive? Happy days , the North Maldives is waiting beneath the surface. 🤿🐠

21/09/2026

Building Salt & Compass Dive Centre involves more than paperwork and planning, sometimes we need to get out on the boat and explore the reefs ourselves.

Today took us from Kelaa to the harbour, out across the atoll and beneath the surface. Every trip helps us learn more about the local dive sites and the experiences we’ll soon be sharing with our guests.

We can’t wait to welcome divers to this beautiful, less-explored corner of the Far North Maldives. 🤿🌊

15/09/2026

Day 1 — heading Far North. 🌊

After months of planning, messages, calls and working out the details from thousands of miles away… we’re finally on our way back to Kelaa.

Malé ✈️ Hanimaadhoo 🚤 Kelaa.

This time it feels different. We’re not just visiting, we’re heading there to start turning the plans into something real.

A small island. A guest house. A dive centre. And plenty of work ahead.

This is where the Salt & Compass journey really begins.

📍 Kelaa, Haa Alif Atoll, Maldives 🇲🇻

10/09/2026

The Maldives isn’t all blue skies and cocktails. 🌧️🤿

Rain hammering down, gear everywhere, boxes to sort, equipment to organise and a list of jobs that seems to get longer by the hour.

But this is the real side of setting something up from the ground up. Get wet, get stuck in and get it done.

Salt & Compass Dive Centre and Jasmine Sea Guest House are taking shape one job at a time.

No resort life. No polished edges. Just island life, hard graft and a plan. 🇲🇻

02/09/2026

Off the beaten track paradise.

27/08/2026

From beneath the surface of Kelaa, Maldives. Marine life with no crowds.

15/08/2026

Two dives two species of shark and a graceful stingray cruising across the reef. Just another glimpse of the incredible marine life waiting beneath the surface in Kelaa. 🦈🌊

Wild, uncrowded and beautifully untouched—this is diving in the far north of the Maldives.

📍 Kelaa, Haa Alif Atoll
🤿 Dive with Salt & Compass

31/05/2026

It may be unusually wet but feeling very optimistic 🤿

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Kelaa

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https://www.saltandcompassmaldives.com/

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