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MALDIVES NATURE ALMANAC

Today in the Maldives

Weather, tides, the nakaiy season, the Islamic and Gregorian dates and the monsoon — live, in one place.

WEATHER FORECAST

Weather across the atolls

Live conditions, the next 24 hours and a 7-day outlook for any atoll. Choose an atoll or use your location.

TIDES & SEA

High and low tide for every atoll

A tide curve with high and low times, waves, swell and sea temperature — plus a quick comparison of all 20 atolls.

MALDIVES CALENDAR

Gregorian, Hijri and nakaiy — side by side

Every day shows its Hijri date, moon phase, nakaiy and monsoon. Public holidays based on the Islamic calendar are estimates until the moon is sighted.

NAKAIY

The 27 nakaiy of the Maldivian year

For centuries islanders have read the sea and sky through 27 periods of 13–14 days, each named after a star. Tap any nakaiy on the wheel.

MONSOON

Iruvai and Hulhangu

Two monsoons shape island life: the dry northeast Iruvai and the wet southwest Hulhangu, with changeable weeks in between.

MAP

Every island, every atoll

Explore more than 1,100 named islands across 20 administrative atolls. Filter by type, search by name and open weather and tides for any island.

ISLANDS

All islands, atoll by atoll

Search the island register, filter by atoll and type, and jump to any island on the map.

GEOGRAPHY

A nation of reefs, lagoons and low islands

The Maldives sits on a long submarine ridge in the Indian Ocean, a chain of coral atolls that crosses the equator.