The atoll stretches 23km (14 mi) from east to west, and 38km (24 mi) north to south. Out of a total of 56 islands, seven of the islands are inhabited, with a total population of around 6694. The capital island is Kudahuvadhoo (180km from the international Airport in Male)
The best spots are locate in the south of the atoll. TYPE OF WAVE: reef break
DIRECTION: left and right handers
BOTTOM: cora
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LEVEL: Intermediate, advance
LENGHT: 100-400 meter lenght
CROWDS an empty line-up. All for you. There is everything from barreling and hollow walls to soft and never ending playful waves. May to August can be fickle as the wind turns more southerly and may affect some of the south facing spots... strong S-SW swell having registers and reaching 3-12 feet...
All the year
water tempeture: 27°C - 28°C
Air tempeture avg: 30°C
Kudahuvadhoo
Location in Maldives
Coordinates: 2°40′N 72°54′E
Geographic atoll Indian Ocean (2°40' North; 72°54' East)
Administrative atoll Dhaalu Atoll
Distance to Malé 179.70 km (111.66 mi)
Dimensions
• Length 1.150 km (0.715 mi)
• Width 0.875 km (0.544 mi)
Population (January 2014)
• Total 3,580
Time zone MST (UTC+05:00)
Kudahuvadhoo (Dhivehi: ކުޑަހުވަދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Dhaalu or South Nilande Atoll in the Maldives. It is the capital of the atoll. Kudahivadhoo has a population of about 3,580 (this number includes the residents of Gemendhoo and Vaanee evacuated to Kudahuvadhoo after the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004). Kudahuvadhoo has one of the mysterious mounds known as hawittas. These mounds are the ruins of Buddhist temples from the pre-Islamic period (before 10th century) that have not been excavated yet. Thor Heyerdahl who explored the island in the early 1980s wrote that the ancient coral-stone mosque of Kudahuvadhoo possesses some of the finest masonry ever seen in the world. Kudahuvadhoo is a fast developing island in Maldives. The government has decided to develop an airport in Kudahuvadhoo by 2016
People from other islands come to Kudahuvadhoo for better education and health facilities. And also Kudahuvadhoo is the central urban hub in whole central area of Maldives which include Faafu atoll, Meemu atoll, Dhaalu atoll
