The venue was Subsix, positioned 500m offshore of the island resort Niyama in the Dhaalu Atoll, a 40-minute hop by buzzing seaplane from the capital Malé. Our hosts were the Maldives’ fabulous tropical fish and the fathomless sea.
Sharing a drink with tropical fish (Credit: PER AQUUM Niyama)
Subsix originally opened in 2010, constructed on land before being sunk and relocated to a coral garden carefully reconstructed by marine biologists. Fast-forward five years: the reef is flourishing and the nightclub has undergone a major underwater revamp.The club also only shuts when the last guest climbs the stairs to take the shuttle boat back to the island, a 15-minute ride away. Earlier in the week, so I was told, a group of Russian guests kept the party going until sunrise.
An entrance that descends 6m below the Indian Ocean (Credit: Rubina A Khan/Getty)
It may be a mixture of the spurious and the authentic, but it was as glamorous as any club you’d find after dark in New York.The Conrad maldives Rangali Island, you can dine underwater without getting wet, with 180-degree views of stingrays, sharks and snapper as they swim by.
Socializing at Subsix in the Maldives (Credit: Rubina A Khan/Getty)
Next year, the world’s first luxury stargazing observatory is set to open on Soneva Jani, the sister island to Soneva Fushi, where they already have a jungle cinema and treetop restaurant perched high in the rainforest canopy. It’s a seemingly theatrical approach to holiday luxury.
So what does it feel like to dance under the sea, with toothy sharks and stingrays eyeing your dance moves from on
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