Spot · tier 3 · Maldives

Meedhupparu

Meedhupparu is a resort island in Raa Atoll (also referred to by its traditional geographic name, Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll), home to the 4-star Adaaran Select Meedhupparu resort. Windfinder lists it as a named wind/kite-sports spot. It is not related to any island currently in the dataset (the closest known entry, Kuredu, is in Lhaviyani Atoll, a different atoll to the south).

Wind

Water

type	lagoon
notes	Coral island with a fringing house-reef lagoon (Wikipedia notes the lagoon holds a mix of dead and regrowing coral post-1990s bleaching). Windfinder lists Meedhupparu as a named wind-sports spot, but neither source gives a lagoon-vs-open-water breakdown for kiting specifically.

Levels

Launch & crowd

Hazards

Coral (live and dead) in the lagoon — reef shoes / caution on entry

Travel basics

Sources: windfinder.com · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org