Maafushi is small. Sleep near the beach if you swim. The harbour is for boats, not a promenade holiday.
Bikini beach
The swimming strip. That is the map for most stays.
Harbour and village
Boats, tea houses, a mosque. Modest dress. A walk, not a shopping mall.
Sandbanks offshore
Day-trip only. No one lives there. Picnic, swim, return.
Next islands
Dhigurah for whale sharks (South Ari). Thulusdhoo for surf. Neither is a Maafushi suburb — they are separate speedboat days or nights.