Safari in barca a vela sul Mar Rosso - Costruito intorno al tuo gruppo

A liveaboard is the only way to dive the sites that sit too far offshore for a day boat. You sleep on the water, wake up already on the reef, and dive three to four times a day for a week — including night dives, which a day boat can almost never offer.

TWO ROUTES, AND HOW TO CHOOSE

Northern Wrecks & Reefs — out of Hurghada and back. The SS Thistlegorm at Shaab Ali, the four wrecks stacked on Abu Nuhas — Giannis D, Carnatic, and the tile and lentil wrecks — the hard coral garden at Shaab El Erg, and Shark Reef at Ras Mohammed where the wall falls straight into the blue. Operators normally ask for Advanced Open Water and around 30 logged dives.

Brothers, Daedalus & Elphinstone — the offshore marine parks, and the harder week. Big and Small Brother rise out of deep water with the wrecks of the Numidia and the Aida lying on their walls. Daedalus and Elphinstone are exposed pinnacles in open sea, which is exactly why hammerheads, oceanic whitetips and the occasional thresher pass through them. The diving is genuinely demanding: real current, negative entries, and getting in and out of a Zodiac in swell. Boats ask for 30 to 50 logged dives and a decent level of fitness.

WHAT A WEEK LOOKS LIKE

Seven nights on board, around five and a half days of diving, and up to sixteen to twenty dives depending on the boat and the route. The first is a check dive near the departure port; after that it is three to four dives a day, dropping to two on the final day so you finish well clear of your flight home.

WHEN TO GO

The northern wrecks dive well all year. The offshore routes run when the weather allows, and the shark season on Brothers and Daedalus is at its strongest from late spring through autumn.

WHY THERE IS NO PRICE ON THIS PAGE

A liveaboard price moves with the boat, the cabin, the week and the size of your group — the same route can differ by several hundred dollars between two departures a fortnight apart. Publishing one number would mean publishing a number that is wrong for almost everyone reading it. Send us the dates and the group instead and you get real availability and a real quote.

WHAT TO BRING

Your certification card and logbook — the boat will ask for both. Your own regulator and dive computer if you own them, a wetsuit suited to the season, seasickness tablets for the crossings, and reef-safe sunscreen.