LIVE ABOARD DESTINATIONS
Scuba Diving Live Aboard holidays are a fantastic way to explore the wonders on the undersea world. Explore just some of the amazing destinations inluding the Maldives and Ari Atoll, Thailand and the Similan Islands, Indonesia with Raja Ampat and Komodo, Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, Egypt and the Red Sea.
The liveaboard operators offer a wide range of dive tours including reef diving, wreck diving, whale diving, shark diving, night diving, cold water diving and u/w photography.
ANTARCTICA
Liveaboards in Antarctica are a fantastic way to fully experience and appreciate the magical icy splendour of one of the world’s remotest and lesser-visited areas. Offering incredible polar diving for experienced cold water divers, you can expect to see an array of captivating wildlife as well as spectacular underwater ice formations and dazzlingly bright blues as the sunlight hits the water.
ARTIC
Liveaboards in the Arctic offer an exceptional chance to experience stunning scenery, interesting wildlife, a different way of life, and striking natural phenomena. If you’ve ever dreamt of spotting a polar bear in the wild, an Arctic expedition cruise could be just what you are looking for. Always wanted to see the northern lights? Head to the Arctic! There are so many incredible attractions and activities you can enjoy on a trip to the Arctic, including fantastic polar diving.
AUSTRALIA
Liveaboard diving in Australia is a must for many divers’, and when anyone considers Australia as their next holiday destination, it’s impossible to overlook what is on offer underwater. With a coastline of over 25 000 kilometres, much of it in tropical and sub tropical waters, the ‘lucky country’ is blessed with outstanding diving, guaranteed to please all levels from a novice up to the most experienced.
BAHAMAS
There is no better way to see this picturesque archipelago of islands than on a Bahamas liveaboard, it’s an easy, comfortable and enjoyable way to travel and explore the underwater world. It certainly contains all the elements for a possibly unforgettable experience. The Bahamas is an archipelago consisting of 700 islands located in the Atlantic Ocean. The Bahamas provides a mecca for paradise islands, crystal clear waters and thriving wildlife, in and out of the water.
BELIZE
Liveaboard diving in Belize offers divers the chance to visit the amazing Belize Barrier Reef, the largest in the Northern hemisphere and second largest reef system in the world. A dive cruise onboard a Belize liveaboard will take divers to the famous Blue Hole, a giant blue submarine sinkhole that offers a unique dive into its depths. Belize the country is a democratic, English and Spanish speaking nation. Located on the Eastern Coast of Central America, the weather is mild, the topography spectacular, is reputed as one of the regions best diving destinations.
COSTA RICA
Liveaboard diving in Costa Rica is the big draw for divers who wish to explore the amazing dive area Cocos Island – where it’s become known as a hotspot for large schools of sharks. Lying between the marine rich waters of the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, Costa Rica is a small but bold Central American country, blessed with stunning rainforests, diverse wildlife, and incredible scuba diving. Liveaboard diving in Costa Rica will allow the adventurous to travel far out to sea, exposing themselves to an underwater world rarely matched across the globe.
EGYPT
Liveaboard diving in the Egyptian Red Sea is spectacular, the land is known for its ancient history – Pharaohs and Pyramids but is also a mecca for scuba divers and snorkellers. Wrecks, colourful corals and big fish abound but it’s the off-shore sites such as Daedalus, The Brothers & St. Johns, only reachable by dive liveaboards which can provide the ultimate thrill and the best experience.
FIJI
Liveaboard diving in the Egyptian Red Sea is spectacular, the land is known for its ancient history – Pharaohs and Pyramids but is also a mecca for scuba divers and snorkellers. Wrecks, colourful corals and big fish abound but it’s the off-shore sites such as Daedalus, The Brothers & St. Johns, only reachable by dive liveaboards which can provide the ultimate thrill and the best experience.
GALAPAGOS
Liveaboard diving in Galapagos captures the imagination like nowhere else. It is a paradise for anyone who is passionate about nature. The islands famously inspired Charles Darwin´s theory of evolution and is home to a vast number of animals and birds that can only be found in Galapagos. The Marine reserve is no exception with Galapagos sharks, marine iguanas and Galapagos penguins. No surprise then that Galapagos Marine reserve is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site and subject to the strictest protection. Most divers who venture to Galapagos are looking to visit the spectacular Darwin and Wolf islands only accessible by liveaboard.
INDONESIA
Indonesia is an undisputed liveaboard diving and SCUBA diving mecca. Indonesia holds four times more ocean than land and stretches from Indian Ocean paradises to the Pacific’s bursting biodiversity hotspots. This wealth of water makes liveaboard diving in Indonesia the best way to plunge into a kingdom of unparalleled sights and experiences. With 34,000 miles of coastline, 11,000 uninhabited islands, more than 500 species of coral and over 2,000 species of fish, this really is what makes scuba diving in Indonesia such a diver’s paradise.
MALDIVES
Diving in the Maldives by liveaboard offers the best in many must-have tropical SCUBA experiences. The Maldives’ crystal clear waters are home to mantas, whale sharks, and reef sharks, not to mention the brilliant flatworms and ghost pipefish who hide among its wrecks, coral gardens, channels, and pinnacles. Maldives liveaboards offer itineraries encompassing the world-class dive sites of North Male Atoll, Ari Atoll, Baa Atoll, Hanifaru Bay, Rasdhoo and many more, including remote atolls in the far north and south where you’d be hard-pressed to see another liveaboard.
MEXICO
Liveaboard diving in Mexico is extremely popular with divers looking to encounter large pelagics and spectacular dive sites and areas, all located on the west side of Mexico. These dive sites focus more on the impressive marine life you will see, and less on extremely colourful reefs, but believe me, when you are seeing the marine life there you will have no time to even realise that there is no colourful reef as a backdrop. The Mexico dive cruises go to three areas; the islands of Socorro, the Sea Of Cortez and to Guadalupe.
MICRONESIA
Liveaboards in Micronesia offer a scuba diving wonderland to this collection of small islands. The abundant marine life, vibrant corals gardens, plunging walls, spectacular drop-offs and a plethora of World War I and II wrecks make the area a world class dive destination and perfect for dive liveaboard cruises. Of the many islands of Micronesia, the main diving destinations are Chuuk/Truk lagoon and Palau.
MYANMAR
Myanmar liveaboards are not yet well known, but this could change over the coming years as divers discover what this untouched area has to offer. Located in Southeast Asia bordered by Thailand, India, Bangladesh, China and Laos, Myanmar 1930km (1200m) uninterrupted coastline stretching along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea is starting to emerge new diving sites. Myanmar’s capital city is Naypyidaw and its largest city is Yangon (Rangoon).
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Papua New Guinea liveaboard diving offers divers the exceptional chance to really get away from it all, as you explore the stunning array of remote wrecks and reefs of this undersea paradise. PNG, as it is often known, is made up of more than 600 volcanic, jungle-clad islands and scattered coral-fringed atolls amid the crystal waters of The Coral Triangle. Famed as a marine biodiversity hotspot, this area of the western Pacific Ocean is home to six of the world’s seven marine turtle species, more than 2,000 species of colourful reef fish and an astounding number of vibrant corals.
PHILIPPINES
Liveaboard diving the Philippines offers an abundance of world-renowned sites, and with over 7000 islands dotting its tropical blue seas, there will be plenty to choose from. Located at the northern corner of the Coral Triangle, breathtaking biodiversity is a given; scuba divers visit the Philippines all year round to see amazing corals, encounter whale sharks, explore historic wrecks, and wonder at the wealth of odd-shaped critters. Serious divers head to the remote atolls of world-famous Tubbataha Reef National Park, where large pelagic marine life cruises over thriving coral gardens 150 kilometres away from land.
SEYCHELLES
Liveaboards in Seychelles offer sailing trips for divers and non-divers alike from the comforts of modern yachts or traditional schooners. Renown also for their granitic island formations, the Seychelles offers both granite-based reefs as well as the more common carbonate tropical reefs, both flourishing with diverse marine life. A great choice for divers to explore this fantastic dive area onboard a comfortable liveaboard. The Republic of Seychelles are geographically a part of Africa located 1600km (994mi) east of Kenya, in the west part of the Indian Ocean.
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Exploring the Solomon Islands on a liveaboard dive boat is ideal as the region is an unspoiled wonderland. You will discover pristine reefs with high fish counts and over 500 species of hard and soft corals as well as abundant opportunities for wreck diving due to the region’s role during World War II. Of the 922 islands that make up this archipelago, only 147 are populated. Uncrowded and untamed, these islands are considered a key Eco-tourism destination in the South Pacific.
THAILAND
Liveaboard diving in Thailand offers enough to tempt any serious diver, with healthy reefs, schools of fish, barracuda, whale sharks, and manta rays. But the country’s food, people, and landscapes put the icing on the cake. It’s no wonder that Thailand is a world favourite for divers and Southeast Asia-lovers alike, who return year after year for affordable liveaboard dive trips to incredible underwater destinations. Thailand is filled with some of the world’s best dive sites, the most popular areas being Koh Tao and Koh Samui in the Gulf of Thailand, Koh Phi Phi, Koh Lanta and Phuket in the Andaman Sea.
