Red Sea Liveaboard Diving
Red Sea Aggressor
EgyptUS$2,299 from
The M/V Red Sea Aggressor is a 36.5m world class liveaboard yacht scheduling year round seven and ten day Egyptian diving cruises. Aboard Red Sea Aggressor, divers will swim among hammerheads, dolphins and abundant reef fish.
Emperor Superior
EgyptUS$866 from
- Free Nitrox
- Free WiFi
The Emperor Superior offers a great selection of itineraries to ensure the best possible Red Sea experience including The Famous Five, Simply the Best, Reefs & Wrecks, and the Classic Cruise.
Emperor Elite
EgyptUS$1,200 from
- Free Nitrox
- Free WiFi
The custom built 38m Emperor Elite offers year-round diving to Egypt’s best dive sites. All 12 deluxe cabins feature individual climate control and en-suite facilities, delivering the best experience.
Emperor EliteWhat To Expect On A Red Sea Liveaboard
Liveaboards in the Red Sea have long been a divers favourite destination offering amazing scuba diving with healthy, colourful reefs and abundant marine life. Egyptian liveaboards have provided divers from around the world, some amazing dive experiences on some of the worlds best known dive sites. Numerous liveaboard itineraries are available which can visit remote reefs or wrecks from WWII.
The name 'Red Sea' is rumoured to come from the seasonal blooms of red coloured algae that appear near the surface at certain times in the year. But despite its name, the waters are an amazing blue water destination boasting comfortable water temperatures throughout the year, superb visibility and great dive conditions year round. As some of the best dive sites are far from shore a liveaboard dive cruise is the best way to visit the more remote areas of this region.
The Red Sea is actually a seawater inlet extending from the Indian Ocean and lays between Africa & Asia. It holds the title as one of the saltiest bodies of water on earth, due mainly to it's geological formation, leading to high evaporation levels. Due to the waters high salinity divers should be aware that they will most likely need to add extra weight to their normal amount to compensate for the extra buoyancy provided by these salty waters.
Whilst the Red Sea is primarily bordered by Egypt and Saudi Arabia, most diving liveaboards in the Red Sea operate directly from Egypt, with multiple well established tourist destinations located throughout the country from North to South. An Egypt dive liveaboard is certainly the best way to see this amazing dive and snorkelling area.
Diving areas/regions can be split between North & South, with different dive trip itineraries offered in both areas.
Northern Red Sea
The northern area of the Egyptian Red Sea is a divers paradise, offering amazing dive cruises at world famous dive sites such as the Straits of Tiran, Ras Mohammed National Park. If diving wrecks is your thing, then the SS Thistlegorm or Dunraven wrecks will surely be a must do on your dive list. A dive liveaboard departing from either Sharm El Sheikh, Safaga or Hurghada is an excellent way to fully explore the different dive sites available.
Southern Red Sea
To the south awaits some fantastic dive opportunities away from the crowds for those visiting on a liveaboard dive trip. Dive sites that are only accessible by overnight dive safaris can be explored. With well known sites such as Daedalus Reef, The Brothers, St. Johns, Elphinstone and Fury Shoals it will surely delight all divers. Most liveaboard itineraries that operate in this southern area will depart from either Port Ghalib (Marsa Alam), Hamata or Hurghada.
Getting There
Northern Red Sea - Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada both have their own international airports which have various international airlines flying directly to them. These would be a more convenient arrival port for dive liveaboard departures. Cairo is the main International airport in Egypt and will also offer domestic flights to most areas within Egypt.
Southern Red Sea - Marsa Alam International airport to the south is used by some international airlines, mainly from Europe and is located very close to Port Ghalib (Marsa Ghalib), so is a perfect arrival port for liveaboard trips leaving from this area. Domestic flights from Cairo are also available. Land transfers from Hurghada to Port Ghalib are also possible, the journey takes approximately 2.5 hours each way.
Red Sea Diving Reviews
Brilliant - amazing visibility most of the time!
Diving Red Sea in February on the Emperor SuperiorGreat even in winter - a 5mm will do. Not very busy this time of the year, so great if you don’t fancy queuing up underwater to see an eel or an anemone
Diving Red Sea in December on the Red Sea AggressorVery pleasant relaxing dives.
Diving Red Sea in December on the Red Sea AggressorAlways a beautiful way to spend a day in your life
Diving Red Sea in June on the Emperor SuperiorMemorable to say the least!
Diving Red Sea in April on the Red Sea AggressorPerfect. Beautiful divespots.
Diving Red Sea in October on the Red Sea AggressorVery nice destination for divers who wouldn't travel too far from Europe to live good experience underwater...
Diving Red Sea in September on the Emperor AsmaaReally nice, very nice water
Diving Red Sea in September on the King Snefro 5Meist klar Sicht. Entspanntes tauchen.
Diving Red Sea in August on the Blue PearlGreat combination of wrecks, coral reefs and dolphins
Diving Red Sea in August on the Blue PearlDiving in the Red Sea is just amazing, one of the greatest diving spots in the world that any diver should have.
Diving Red Sea in August on the ExcellenceAmazing! A dream come true
Diving Red Sea in July on the Miss NouranExcellent and beautiful as i had imagined.
Diving Red Sea in July on the Red Sea AdventurerClear water, barely any current, lots of small colourful fish.
Diving Red Sea in June on the Red Sea AggressorDiving was good with virtually no current, clear seas and plenty of things to see.
Diving Red Sea in June on the Red Sea AggressorFirst time there, so I didn't expect to see lots of big stuff. But still we saw few hammerheads and oceanic white tip. The coral formations are amazing and visibilty pretty good.
Diving Red Sea in May on the Emperor EliteWonderful and colorful as always
Diving Red Sea in May on the King Snefro 5Visibility is perfect, weather is fine, sea life is beautiful
Diving Red Sea in May on the Emperor SuperiorIn general, I would summarize the Red Sea as beautiful reefs and anthias. These are some of the prettiest reefs I have seen anywhere in the world (and I have been virtually everywhere, from the arctic to the antarctic and everywhere in between.). The reefs have all the color of Raja Ampat except with super clear water. The down side is that it is rare to see anything larger than a shoebox. A single whitetip reef shark sitting in a hole is a big deal. This is not the place to come for "big stuff."
Diving Red Sea in May on the Seawolf FeloWonderfull. Great sea life and fauna. Although Egypt doesn't take care of the reefs as it should.
Diving Red Sea in March on the Emperor EliteLove it - the water could have been a little warmer but it was such a great experience that didn't matter
Diving Red Sea in March on the Emperor SuperiorAmazing dives. I've already done a number of safaris in the Red Sea
Diving Red Sea in March on the Blue Melodygreat as always, perfect visibility
Diving Red Sea in February on the Red Sea Adventurerscuba diving in the Red Sea is always beautiful. many fish and beautiful coral. i think i saw one piece of plastic the entire week i dived.
Diving Red Sea in February on the Red Sea AdventurerNice and diverse, but not a lot of "big stuff" in February.
Diving Red Sea in February on the Snefro PearlFantastic. Visibility, water temp, fish life, coral life.
Diving Red Sea in December on the Blue Seas LiveaboardNo place better within 5 hours of the uk
Diving Red Sea in December on the Emperor EliteReally nice, we saw many beautiful coral gardens, visability is great. as promised, there are also some big things like sharks to see =)
Diving Red Sea in November on the Red Sea AggressorThe visibility in the red sea is the best I have seen.
Diving Red Sea in November on the King Snefro 5Diving in the Red Sea is great. Water had good visibility. The dive guide always seemed total me to places that were amazing.
Diving Red Sea in November on the MY Seawolf Dominatorin general a good place for diving. A lot of beautiful corals, and clean.
Diving Red Sea in November on the Snefro LoveVery nice corals and small fishes! Many sharks, especially oceanic white tip, and hammerheads in Daedalus.
Diving Red Sea in October on the MY Seawolf DominatorBest time currently as not too many boats were cruising
Diving Red Sea in September on the Blue Horizon LiveaboardDiving in the Red Sea was lovely. There are many things to see in such close proximity: vast coral gardens, tons of varieties of fish, wrecks, walls, large marine animals (mantas, rays, Dolphins, turtles, etc)
Diving Red Sea in September on the Snefro LoveAs expected, utterly brilliant!
Diving Red Sea in August on the Blue Fin LiveaboardBest I have ever done , warm and exceptional viability
Diving Red Sea in August on the Blue Fin LiveaboardVery good & good locations
Diving Red Sea in August on the King Snefro 5Some of the dives are amazing! been many places. Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Borneo, Egypt, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, US, Brazil and colombia, panama, cuba all been doved.
Diving Red Sea in July on the Red Sea AggressorWe like very much our dive axperience in Red Sea
Diving Red Sea in July on the Red Sea AggressorGreat experience and will have to come back and do it again.
Diving Red Sea in July on the Red Sea AggressorAmazing! Better than I remembered. The visibility was amazing and the variety of life superb!
Diving Red Sea in June on the Blue Seas LiveaboardAs I expected. I know the Red Sea for some years but then the Tiran and Rad Mohamed area. This was my first trip to Brothers. Was amazing.
Diving Red Sea in June on the Blue Pearl LiveaboardVery good, the coral is still beautiful.
Diving Red Sea in May on the Red Sea AggressorAmazing Visibility. Lots of life and things to see.
Diving Red Sea in April on the Snefro PearlCoral and reef life was gorgeous. A bit colder than expected
Diving Red Sea in March on the Blue Fin LiveaboardNot the right season. So it is just ok.
Diving Red Sea in February on the Red Sea AdventurerBeautiful corals and small stuff, also exciting wrecks
Diving Red Sea in December on the Emperor AsmaaMost beautiful place I have ever dove
Diving Red Sea in December on the Red Sea AggressorImpressive and dramatic seascapes full of beautiful colors. Not as much life as expected though and some dive sites not so intersting. But I overall really enjoyed the trip and most of the divings.
Diving Red Sea in December on the Red Sea AggressorDiving over Christmas was amazing, cold-ish water, but there was plenty of sun when we got out of the water. Stay out of the wind though! Do bring your fleece!
Diving Red Sea in December on the Blue MelodyExcellent ! Lots of fishes and corals. I saw only two leopard shaks and few turtles but all the other beautiful creatures I saw compensated amply !
Diving Red Sea in October on the Snefro LoveFantastic visibility and wildelife.
Diving Red Sea in May on the King Snefro 6Some of the best I've experienced. Sadly the time of year led to the absence of some of the biodiversity but most dives held something special to see.
Diving Red Sea in February on the Emperor Asmaa