Eco Blue Liveaboard, Maldives

9.0 Superb

Nitrox available
En-Suite bathrooms
Aircon Cabins
Non-Diver (Snorkeler) Friendly
Warm Water Showers

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“Diving with reef sharks and mantas, plus wonderful coral fish. ”
Torsten B, Denmark

Highlights

Large emphasis placed on marine conservation with biodegradable shampoo and shower gel, bamboo straws, and aluminum drinking bottles provided for guests
Snorkel with manta rays and whale sharks at Hanifaru bay
Family cruises available with kayaking, stand up paddle-boarding, and night fishing

The MV Eco Blue yacht offers year-round liveaboard diving to some of the best dive sites in the Maldives. Catering to 20 guests in 11 cabins, she offers a budget-friendly way to explore the Maldives. Each cabin has individually controlled AC and comes with either double or double and single beds. Social areas include the dining room, lounge with entertainment, and sun deck with loungers to relax in-between dives. There is a focus on the environment and sustainability, and they produce their own drinking water, have reusable bamboo straws, and offer biodegradable toiletries, as well as taking part in many other efforts to be eco-friendly.

Diving on board the Eco Blue Maldives takes place from the separate fully-equipped dive dhoni, There is a choice of itineraries, ranging from 7 - 14 nights, each visiting some of the best atolls in the Maldives. The Central Atolls tour is Male-Male, stopping at the north and south Male Atolls, Ari Atoll, and Vaavu Atoll, in the summer months the Baa Atoll is on offer including the famous Hanifaru Bay, or for those who have more time there are south routes to the more remote areas of Thaa and the deep south Atolls. There are also dedicated ‘Family Cruises’ available, where the focus of the trip is to have ‘fun with the kids’. Two dives a day are offered, along with other fun activities such as stand-up paddleboarding, kayaking, and snorkeling.

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Included: VAT, Fuel Surcharge, National Park Fees, Port Fees, Visas and Fees, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Beach BBQ, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Snorkeling Guide, Stand Up Paddleboard, Beach Towels, Cabin Towels, Deck Towels.

Required Extras: Dive Insurance (20 USD), Environment Tax (6 USD / day).

Optional Extras: Gratuities (10 USD / day), Local Flights, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Extra Dives (45 USD / tank), Nitrox, Nitrox Course (200 USD), Private Dive Guide, Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses (200-300 USD), WiFi internet (30 USD / week).

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Boat features

En-Suite bathrooms
Aircon Cabins
Non-Diver (Snorkeler) Friendly
Warm Water Showers
Sun Deck
Camera Station
Stand Up Paddleboard
Seaview Cabins
Paid Internet
Non-Smoking Rooms
Camera room
Custom built for diving
Charging stations
Indoor Saloon
Library
Audio & video entertainment
Local & International Crew
Snorkeling Equipment
Separate Rinse for u/w Camera
Outside Showers
Leisure Deck
Daily housekeeping
Bar

Food & Drinks

Vegetarian Options
Beer available
Full-board Option
Beach BBQ
Fine Wines Selection
Welcome Cocktails
Snacks All Day
Buffet style
Western Food
Local Food

If you have any specific dietary requirements whilst on-board your cruise, you can add this to your special requests on step 2 of the booking form. We advise limiting these requests to religious beliefs or food allergies.

Diving

Nitrox available
DIN Adaptors
Rinse Hoses
Dive deck
Tenders for diving
Sidemount Diving

Languages Spoken

The crew speaks English and German.

Gear Rental

Equipment is available for rent on this boat. Please provide your rental needs on the booking form. If the rental gear is not included in the price, you will need to pay for it on board the boat. Show prices

Cabin Types

Boat Specifications

Year built: 2002

Year renovated: 2017

Length: 32 meters

Beam: 10 meters

Top speed: 12 knots

Cruising speed: 10 knots

Max guests: 22

Number of cabins: 11

Number of bathrooms: 12

Tenders: 1 dhoni diving

Water capacity: 6000 liters

Fuel capacity: 10 tons

Freshwater maker: 6 tons per day

Boat navigation and safety

Radar
GPS
Radio VHF/DSC/SSB
Emergency Rafts
Life Vests
Fire Alarm & Fire Extinguishers
Oxygen
First Aid Kits
Satellite & mobile phones
Search light

Eco Blue Reviews

9.0 Superb

Vessel

8.3
Crew

8.8
Food

9.5
Diving

9.3
Value

9.0

10 Exceptional
Noémie O
Switzerland

Top experience :)
All the wonderful underwater creatures. Mantas, eaglerays, whalesarks, turtles, shoals, small animals, moray eels, a wide variety of sharks.It was a wonderful experience and every day offered endless small and big joys.
Recommended for
Dive spots, guides, food
10 Oct, 2021

Translated from German

9.6 Exceptional
Marc D
Switzerland

Awsome diving trip in the Maldived
night dive with mantas and nursesharks great channel dives very friendly and helpful crew
Recommended for
international guests, great crew, awsome dives
08 Oct, 2019

9.6 Exceptional
Marc D
Switzerland

Awsome diving trip in the Maldived
night dive with mantas and nursesharksgreat channel divesvery friendly and helpful crew
Recommended for
international guests, great crew, awsome dives
08 Oct, 2019

9.6 Exceptional
WONKYU L
South Korea

Fun to dive!
Awesome dive experience with awesome guides, crews and food! All three dive guides are very friendly, well experienced and humorous. Crews are also very friendly and well serving. Foods they prepare was also top notch in my three times of live-aboard experience. No regrets by choosing Eco Blue for diving, fun to dive!
Recommended for
Dive Guides, Crews, Food
04 Mar, 2018

10 Exceptional
rotem A
Israel

Ecoblue is a wonderful eco friendly livaboard with excellent stuff.
Overall wow wow wow. The team on the boat makes the diffrence with their professional, friendly and flexible attitude. Rooms are nice and clean, food was absolutely great and common areas are spacious and inviting. Diving sights at the ssouth tourwere good and we saw whale sharks, black and white tip sharks, mantas and other rays. Wonderful channel dives.
Recommended for
The team of Alex, Shamoon and Shakko who were very professional with all their services. The boat has many resting areas and is perfectly clean.
03 Mar, 2018

9.2 Superb
David D
United Kingdom

Outstanding and Exceptional Trip
We had two close encounters with playful Mantas - and Whaleshark inches away at the back of the boat at night, along with lots of large pelagic action in many channel dives. Eco-Blue is a "Happy Ship", well run, with a delightful crew who couldn't do more to make the trip outstanding.
Recommended for
The Boat, The Guides, The Dives, The Crew - oops that's 4!
03 Apr, 2019

10 Exceptional
Steve B
United States

Lifechanging experience that will be hard to beat!
The highlight of this trip was Moofushi Corner. The simplicity of swimming against the current with hundreds of thousands of other fish, mimics the feeling of flying. Add in a very curious baby eagle ray, and it makes the experience magical. Would highly recommend and will certainly look to visit again and dive with Eco Blue!
Recommended for
Top quality dive sites, amazing dive guide and crew, positive vibes
20 Oct, 2020

10 Exceptional
Edel F
Ireland

Epic
All round amazing trip from start to finish, AMAZING dives with a very fun and accommodating crew! Thanks so much for an epic week!
Recommended for
People, dives, crew
09 Sep, 2020

9.6 Exceptional
Duncan R
United Kingdom

Great
escaping from lock down ! Great diving and the lovely staff on the boat...all fantastic
Recommended for
team, diving, comfort
09 Nov, 2020

9.6 Exceptional
Bettina M
Germany

Never met more nursery and caretaking stuff
The lovely crew and dive guides. They truly tried to give us the best time during the trip!
Recommended for
Friendlyness, Caretaking, Dive spots
11 Jan, 2022

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9.0 Superb
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10 Exceptional
estefania A
Spain

Awesome and super worth it
It has been a great trip, boat, staff, dives...
Recommended for
Dive spots, staff and the great boat
21 Sep, 2018

8.8 Fabulous
Michael V
Austria

Big fish as far as the eye can see!
Reef sharks, manta rays, whale shark, great reefs
Recommended for
Great dives, great crew, great food
05 Jun, 2018

9.6 Exceptional
Micky L
Switzerland

Great!!!
Great dives in strong currents with lots of sharks and memorable manata encounters.
Recommended for
Good boat, great crew and great guests
11 Jan, 2021

9.2 Superb
Michaela H
Germany

Liveaboard as it should be
A great trip with dives, island evenings, great flair on board, the environmental aspect that should serve as a model for many other liveaboard boats. Everything was great!!
Recommended for
The dives (especially the night dive), the crew, the food
02 Mar, 2020

9.2 Superb
Torsten B
Denmark

Very comfortable stay with excellent guides!
Diving with reef sharks and mantas, plus wonderful coral fish. Need to come back for hammerheads and whale sharks, though ... ;-)
Recommended for
The dive guides, diving with sharks and mantas, the comfortable, laid-back atmosphere on board.
27 Dec, 2020

9.6 Exceptional
Silke G
Germany

Great Week of Diving
My wife and I really enjoyed the dive safari around the central atolls on Eco Blue. Pros: the boat is big enough with ample space to hangout and relax. Everything is straight forward without being too fancy. We had one of the upper deck cabins which was spacious enough for an 8-day trip. Storage is plenty with shelfs & hangers. The bathroom is a combination of all-in-one as you find it on most liveaboards (we prefer separate shower; however this was not a show-stopper at all). The room and bathroom have ventilation/windows which was nice getting a cool breeze in, every now and then. The cuisine was outstanding, plentiful and tasty (with a nice variety of salads, vegetables, fish, meat, noodles, etc.). On the drinking part there was a good variation of beer, wine, and other liquor. Vessel & dhoni: both were clean and fully functional to Maldives standards. Given that we were going at the end of the season, some minor wear & tear was to be expected but did not in any case affect the dive operation. Staff/dive guides/briefing: Just outstanding, very friendly, approachable and helpful at any time, the dive briefings & announcements were one of a kind clearly stating the dive objective, safety-, entry-, exit- strategy with detailed hand-drawn dive maps. The boat/dhoni captain & crew together with the dive guides hit the dive locations & current situation spot on. We had, as expected, some rougher seas during the dives, but always were picked-up without delay keeping every bodies safety the upmost priority. Diving: Given the time of the year May 2021, the vis was still fine. The dives were generally 60 minutes long or 50 bar. Buddy pairs could ‘go up’ as they got low on Nitrox/NDL. Diving was a mix of strong, medium and almost no current experience. We did one night-dive with mantas, one night-snorkeling with wale sharks, a dawn dive with nurse sharks (amazing !!) and two wreck dives. Despite the variant visibility we were very lucky to see plenty of sharks, turtles, rays, octopus, moray eels, lots of small critters and fish. Dive companion: As this is the most ‘unknown’ until you arrive on the liveaboard, we truly enjoyed the international mix containing of Germans (11, German-operated boat), Dutch (2), English (1) French (1), Russian (2). Generally, the diver-level was advanced, with photographers, just-divers and two doing his OW & AOW / Nitrox course. Groups were put together in the right way (hard-core photographers together). Cons: Aircon in room is a bit weak and sometimes outside noise from Aircon unit (minor & both were no deal breaker). For the early-arrivers a check-dive on the same day of arrival would be nice as well a 2nd dive-offer before the departure day for people who stay in Maldives or have late flight (24-hours no flight rule). Possibly retuning mid-day prior to departure day could have allowed for additional and more preferred diving away from Male (to reduce the marina time in Male on Saturday as much as possible). However, we understand that the Covid testing requirement possibly affects the schedule. Overall: The staff & guides were unbelievably friendly combined with a tranquil atmosphere on board. Food was amazing, super tasty. Diving for us never disappoints in the Maldives and we apricate every effort by the crew/guides to find the best underwater spots. The disembarking process with Covid-19 testing was organized very well with full support from the crew. An excellent value for money experience.
Recommended for
Dive guides & dives, manta & nurse shark diving, wale shark snorkeling
26 May, 2021

9.6 Exceptional
Gabor S
Hungary

We had a great time on board of the ship and we really enjoyed the dives with the outstnading guidance of Shamoon and Amir.
Outsanding night dives with the Mantas and Nurse Sharks. The friendliness of the hole crew.
Recommended for
Snorkeling with Whale Shark, Dinner on Barbeque Island :) under the stars. Dive with the Nurse Sharks
30 Jul, 2019

9.6 Exceptional
Steffen B
Switzerland

Great trip with great people
Diving with Mantas and Sharks
Recommended for
Amazing dives, relaxed atmosphere, great crew and guides
13 Oct, 2021

10 Exceptional
Aneta N
Bulgaria

Unforgettable in every way!
First and foremost I developed new diving skills and awareness of how to deal with strong and conflicting currents, how to use hook as an aid for underwater photography. Made new friendships with mantas, eagle rays, turtles, sharks and dolphins. Live on the boat was easy and comfortable. The diving company provided me with fantastic replacement equipment to replace my broken items and make my diving pleasurable and comfortable. I will return!
Recommended for
Very comfortable accommodation and boat, fantastic dive guides going out of their way to provide unforgettable under water experience, excellent services, from both the boat management and crew
21 Jan, 2018

9.2 Superb
Gerald K
Austria

Fantastic relaxation in a very friendly atmosphere!
Unbelievable number of big fish, fantastic reefs, great crew and finally away from the Corona hype!
Recommended for
Underwater World Crew Food
03 Dec, 2021

8.0 Very good
Matthew H
United States

It was a great bucket list experience.
Highlight of the trip was the diving. The Dive masters were great and let us create great memories like crossing the equator and becoming 'shellbacks'. When they found out we were sitting at 99 dives and they decided to scheduled a night dive on the last day to get us to a 100 dives. That night the crew toasted our 100th dive. Great liveaboard experience.
Recommended for
Diving, Visiting villages on the trip, and the crew was awesome.
01 Apr, 2018

9.6 Exceptional
Carolyn S
United States

Very competent dive guides that respect sea creatures.
Incredible encounters with manta rays. Great nurse shark night encounter, this was my fourth time doing this night time shark dive with different boats and this was the best approach to these animals.
Recommended for
Very good dive guides, very respectful of sea life, great manta and shark encounters, nice island visits.
14 Nov, 2019

8.0 Very good
Borys D
United Kingdom

Excellent
Night dives
Recommended for
Crew guides dive locationd
27 Dec, 2020

9.2 Superb
Jeannine H
Switzerland

Great safari with incredible crew
Great route with lots of sightings of manta rays, whale sharks, sharks! Super good and well-equipped crew that fulfills every wish! Very good dive guides, well-rehearsed team and very attentive! We will be back!
Recommended for
Crew, Food, Diveguides
10 Oct, 2021

9.6 Exceptional
Raymond C
United Kingdom

Absolutely brilliant dive trip!!!
Whale Sharks, Mantas and sharks. Friendly dive team. Crew and dive guide were excellent, including the dive guide duo entertainment.
Recommended for
Diving, eating and relaxing.
14 Jan, 2020

10 Exceptional
Jan G
Germany

why didn't I extend and take the return trip from Gan to Male?
the curious tiger sharks
Recommended for
Tiger sharks, blue whale and dancing manta rays
14 Apr, 2021

8.8 Fabulous
晓堃彭
China

Best trip
Whale shark
Recommended for
Night dive with manta, delicious food and friendly staff
08 Oct, 2019

8.8 Fabulous
Michele B
Switzerland

Great liveaboard at a great price
everything was great from A-Z.Great dive sites with lots of sharks, manta rays, grey nurse shark :-)Good service, nice room, nice places to relax on the boat.2x visit to an island, once with dinner.
Recommended for
Boat, Dive Sites, Crew
05 Jun, 2018

9.2 Superb
Rick V
Netherlands

Amazing experience, great Divesspots
We saw so many Sharks specially Greysharks/Whitetipped/ Blacktipped. It was one of my best experience of my life, marina life is great, the spots are amazing. I plan to ga again. !!!recommendable!!!! again again ;)
Recommended for
Good/funny Crew, greats Divespots, Super Dive Guids
03 Jan, 2018

9.6 Exceptional
Boris T
Croatia

The atmosphere and diving were very good, the crew took care of us completely!
- Tiger sharks- Wahlhai, who didn't want to leave at all, from 22:00 until sometime after 2:30h:-)!- despite bad weather at times - the mood was good, you can make friends or acquaintances on such a trip!
Recommended for
- Generally the diving experiences, - Nice and courteous crew, - The magnificent view and the ride through the atolls!
14 Apr, 2021