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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“All round amazing trip from start to finish, AMAZING dives with a very fun and accommodating crew! ”
Edel F, Ireland

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 per day).

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

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

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

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

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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
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

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

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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

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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

9.2 Superb
Serge N
Switzerland

Very nice cruise
Diving to meet the whale shark!!Very nice varied divingThe friendliness and professionalism of the crew
Recommended for
Crew, guide, meal
20 Nov, 2018

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9.6 Exceptional
Marcin P
Poland

Super !
Every day was the highlights!
Recommended for
Route , Tauchführer , atmosphere
27 Dec, 2017

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9.0 Superb
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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
HONGJEA K
South Korea

good liveaboard
Rooms were very spacious as there was another big boat for diving centre.
Recommended for
crews, diving, spacious room
28 Dec, 2018

9.2 Superb
Thu T
Vietnam

Wonderful Trip!!!
Shamoon, Shakko, Alex, Rita and the rest of the highly-professional, friendly and extremely knowledgeable crew made our trip memorable. The unexpected BBQ on a desert island, the interesting tour of Male... are bonus on top of great diving. Thumbs up!
Recommended for
Dives, staff, weather
29 Jun, 2018

10 Exceptional
Olivier P
Canada

Amazing experience.
Thanks to Alex, Shamoon and Sharko, this was a unforgettable diving experience. The rest of the crew made life aboard easy going with a real personal touch. Friendly, and funny. Thank you so much.
Recommended for
The whole crew is great. From the kitchen to the underwater guides and the boat crews.
03 Mar, 2018

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

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

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

10 Exceptional
Zdenek P
Czech Republic

A friendly environment with good service
Vacation with diving
Recommended for
Diving, Food and Service
14 Feb, 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

9.6 Exceptional
Mirco M
Germany

Great liveaboard, awesome crew, really good diving
We booked a 11 day trip on MV Eco Blue in October 2017. Everything was well planned and organized. Still the route the boat and the choice of dive sites was handled very flexible due to weather conditions and wishes of the divers. We appreciated that very much because it gave us the chance to focus on the marine life we wanted to see the most. In our trip we saw plenty mantas, two whale sharks and many reef sharks as well as turtles. We can recommend diving in the Maldives in general and especially on the MV Eco Blue. The two guides made really a good job above and under water with organizing everything, showing us the marine life and helping wherever possible. The boat was perfectly managed by Alex who tried to meet all of our specific wishes. The food on the boat was very good. It was a mixture of western and Asian food. The crew tried to meet all of the specific wishes as well. They made extra food for us because we are vegetarian and tried to catch the desired fish for some of the other guests. All in all we had a great experience on the Eco Blue and could see all of the marine life we wished to see. We can especially recommend this boat and we are considering to book another tour on MV Eco Blue in the atolls at the south of the Maldives.
Recommended for
Marine Live, organization, relaxed atmosphere
08 Nov, 2017

9.6 Exceptional
Pamela H
United States

Sharks Sharks Sharks! Exceeded expectations.
Sharks and pelagics - tiger sharks, spinner sharks, nurse sharks, whale sharks, manta rays, eagle rays, and all the "normal" reef life you'd expect - more morays than I've ever seen, huge schools of reef fish, batfish, trevally jacks. Channel diving - like being un an underwater hurricane but unparalleled "fish parade" including hundreds of sharks, then floating like Superman over the reef once releasing near NDL. Some very cool special dives (Tiger Zoo on Fuvahmulah; Fish Factory w/ many Spinners, some Reef and even a Bull Shark; Fish Tank with dozens of stingrays and hundreds of Moray Eels; a frenzied Nurse Shark dive). Professional, friendly, and customer service-focused crew, very helpful. Three late afternoon sunset stops on uninhabited tropical islands. Crossing the equator. Overall just an amazing trip.
Recommended for
Sharks. Channel diving. Boat crew.
14 Apr, 2021

9.2 Superb
Sabine G
Germany

It was just like a Dream of paradise
Once again met great people
Recommended for
The crew, the guests, the paradise above and below the water
27 Dec, 2020

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

9.2 Superb
Christoph H
Austria

Great adventure with great crew !!
Waleshark, Mantas, Sharks, Turtles, Tour, Crew 👌
Recommended for
Great food, great crew, beautiful dive sites
02 Apr, 2019

8.4 Very good
Sylvain R
France

Great trip to South to see great stuff
It was nice to have an opportunity to cruise down South Maldives from Malé and back. Celebrating the Equator crossing was fun. It is 100% certain to see great stuff such as Tiger Sharks, Oceanic Black Tip Sharks, Whale Sharks, school of Dolphins, Manta Rays, etc. but Hammerhead Sharks had been only far-away shadows for us. The crew manager was new in the business, which might explain his, sometimes, lack of communication and management. Overall, it was a great trip that we recommand.
Recommended for
The cabin comfort - Crew Friendliness - The general atmosphere onboard
10 May, 2018

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

9.6 Exceptional
Rona A
United Kingdom

The best liveaboard in the Maldives!
This was by far the best liveaboard and dive holiday I've ever been on (previously been on Leo in the Maldives and another liveaboard in the Philippines, and also diving in Indonesia, Oman, Sicily, and Iceland). The main reason for this was definitely the incredible atmosphere created by all the staff, who were so friendly and made it such a wonderful week! The boat itself is very comfortable, the food is great, and the dives were spectacular. The cabins on lower deck are beautiful wooden rooms, with powerful showers that always have hot water. The bed is made up several times a day, and the air con keeps the room cool. The food is really tasty and there is lots of it, and it is served on the table, instead of buffet style, which is much nicer. There are 3 shaded sun decks with loungers and bean bags, and there is always loads of chilled filtered water to drink. The dive tender is really large and the boat staff are so helpful - they always helped me carry my tank in and out of the boat since I had a back operation. The dives themselves were brilliant, and the briefings were always thorough and well explained. The dive guides are great - ours was Shamoon, and he was amazing! Always so friendly, fun, and helpful. The GM, Alex, was on the boat the week we were there and he was so kind, friendly, and fun! Some other amazing experiences were drinking from coconuts on a beach while listening to music with the staff and guests. Snorkelling at the back of the boat with a whale shark and dolphins who stayed all night and who we had to ourselves! Watching a pod of pilot whales from the boat - the captain followed them for us for half an hour so we could get a better look! This was one of the best holidays I've been on, and I will definitely be booking Eco Blue next time I'm in the Maldives! It surpassed my expectations on every count. Thank you so much!
Recommended for
Dive guides, staff, food.
14 Feb, 2018

9.6 Exceptional
INHEE J
South Korea

Out of world
Mantas, a guitar shark, lots of reef sharks, being up close and personal with lots of sharks and eagle rays during night diving and friendly companion divers and guides.
Recommended for
All I can think is diving, big sea creatures I can encounter easily, quiet time at time
28 Mar, 2019