Eco Blue Liveaboard, Maldives
9.0 Superb - Nitrox available
- En-Suite bathrooms
- Aircon Cabins
“Unbelievable number of big fish, fantastic reefs, great crew and finally away from the Corona hype!”
Highlights
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.
Call us or book online easily today to reserve your space on the Eco Blue liveaboard.
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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).
Book now, pay later: You can easily place your booking online. We will then hold the spaces for you and you can confirm with a payment later.
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Cabin Types
Eco Blue Reviews
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- 9.0 Superb
- Vessel 8.3
- Crew 8.8
- Food 9.5
- Diving 9.3
- Value 9.0
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Micky L
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Switzerland
Great!!!
Great dives in strong currents with lots of sharks and memorable manata encounters.
- Recommended for
- Good boat, great crew and great guests
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Rona A
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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.
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- 9.2 Superb
- Thu T
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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
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Daniel F
- Switzerland
Great Experiene
It was just a great time. The hole Trip was my highlight.
- Recommended for
- Waleshark, Tigersharks, Food
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- 9.2 Superb
- Rick V
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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
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- 10 Exceptional
- Tanya B
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Ireland
Would definitely recommend Ecoblue
I loved diving with Ecoblue, and was so happy to see my first whale shark (snorkelling), along with lots of mantas and sharks. The team is friendly, hard working and knowledgeable. Our dive guides were Shamoon, Amir and Alex. I always felt safe with them, and they did their best to make the experience amazing for us, as well as being a lot of fun. There were a couple of night dives that were so memorable - the first was with mantas and the second with sharks. The BBQ on a picture-perfect tropical island was a lovely experience, too, and we spent the evening chatting and listening to Shamoon and Imad's live music under the stars. The boat was clean and stocked with everything you needed for a comfortable week. The showers were always hot. The company makes an effort environmentally by providing refillable water bottles, avoiding single use plastics where possible, offering draft beer, and providing non-toxic shower gel and shampoo. In the water they got us all to use reef hooks to prevent damage to the reef and they don't feed sharks. I did the Central Atolls trip in November and although the corals were not always pristine there was so much interesting wildlife that the entire experience was fantastic. Thank you, Ecoblue!
- Recommended for
- Environmentally aware, superb wildlife, great dive guides and crew
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- 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!
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- 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
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Yann V
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France
Great week on the boat, amazing diving, friendly staff & guides, great food
We really enjoyed our trip on Eco Blue. On the positive side: the boat is fairly spatious, with plenty of space to hangout / chill / relax before, between or after the dives. The dives were amazing: I guess we were fairly lucky, we had 3 amazing dives with mantas (1 at night, 2 during the day), got to snorkel with a whaleshark at the back of the boat, saw plenty of sharks & turtles, did some nice drifts in the current and got to see plenty of smaller fishes / crabs and other crustaceans. The staff & guides were super friendly, and the atmosphere on board was very relaxed. And most importantly, the food was amazing, super tasty and varied during the entire stay. On the "meh" side: we were a bit disappointed by the cabins, they looked a bit more spacious on the photos than in reality. We also would have preferred spending a bit more time away from Male and dive more in Ari / Vaavu atolls, being back at the airport marina's on Saturday at midday for a Sunday departure was a bit early, as there is not much to do when the boat is anchored in the marina.
- Recommended for
- Night dive with mantas, snorkeling with whale shark, food
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- 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
