Ocean One Liveaboard, Maldives
9.1 Superb - Nitrox available
- Free Internet
- Free Nitrox
“It really surpassed all my expectations. ”
Highlights
The Ocean One is a 37-meter-long and 12-meter-wide liveaboard that can accommodate up to 26 divers and their accompanying non-diving guests in 15 cabins for Maldives safaris. It includes 6 double cabins with ocean views on the upper deck, 2 panoramic ocean view suites on the main deck, and 7 double/triple cabins with portholes on the lower deck. All cabins are air-conditioned and have private bathrooms with hot water.
The Ocean One offers spacious common areas on the 3 upper decks. Meals combine local and European specialties, often featuring freshly caught fish. There are plenty of relaxation areas on board. The spacious outdoor lounge areas, restaurant, and bar, featuring draft beer and a darts game, are all shaded. The top deck is equipped with deckchairs, hammocks, mattresses, and a 7-seater jacuzzi.
On board the Ocean One, passengers enjoy 3 dives per day. Explore the underwater world with fun activities like island hopping, swimming in the lagoon, snorkeling, canoeing, or paddleboarding, and fishing trips. An underwater scooter (DPV) is available on request, for a fee. Enjoy the show at cocktail hour: sharks, dolphins, and rays reveal their full splendor near our diving platform. Enjoy lively evenings with music, barbecues, games, or jacuzzi sessions.
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Included: VAT, Chamber Fees, Environment Tax, Port Fees, Airport Transfer, Local Flights, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Special Dinner, Diving Package, Extra Dives, Night Dives, Nitrox, Fishing, Kayaks, Land Excursions, Stand Up Paddleboard, Cabin Towels, Deck Towels, WiFi internet.
Optional Extras: Dive Insurance (32-50 EUR), Gratuities, National Park Fees (40 EUR), Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Nitrox Course (303 EUR per activity), Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses (63-668 EUR per activity), Snorkeling Guide (300 USD per trip).
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Ocean One Reviews
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- 9.1 Superb
- Vessel 9.3
- Crew 8.6
- Food 9.8
- Diving 8.9
- Value 8.8
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Claire W
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Australia
Excellent trip for divers and non divers. We will return!
Excellent team who ensured everyone had had an amazing trip. Caters to all abilities and high focus on safety. Lovely comfortable vessel, good variety of food, and lots of fun on board. Marine life was amazing.
- Recommended for
- Great crew. Excellent for non divers. Marine life.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Nicholas B
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United States
A Trip of a Lifetime
Ocean One employs some of the best dive guides I have ever dove with. One dive I will never forget is the first dive we did, we encountered so many manta rays. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t cry during the encounter.
- Recommended for
- Dives, the staff, activities
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Sylvain D
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France
Great liveabord with lots of sharks! Friendly team to create a nice spirit after dives
Nice atmosphere with a nice team, choosing the good places to dive. Outside dives, we were always proposed some activities creating a good spirit within the group.
- Recommended for
- nice crew with friendly dive guides organising lots of social activities after dive, creating a nice atmosphere.. dive spots: we were able to focus on spots with lots of sharks. use of kayak to go to sand beach with sunset aperitive.
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- 8.4 Very good
- Thomas R
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Germany
Expandable liveaboard experience
We decided to go on a tour with the big Ocean One.The highlight was certainly the whale sharks at night behind the boat.The size of the cabin incl. bathroom was exceptional.
- Recommended for
- Size of the cabin. Friendliness staff. Freedom in diving.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Mattia B
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Italy
Much more than expected!
I started this journey without expectations but I found special people in the crew, beautiful activities, amazing dive sites and great food on board. Checco, Irey, Muhey and everyone helped us to enjoy this experience at the best and they made it! A lot of beautiful dive sites, deserts islands where to chill, kayak, paddle board, fish. The boat is huge, with a lot of good common spaces, and nice rooms. Internet works most of the time. I recommend Ocean One and Checco’s crew 100%!
- Recommended for
- Crew. Food. Dive sites.
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- 10 Exceptional
- Annika S
- Germany
Best diving experience
We had such a great time. The dive sites were outstanding. In the beginning, it was a bit challenging because we are not experienced divers but the guides took special care of us. The total crew was unbelievable friendly and the food was so good.
- Recommended for
- Dive Sites. Crew. Food.
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- 9.2 Superb
- Ahmad R
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Saudi Arabia
Highly Recommended
The boat was very specious specially the upper dick rooms. Amazing dive sites, so lucky to encounter manta rays twice. Freshly cooked and sufficient food throughout the trip.
- Recommended for
- Specious rooms. Friendly crew. Food.
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- 7.6 Good
- Mike L
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United Kingdom
A wonderful experience, with a few things to improve
This was my third Maldives Liveaboard, my first with Ocean One. We did the Male-to-Male Central route, which is the same as I’ve done before, previously with Emperor and Aggressor. There were some very good things about it, some OK things, and some things which could have been better. I chose this Liveaboard because I needed to start on a specific date, and this was one of the few options available. This seemingly worked in our favour, because on only 2 sites were there any other divers. The crew also gave consideration to tide times so that the sites chosen stood the best type of current for the dive. This was particularly evident and paid off at the 2nd Manta cleaning station where we had about 8 Mantas for an hour’s dive. The boat itself and the Dhonni are the best I’ve experienced. Ocean One is very big, and I really like the open plan inside/outside area. Eating out on the deck, with loads of space and options for relaxing is really very good and much nicer than I’ve experienced before. The rooms are also a very good size, including the bathrooms. We also benefited by there being just 16 guests, when capacity would be 24. I feel that Liveaboard.com should make clear that this is a French owned boat and therefore particularly popular with French speakers. However, I was lucky because the divers were international (Australia, USA, Italy, Poland, France, UK, Germany), and all the briefings were conducted in English, with French and Italian translation available. As well as the divers, 2 of the guests were just snorkelling and the team made sure to include them in as many sites as possible. This was a fantastic group, and I enjoyed this Liveaboard so much because of the friends I made. I felt the guides chose the sites well, and I have done many of them before showing they are diving ‘the best’ that Central Maldives has to offer. We didn’t repeat any sites, and covered a lot of distance and areas during the cruise. Other highlights included evening snorkelling with dolphins, and with Mantas, neither of which I’ve been able to do before and both were very special. I wasn’t impressed by the food. It was very basic, and often repetitive. Some guests said they really enjoyed it, but for me, the variety and quality of the cooking was not close to my experience on Emperor and Aggressor. It was good enough to sustain us for the week, but no more than that. That said: the NYE meal and the meal on the final night were brilliant! Cloe is an excellent guide. She knows the sites well, can adapt as necessary, and I really felt confident and safe diving with her as she would regularly be checking we were all still in the group and that everyone was OK. In my opinion, Ben was similar, though others really preferred Cloe. With Francesco and Irey, it really felt more like they were there to just guide at their own pace, and didn’t often look back to check on us or ask if OK and about air. I appreciate we look after ourselves and our buddy, but with constantly changing groups of divers, there were some dives when I wasn’t even sure who my Buddy was, and I feel this could have been very easily and simply addressed at the start of each dive by indicating who is who’s buddy on the whiteboard. On most dives, we would also be accompanied by one of the three DMs, so this was reassuring, and also meant that anyone consuming more air could end the dive a bit earlier with them, allowing the rest of us to continue. I was really surprised that Ocean One/Liveaboard.com says that this is Open Water with minimum 10 dives. There’s no way you can really do this trip without at least Advanced OW (30m qualified), and they don’t even offer air, so you need to be Nitrox certified too. For the safety of themselves and the enjoyment of others, I think AOW and 50-dive minimum should be imposed. It was my first experience of using a DPV – Ocean One has 5 of them onboard. This was really enjoyable and not something I’ve seen before,
- Recommended for
- The guests. Size & space of boat. DPV.
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- 9.2 Superb
- Brian P
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Singapore
Great people
Great people on board and went to great extent to make a non French speaker at home. Clean room and common area. Food wise, the choice is limited guess cos maldives itself import most food except fishes, banana and coconut.
- Recommended for
- Friendly staff. Spacious. Clean.
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Lorenzo C
- Italy
Great value for money
I spent a week on the Ocean One in the central atolls of the Maldives, specifically in Ari Atoll. It was my fourth cruise with Liveaboard.com (the first three were in Egypt). Before departing, I had several concerns: from the photos the boat looked somewhat dated; many reviews criticized the guides, saying they were not very helpful and that all briefings were conducted only in French; moreover, I was a bit apprehensive about diving in the Maldives, which I had read could be very demanding. I would say that all of these concerns turned out to be unfounded. The boat is indeed a bit dated, but the photographs reflect neither more nor less than its actual condition, and in any case, although not brand new, the boat is very comfortable. The dive guides were outstanding, probably the best I have ever had: not only were the briefings conducted as needed in three languages (English, French, and Italian), but the primary language was always English; furthermore, the guides were highly professional and, during the dives, went out of their way in every possible manner to assist the divers and make their experience the best possible. Diving in the Maldives can indeed be challenging, but as mentioned, the guides managed everything in the best possible way. Another pleasant surprise was the food on board, again probably the best I have ever encountered on a diving cruise and well above expectations. My wife and I spent an amazing week and already miss the Ocean One.
- Recommended for
- Diving & Dive Guides. Food & Drinks. Crew service and friendliness.
