Saudi Explorer, Saudi Arabia
8.6 Fabulous - Nitrox available
- En-Suite bathrooms
- Aircon Cabins
“Absolute exclusivity on the sites. ”
Highlights
Saudi Explorer liveaboard is one of the few diving liveaboards operating along the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coast. Built in 2019 and accommodating a maximum of 20 guests in 10 double cabins, all with en-suite facilities and air conditioning. Bed types can be either double or twin style, and all cabins are located on the main or upper decks offering views outside. There is an indoor saloon area for dining and relaxing, along with a TV and bar. The sun deck is spacious and has comfortable seating and space to soak up the Saudi Arabian sunshine. On the main deck, you’ll find a large dive deck area where divers can store their dive gear and get ready to enter the water at dive sites.
The Red Sea offers divers many opportunities to visit amazing dive spots, and the Saudi Explorer dive liveaboard covers the top dive hotspots in up-and-coming Saudi Arabia. These include itineraries that visit the reefs of Yanbu (Seven Reefs), Rabigh (Five Sisters), and Al Lith (Farasan Bank). The reefs and marine life of Saudi Arabia are truly amazing and with fewer liveaboards operating here, it’s easy to avoid the crowds.
Book your next Saudi Red Sea dive trip online to reserve your space on the Saudi Explorer liveaboard.
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Included: VAT, Drinking Water, Soft drinks, Tea & Coffee, Welcome Cocktails, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Night Dives, Beach Towels, Cabin Towels, Deck Towels, WiFi internet.
Required Extras: Fuel Surcharge (7 EUR per day), Gratuities (15 EUR per day), Port Fees (35 EUR per day).
Optional Extras: Airport Transfer (19-175 EUR), Hotel Transfer (19-175 EUR), Nitrox, Nitrox Course, Rental Gear.
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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Saudi Explorer Reviews
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- 8.6 Fabulous
- Vessel 8.2
- Crew 8.8
- Food 9.1
- Diving 8.8
- Value 8.1
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- Hooman Z
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Canada
Great crew, good food, amazing dive sites.
Saw lots of Nudibranches . Only 2 dives on the first day and one dive on the last day. I wish they accommodate a bit more dives. I have lost my wallet and they helped me a lot with regards to this unrelated incident. Thanks
- Recommended for
- Remote nature, clean rooms and friendly crew.
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Edward S
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Ireland
Biodiversity like no where else in red sea
If you want to diving in a location and be the only boat, dive unexplored reefs, get personal with hammerhead and silky sharks. This is the trip for you. Experience needed as dive can be deep.
- Recommended for
- Diving, people and remoteness
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- 9.2 Superb
- Laurent B
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France
7 Days Saudi Explorer, Saudi Arabia
Very nice diving experience without overtourism in a country opening up to diving
- Recommended for
- The destination very little frequented. Life on a cruise. Wildlife.
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- 7.6 Good
- Franck L
- France
Great cruise but August is not the most favorable month because the water is at 32° so less pelagics
Beautiful dives with healthy corals, lots of life, silky, grey and hammerhead sharks when they were willing to show themselves but always in depth
- Recommended for
- The dives, only boat on the sites, good atmosphere
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- 10 Exceptional
- Ann P
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United States
Must do this trip again
Diving in Saudi was very beautiful with red, purple and orange anemones and playful clown fish. Many caves and tunnels to explore and dive masters were knowledgeable, briefings were informative and safety was a priority
- Recommended for
- Dive Sites and Dive Master knowledge. Service was incredible. Cabin was master suite and so spacious and comfortable.
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- 9.6 Exceptional
- David O
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Belgium
If you are looking for diving off the beaten trail, this is it!
Experiencing something great without the crowds can be such a privilege in this day and age. That is exactly what this liveaboard offers, with the ease and comfort of a package trip. The crew is great, the cabins very comfy, the food excellent and the fact that this boat is twice the number of guest I've gotten accustomed to didn't bother me at all. The diving was good, despite most of large pelagic sharks out of sighr due to unusually warm water we still saw some of the big stuff. A word of caution though: due to absence of mass diving in this area, the actual conditions on the reefs in terms of currents and wildlife can be a bit of a surprise for the dive guides too, most dives are also deep dives with some ending up being genuine decompression dives. So not recommended for relatively inexperienced divers or for the faint of hearth.
- Recommended for
- Being the only boat around the reefs, the huge pod of dolphins we saw one morning anf the whale shark that casually popped up during a safety stop, the food that was just excellent
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- 8.8 Fabulous
- Yousef F
- Canada
All in all lovely Experience
Farsan Banks is an amazing trip. Guides do their best to ensure everyone is getting the most out of the dives based on their experience level. We’d be the only boats on the site. Hammers, reef sharks and dolphins! The organization from JED to the port could be better. Some people waited 3 hours without notice. Also no net because its quite remote you don’t see any land.
- Recommended for
- Marine life, Corals , No other boats
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- 9.2 Superb
- Kirsi I
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Finland
Expedition type trip into pristine uncharted waters
The diving was physically harder than expected. Deep dives (35m) and strong currents, and quite often we had to swim against the current to get where we needed to be. Our efforts were rewarded by sightings of hammerheads, big schools of barracuda and jackfish. Other sharks as well. Pristine untouched reefs where literally almost no divers have visited before. We saw no other boats at all during our week at sea. The crew are from Egypt and very experienced in getting divers in and out of the water quickly and efficiently. The boat is owned by Italians, so the food was very good if you like European.
- Recommended for
- Hammerheads, no other boats at dive sites, food onboard.
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- 7.6 Good
- Anne M
- France
Uncrowded Red Sea diving
Diving the Red Sea without any other boat around is what you get when diving Saudi Arabia. The reefs look healthy though bleaching was visible on some hard corals. The visibility was good on every dive. The water was warm at the end of December and pretty calm. Sturdy boat with good Egyptian food onboard. There were two dive guides onboard, they are in the water to try and find animals, not to look after you underwater.
- Recommended for
- Pristine reefs, uncrowded dive sites, Egyptian crew
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- 7.2 Good
- Heike L
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Germany
Spektakuläres tauchen
Neue Riffe, große biodiversität, nach Absprache eigenständiges tauchen möglich, spektakuläre weich und hartkorallenriffe und das wissen, dass die kaputten Korallen nicht durch Taucher sondern durch die Natur verursacht wurden.
- Recommended for
- The 3 best things are the Dive Guide, the staff and the reefs
