Saudi Explorer, Saudi Arabia
- from $ 189 / day
- 8.3 Very good
- 9 Verified Reviews 9 Verified Reviews
- Nitrox available
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.
Required Extras: Gratuities (10 EUR per day), Port Fees (35 EUR per day).
Optional Extras: Airport Transfer, Hotel Transfer, 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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Boat features
Food & Drinks
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
The crew speaks English.
Gear Rental
There is diving gear available on this boat. Please provide your rental needs on the booking form. See below for further details on inclusions and pricing. Show prices.
Drawings & Vessel Layouts
Boat Specifications
- Year built 2019
- Length 34 meters
- Beam 7.8 meters
- Top speed 11 knots
- Cruising speed 8 knots
- Engines 2 Man Marine 600HP
- Max guests 20
- Number of cabins 10
- Number of bathrooms 11
- Tenders 2
- Water capacity 30 tons
- Fuel capacity 50 tons
- Freshwater maker 2 x 1 ton/day
Boat Navigation and Safety
Saudi Explorer Reviews
- 8.3 Very good
- 9 Verified Reviews
- Vessel 7.6
- Crew 8.2
- Food 8.9
- Diving 8.9
- Value 7.8
- 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
- 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
- 7.2 Good
- Alena Miriam S
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Czech Republic
Unexplored part of the Red Sea
Corals are in perfect condition, visibility is good, there is no other boat there. However water was still warm in November and sharks could be seen deep only. Without those deep dives with shark sights the dive sites would be very repetitive I disagree with the guide approach to safety, firstly they provided me a stage cylinder for increased safety (I am qualified for that, never needed to use it and stayed within my qualification limits) and set me no limits although I asked, then they took it from me with very stupid reasoning. They also skipped 2 dives only because few people were interested.
- Recommended for
- Coral diversity, deep diving
- 10 Exceptional
- Adel Z
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United States
Had a great week in Saudi
I saw some sea creatures that they have never seen before, quite impressive
- Recommended for
- Diving in the southern areas of the Red Sea
- 7.6 Good
- izaskun L
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Spain
INCREDIBLE CREW, BUT THE ORGANIZATION CAN BE MUCH BETTER
There have been a lot of special moments. The dive sites have been really really beautyfull. The crew work very hard to help us everyday in every moments. Not so much sharks that we thought but it is because the hot water. Diving guides very nice with all of us, but one of them had never dived in this area and it is a handicap for him and for the group that he guides, but he had done all of his best to do his work very well.
- Recommended for
- FIRST THE INCREDIBLE CREW, DIVE SITES ARE FANTASTIC AND THE ROOMS ARE VERY COMFORTABLE
- 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.
- 7.6 Good
- Jaime G
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Spain
Fantástico guia de buceo, buena tripulación pero estropeado en parte por un buceador
La transaparencia del Mar Rojo, sus colores y al no estar masificado permitieron ver en varias ocasiones Tiburones Martillo y tiburón tigre.
- Recommended for
- Guia de buceo Mohamed, no masificación, transaparencia y colores
- 9.2 Superb
- Maria Begoña M
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Spain
Muy buena semana
Muy buena semana, salvo por uno de los clientes que se empeñó en hacerla vida imposible dentro y fuera del agua tanto a guías como a la tripulación.
- Recommended for
- Guías y buceo. Tripulación.. servicio.
- 7.6 Good
- Franck L
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France
Super croisière mais août n’est pas le mois le plus favorable car l’eau est à 32° donc moins de pélagiques
De belles plongées avec des coraux sains , beaucoup de vie , les requins soyeux , gris et marteaux quand ils ont bien voulu se montrer mais toujours en profonde
- Recommended for
- Les plongées, seul bateau sur les sites , bonne ambiance
