Liveaboards: the diving you can't day-trip to
The world's best remote diving (Tubbataha, the Brothers, Cocos, Socorro, the outer atolls) is liveaboard-only. This directory organizes the established boats by region and route.
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Vessels are sold, renamed, rerouted and retired constantly. Treat every entry as a starting point and confirm schedules, prices and the boat itself with the operator before paying anyone.
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The Americas & Eastern Pacific
Galapagos Aggressor III · Aggressor Adventures
Follows the national park's fixed dive-cruise itineraries centered on Wolf and Darwin…
7 nights · 16 Guests · $$$$
Galapagos Sky
A long-running dedicated dive vessel sailing the archipelago's northern route to Wolf and…
7 nights · 16 Guests · $$$$
Humboldt Explorer · Explorer Ventures Fleet
Seven-night park-approved dive circuits anchored by multiple days at Wolf and Darwin…
7 nights · 16 Guests · $$$
MV Argo · Undersea Hunter Group
The larger of the Undersea Hunter vessels, running 10-night Cocos expeditions and…
10-11 nights · 16 Guests · $$$$
Nautilus Belle Amie · Nautilus Dive Adventures
A large modern vessel built for the Revillagigedo run, spending the winter season at San…
8-10 nights · $$$
Nautilus Explorer · Nautilus Dive Adventures
The original Nautilus expedition ship, alternating Revillagigedo winters with summer…
7-10 nights · $$$
Okeanos Aggressor (Cocos) · Aggressor Adventures
Crosses roughly 36 hours of open Pacific from Costa Rica to Cocos Island, then spends the…
8-10 nights · $$$$
Quino el Guardian
Sister operation to Rocio del Mar with a simpler, expedition-style fit-out, known for…
7-10 nights · $$
Rocio del Mar
A family-run Mexican boat splitting the year between winter Revillagigedo expeditions and…
7-10 nights · 20 Guests · $$$
Sea Hunter · Undersea Hunter Group
A purpose-built expedition platform that has served Cocos Island for decades, diving the…
10-11 nights · 20 Guests · $$$$
Solmar V
A veteran of the Revillagigedo run, sailing from Cabo San Lucas to San Benedicto, Socorro…
8-9 nights · 22 Guests · $$$
Caribbean & Western Atlantic
Avalon fleet (Jardines de la Reina) · Avalon Cuban Diving Centers
Avalon holds the concession for Jardines de la Reina, running several vessels and a…
6-7 nights · $$$$
Bahamas Master · Master Liveaboards
Seasonal Bahamas circuits that can include Tiger Beach's shallow shark banks, Bimini, Cat…
7-10 nights · $$$
Belize Aggressor III · Aggressor Adventures
Runs offshore to the atolls, spending most of the week at Lighthouse Reef with dives…
7 nights · 18 Guests · $$$
Cayman Aggressor V · Aggressor Adventures
Circles the Cayman Islands with weather deciding the route: Grand Cayman's wrecks and…
7 nights · $$$
Turks & Caicos Aggressor II · Aggressor Adventures
Week-long loops along the walls of West Caicos, French Cay and Northwest Point, with up…
7 nights · 18 Guests · $$$
Indian Ocean & East Africa
Carpe Vita · Carpe Diem Maldives
A large Maldivian-built vessel on the classic central route, with seasonal itineraries…
7-10 nights · $$$
Emperor Maldives fleet · Emperor Divers
Several boats running the central-atoll best-of route between Malé, Ari and Vaavu, plus…
7 nights · $$
Maldives Aggressor II · Aggressor Adventures
Runs the proven central Maldives circuit (Malé atolls, Vaavu channels and Ari's thila…
7 nights · $$$
Scubaspa Maldives · Scubaspa
Twin yachts pairing a full dive program with an onboard spa, aimed at mixed groups of…
7 nights · $$$
Australia, New Zealand & East Asia
Spirit of Freedom
A 37-meter vessel running three-, four- and seven-night combinations over the Ribbon…
3-7 nights · $$$$
Spoilsport · Mike Ball Dive Expeditions
Mike Ball's twin-hulled expedition ship pairs the Ribbon Reefs, Cod Hole's potato cod…
3-7 nights · 28 Guests · $$$$
Pacific Islands & Micronesia
Fiji Siren · Siren Fleet (Worldwide Dive and Sail)
Sailed the central Fijian grounds (Bligh Water, Namena and the Somosomo Strait area) on…
7-10 nights · 16 Guests · $$$
French Polynesia Master · Master Liveaboards
Works the Tuamotu atolls, timing pass dives at Rangiroa, Fakarava, Apataki and Toau to…
7-10 nights · $$$
MV FeBrina · Walindi Plantation Resort
Operates out of Walindi in Kimbe Bay, working the bay's seamounts and reefs and ranging…
7-11 nights · $$$
Master Liveaboards Truk · Master Liveaboards
Runs standard Chuuk Lagoon wreck weeks and, in some years, long-range expeditions to…
7-12 nights · 16 Guests · $$$
NAI'A · NAI'A Fiji
Fiji's best-known liveaboard, working the Bligh Water, Namena, Wakaya and Vatu-i-Ra…
7-10 nights · 18 Guests · $$$
Odyssey (Truk) · Odyssey Adventures
Dedicated to the Japanese fleet sunk in Operation Hailstone in 1944, moving between…
7 nights · 16 Guests · $$$
Palau Siren · Siren Fleet (Worldwide Dive and Sail)
A 40-meter sailing-style yacht covering the classic Palau circuit of channels, walls and…
7-10 nights · 16 Guests · $$$
Rock Islands Aggressor · Aggressor Adventures
Week-long loops through Palau's headline sites: Blue Corner, German Channel, Ulong…
7-10 nights · $$$
SS Thorfinn
A veteran steam-powered ship that has served Chuuk Lagoon for decades, operating as a…
7-10 nights · $$
Solomons Master · Master Liveaboards
Cruises from Honiara through the Florida and Russell Islands and toward Marovo Lagoon…
7-10 nights · $$$
Spirit of Niugini
Associated with the Milne Bay area at Papua New Guinea's eastern tip, the region where…
7-10 nights · $$$
Red Sea & Middle East
Emperor Echo · Emperor Divers
Concentrates on Egypt's deep south (St John's, Fury Shoals and the Marsa Alam offshore…
7 nights · $$
Emperor Elite · Emperor Divers
A flagship of Emperor's Red Sea fleet, favoring the marine-park circuit of the Brothers…
7 nights · $$
Red Sea Aggressor fleet · Aggressor Adventures
The Aggressor franchise has operated several vessels in Egypt covering the classic menu…
7 nights · $$
Scuba Scene
A large modern motor yacht marketed for Red Sea marine park and northern itineraries with…
7 nights · $$$
blue o two Red Sea fleet · blue o two
A British-run fleet of large steel motor yachts sailing the full Egyptian repertoire…
7 nights · $$$
Southeast Asia & Coral Triangle
Atlantis Azores · Atlantis Dive Resorts & Liveaboards
The liveaboard arm of a long-established Philippine resort company. Sails Tubbataha…
6-10 nights · 16 Guests · $$$
Blue Manta Explorer · White Manta Diving
A large purpose-refitted steel vessel covering the main Indonesian circuit: Raja Ampat in…
6-11 nights · $$$
Damai I · Dive Damai
Roams the Indonesian archipelago on a seasonal circuit that can take in Raja Ampat, the…
7-12 nights · $$$$
Dewi Nusantara
A 57-meter three-masted vessel built in traditional style, sailing Raja Ampat itineraries…
7-12 nights · 18 Guests · $$$$
Mermaid I
A steel-hulled boat running Komodo itineraries from Bali and Labuan Bajo through the dry…
6-10 nights · $$
Philippine Siren · Siren Fleet (Worldwide Dive and Sail)
Runs Tubbataha Reefs during the short spring season, then Visayas and Coron itineraries…
6-10 nights · 16 Guests · $$$
Pindito
One of the longest-serving liveaboards in eastern Indonesia, sailing since the early…
8-12 nights · 16 Guests · $$$
Raja Ampat Aggressor · Aggressor Adventures
Round trips out of Sorong through the Dampier Strait, Penemu and Misool, with some…
7-10 nights · $$$
Thailand Aggressor · Aggressor Adventures
Andaman Sea itineraries built around the Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai and…
5-8 nights · $$$
The Arenui
A hand-finished wooden phinisi that splits its year between Komodo National Park and Raja…
7-12 nights · 22 Guests · $$$$
White Manta Explorer · White Manta Diving
Sister vessel in the same fleet as Blue Manta Explorer, historically serving Southeast…
6-11 nights · $$$
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