The best red sea liveaboard is the one that most closely matches your priorities. For example, your budget, how long you want to go for and what kind of dives you’d prefer to have.
It’s universally accepted among divers that the Red Sea has some of if not the best scuba diving in the world!
Many say that the hard coral there is healthier than anywhere else; much of the underwater landscape is comprised of vast, sprawling reefs with towering pinnacles and epic walls that drop hundreds of feet deep.
It’s home to a myriad of reef life including many colourful fish as well as turtles, blue spotted stingrays, giant clams, morays, nudibranch and octopus.
Combined with the incredible visibility – which can be up 131 feet and this makes for incredible viewing!
Generally, the north region of the Red Sea is seen as the most beginner friendly; currents are usually weaker and dives generally shallower. It is also slightly cheaper as more liveaboards go there.
The north region is home to virtually all of the famous shipwrecks for which the Red Sea is known – of which there are many; they make for fantastic wreck diving!
The south region is more off-the-beaten-track; less liveaboards venture there and this does make it slightly more expensive (although not by much and it’s totally worth it, trust us!).
Dive sites are usually deeper and currents may be stronger; so the south region is usually recommended for advanced open water divers with at least 50 logged dives.
However; for those few who do venture into the South Red Sea; this is where you’ll find the cream of the crop coral; in its most pristine and abundant condition.
In place of wrecks, the south has big marine animals such as oceanic whitetip sharks, hammerhead sharks, manta rays and sometimes even whale sharks, dolphins and dugong!
In this article, we’ll go through everything you need to know to book your own Red Sea liveaboard; no matter which region you want to explore, when you want to go and what your spending budget is.
We’ve reviewed the best Red Sea liveaboards of all time and included original movies and photos from our own Red Sea liveaboard trips – so you can see what it’s like!
Whether you’re looking for the cheapest option, the most expensive one or something slap bang in between – we’ve got you covered.