Liveaboard
Diving experience
The Sea Serpent Grand is truly one of the most impressive liveaboards in the Red Sea, making it the perfect choice for divers who love a little luxury between their dives.
Measuring an incredible 43.3 meters, the new design means you get spacious and comfy cabins, plus a huge salon on the main deck with a brand-new entertainment system. It also stands out with its awesome speed and stability!
The spacious dive deck is right at water level and easily fits up to 28 divers. You can even do technical diving with Trimix or Helium on the Sea Serpent Grand.
CABINS
- 14 Cabins with room for a total of 28 Guests
Upper Deck: 1 Suite with a double bed, 4 Cabins with single beds (from April 2023, you can pick either double or single beds)
Main Deck: 1 Suite with a double bed
Lower Deck: 8 Cabins – 2 of them with double beds, 6 with single beds
All cabins are bright, modern, and super welcoming, offering all the comforts you'd expect from a top-notch liveaboard trip. This includes your own fridge, a music system, and a private bathroom with a bathrobe and towels. Plus, all the spacious bathrooms come with cool jet showers!
- 14 Cabins with room for a total of 28 Guests
FACILITIES
- Salon: The spacious salon is on the main deck and features the latest entertainment tech with DVD, TV & a sound system. You'll also find a library in the salon.
- Sun Deck: The sun deck, with its comfy sun loungers, is perfect for a relaxing sunbath between dives.
DINING
- Of course, you won't miss out on amazing food aboard the luxury liveaboard Sea Serpent Grand either! Your 3 daily meals, including water, tea & coffee, plus snacks between dives, are all served in the salon. What's more, the ship even has its own bakery for freshly baked bread, cakes & more!
TECHNICAL SPECS
- Length: 43.3 Meters / Width: 8.3 Meters
- Construction: Wooden boat
- Number of Decks: 4
- Generators: 2 x 60 KW / 1x 80KW
- Engines: 2 x 720 HP CAT
- Desalination Unit: 2 x 8000 l/day
- Inflatable Boats with Outboard Motors: 2 x 25 HP
- Compressors: 3 units, with a total of 950 liters/min.
- Nitrox membrane: 900 liters/min.
SAFETY
- Life rafts, life jackets & life rings, firefighting equipment & smoke detectors, flares, VHF radio, Sat, EPIRB, satellite phone, compass, first aid & oxygen kit, radar + echo sounder, HF radio, GPS
PAYMENT ON BOARD
- Major credit cards (with a 2% service charge)
- Euro, US Dollar, Egyptian Pounds, British Pounds
The Sea Serpent Grand has a massive dive deck right at water level, with plenty of space for up to 28 divers. Our 3 dive guides will take you to the Red Sea's most beautiful dive spots.
Our ship comes with a Nitrox compressor, a helium/oxygen blending station, and a Haskel pump. We offer oxygen, Trimix, helium, and Nitrox fills, making us the go-to choice for technical divers in the Red Sea.
- Dives: We do 3-4 dives daily, either directly from the super spacious dive deck at the front of the boat.
- Nitrox: Nitrox is available for free if you have a valid certification.
- Rebreather & Technical Diving: We've got a Nitrox compressor, helium/oxygen blending station, Haskel pump, and offer oxygen, Trimix, helium & Nitrox fills. Rebreather diving is also possible!
SAMPLE ROUTES
- North & Tiran / North & Brothers / North & Wrecks / North, Tiran & Dahab
- Brothers, Daedalus & Elphinstone / Brothers, Daedalus & Fury / Daedalus, Rocky & Zabargad / Rocky, Zabargad, St. John’s
- Abu Fandira / St. John’s
- Fury Shoals
You can check out the detailed itineraries, dates, and availability right below, and feel free to send us your inquiry for your next diving vacation anytime:
Routes and availability
North & Tiran
This Red Sea dive route brings together the most famous wrecks in the northern Red Sea with incredible dives along stunning walls and hard coral reefs.
You'll get to dive the famous four wrecks of Abu Nuhas, often called the 'ship graveyard'. This reef is super close to the shipping lane for the Suez Canal and has claimed more ships than any other in the Red Sea. These wrecks are incredibly scenic, covered in corals, and just perfect for photography, especially the Carnatic, which went down in 1869.
Brothers, Daedalus & Elphinstone
The Brother Islands are like the tops of two underwater mountains popping up from the deep, and you can explore them while diving in the Red Sea, about 50 nautical miles off the coast near Quseir.
You can explore the Aida II, an Egyptian supply ship, and the Numidia, a cargo ship, which rest on the walls of Big Brother during this Red Sea liveaboard trip.
Daedalus Reef is a big, oval reef with a lighthouse, and its walls offer some of the most stunning dive spots in the Red Sea.
You might even spot thresher sharks, an oceanic species, and sometimes even the magnificent whale shark near the reef!
And to top it all off, this dive safari finishes up at Elphinstone, a legendary Red Sea reef where you can truly expect the unexpected.
Daedalus, Rocky & Zabargad
Daedalus Reef, also called Abu El Kizan, is the furthest reef from the coast in the Egyptian Red Sea. Rocky and Zabargad islands are super close to each other, southeast of Ras Banas. Rocky's sheer walls are absolutely covered in stunning forests of soft and fan corals. Zabargad Island is incredibly beautiful and was even used as a gemstone mine way back in ancient times. The sheer walls of Elphinstone Reef drop steeply into the blue, all decked out with soft and fan corals.
North & Brother’s
The walls of the Brother's reefs link up with the amazing wrecks in the northern Red Sea.
Rocky, Zabargad & St. John’s
Rocky, Zabargad & St. John's are Egypt's southernmost dive spots in the Red Sea, so not many divers get to visit them. But those who do often say it's the best diving in the Red Sea! With tons of marine life, uncrowded sites, and super clear water, it's easy to see why.
St. John's is a super healthy reef system, about 40 kilometers southwest of Rocky Island and east of Elba National Park. You'll find Habili Ali and Habili Gafaar there, two amazing reef dives known for their loads of soft and black corals, plus all sorts of open-ocean fish!
North & Wrecks
The North Safari is the perfect mix of wreck and reef diving. You'll get to explore the most incredible wrecks in the northern Red Sea and enjoy some truly stunning reef dives. This trip is great for everyone, even if you just want to snorkel!
St. John’s
St. John's is a cluster of small reefs that give you some of the most amazing underwater wildlife photos in the Red Sea. Habili Ali reef boasts huge gorgonians and black corals. The Grey Reef is where you might spot silvertip and hammerhead sharks on its west side. Habili Gafaar is packed with soft corals, snappers, butterflyfish, and barracudas. And up north, you'll find St. John's Cave, a cool spot where shallow cracks open up into tiny caves.
Fury Shoals
The Fury Shoals are made up of several reefs along the southwest coast of the Red Sea, offering incredible diving with some of Egypt's most untouched reefs. The hard and soft corals are simply pristine and a major highlight at many dive spots, like the Fury Shoal Garden.
North, Tiran & Dahab
This route gives you the chance to dive deep into the Gulf of Aqaba.
You'll get to explore the famous Blue Hole and the Canyon, passing by the magical dive site Gabr El Bint.
Brother’s, Daedalus & Fury
Brother's and Daedalus are your best bet for spotting some 'big fish'!
Fury Shoals, located in the southern Egyptian Red Sea, is a real hotspot for dolphins. Plus, it's packed with countless beautiful reefs and thousands of colorful fish.
Abu Fandira / St. John’s
At Abu Fandira and St. John's, you'll find hardly any other liveaboards or divers around! This 6 km long reef line stretches east to west, just south of St. John's. The varied shapes of these six long reefs give you stunning views of vibrant coral blocks, rising about 15-20 meters high. Besides the reef sharks cruising by, you'll also spot huge schools of fish and lots of different crustaceans. Plus, there are tons of beautiful Napoleon fish and even the rare humphead parrotfish living here!
(Source: Sea Serpent Fleet)