Sea Serpent Grand

Sea Serpent Grand is the flagship of the Sea Serpent's Red Sea cruise fleet and doesn't skimp on luxury in any respect. This modern 43 metre long liveaboard is designed with speed and luxury in mind, ensuring scuba divers get between sites as quickly and comfortably as possible while maintaining stability, even in rough seas.

14 cabins are to be found on Sea Serpent Grand, which includes top-class Red Sea liveaboard diving comforts like music, a fridge / minibar and en-suite bathrooms which are large and feature multi-jet showers.

In the communal areas the saloon on the main deck takes advantage of all the space and is equipped with cutting edge entertainment equipment. Outside, a large open area provides the opportunity for soaking up the sun, or enjoying views of the Red Sea from a shaded area, both of which have ample comfortable seating and sun matresses.

Sea Serpent Grand is also the technical diver's dream. It features a helium/oxygen blending station and a Haskel pump, catering to both the open and closed circuit technical divers. 200-bar oxygen fills are provided as well as on-demand trimix, heliox and free nitrox. There is also an ENOS diver safety system onboard. Note this liveaboard has a special package available for guests from the USA.

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Notes: Guests from the USA have a special package on this liveaboard with special inclusions and privileges. Please ask us.

Dive experience: Recommended (not mandatory): North & Wrecks safaris - Open Water diver license and 20 logged dives; St. Johns Reefs safaris - Open Water diver license and 30 logged dives; Brothers, Daedalus Reef & Elphinstone liveaboard safaris - Advanced Open Water diver license and 50 logged dives.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, soft drinks, water and hot drinks (e.g. instant coffee, tea), return transfers from airport to boat (HRG-PG, HRG-HG, RMF-PG), port and park fees, dives (as detailed in the trips above), nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers, experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) (max. 10 divers: 1 DM), tanks and weights, all taxes.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (incl. dive computer or torch, US$ 200 per week), diving insurance (available for purchase onboard), transfers from airport to boat (RMF-HG). Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash or credit card).

Optional extras: Alcoholic drinks, torch (US$ 45 per week), 15 litre tank (US$ 45 per week),. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival. Note: prices of items purchased onboard are subject to change.

How to get there: MY Sea Serpent Grand Red Sea diving cruises depart from Hurghada and Port Ghalib (Marsa Alam), and return transfers from Hurghada and Marsa Alam airports to the departure point can be arranged. Boarding starts at 5 pm on the first day (boat departs the next morning). Disembark before 10 am on the last day (last night usually on the boat in the harbour). Late arrivals or early departures can be arranged.
The last dive of the trip will be at around 1 pm on the last full day of the trip. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving. For more travel details, including airlines, see our information section for the Red Sea.

Non-diver rate: None

Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): Add 80% to published prices.

Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 8 guests and 1 additional diver can join the cruise in a standard cabin free of charge (total 9+ guests).

Whole boat charter rate (per night): Please ask us for details.

Add-on package: If you have some additional time to spend in Egypt, we recommend the awesome antiquities tours. Cairo's museums, the pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, all are worthy of a good visit. Near Luxor, you can board a Nile River cruise and explore the historical Valley of the Kings. 4WD deseet safaris and camel rides are also available to suit your requirements.

Red Sea North & Wrecks (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 Dives)

Trip highlights: dolphins, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Ras Mohamed, Thistlegorm, Dunraven. Abu Nuhas wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Kimon M, Chrisoula K), Rosalie Moeller, Hurghada reefs

Day 1
The MY Sea Serpent Grand will depart either from the port of Hurghada or the more southerly Port Ghalib. Embarkation at either port can be no earlier than 17:00 hrs. If your cruise is one that leaves from Hurghada, you should fly into Hurghada airport where you will be met and transferred, by air-conditioned minibus, to the boat. This journey takes 20 minutes or so. If departing Port Ghalib you can choose between flying into either Hurghada or Marsa Alam and be transferred from the airport to the boat. From Hurghada the journey takes 3 hours from Marsa Alam, only a few minutes. On board you will be welcomed, given a boat briefing and allocated your cabin before dinner. The Sea Serpent Grand departs early in the following morning.

Days 2-7
On this cruise the itinerary includes Abu Nuhas, a collection of 4 wrecks claimed by this notorious shallow reef. These structures are now covered by beautiful colourful hard and soft corals and are a favourite for underwater photographers. You will also dive Rosalie Moeller and the world-famous SS Thistlegorm. This legendary wreck, sunk by Germans during WWII, went down with its cargo intact. To this day you can dive around the tanks, motorcycles and ammunition which makes for a memorable experience.
On this cruise the itinerary includes Abu Nuhas, a collection of 4 wrecks claimed by this notorious shallow reef. These structures are now covered by beautiful colourful hard and soft corals and are a favourite for underwater photographers. You will also dive Rosalie Moeller and the world-famous SS Thistlegorm. This legendary wreck, sunk by Germans during WWII, went down with its cargo intact. To this day you can dive around the tanks, motorcycles and ammunition which makes for a memorable experience.
3 or 4 dives per day are usually possible on this itinerary. The exception is the day before disembarkation when they are likely 2 dives before the boat returns to port.
The daily dining procedure includes pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. So dive, eat, sleep seems to be the system! Pre-breakfast is a light affair of juice, tea, coffee and nibbles. After dive 1 it is time for a hot, cooked breakfast of eggs, sausages, toast, pastries, cereal and oatmeal. While most of the food can be described as International cuisine there are other influences including local Egyptian dishes. Snacks are also available throughout the day including fresh fruits and cookies. Hot soup is nice warming treat for when you surface after night dives.

Day 8
On the last day you can arise to a farewell breakfast before disembarking between 10:00 and 12:00 hrs. You will be transferred to the airport.

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Red Sea North, Wrecks & Tiran Straits (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 Dives)

Trip highlights: turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Ras Mohamed, Thistlegorm, Dunraven. Abu Nuhas wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Kimon M, Chrisoula K), Rosalie Moeller, Straits of Tiran, Hurghada reefs

Day 1
The MY Sea Serpent Grand will depart either from the port of Hurghada or the more southerly Port Ghalib. Embarkation at either port can be no earlier than 17:00 hrs. If your cruise is one that leaves from Hurghada, you should fly into Hurghada airport where you will be met and transferred, by air-conditioned minibus, to the boat. This journey takes 20 minutes or so. If departing Port Ghalib you can choose between flying into either Hurghada or Marsa Alam and be transferred from the airport to the boat. From Hurghada the journey takes 3 hours from Marsa Alam, only a few minutes. On board you will be welcomed, given a boat briefing and allocated your cabin before dinner. The Sea Serpent Grand departs early in the following morning.

Days 2-7
On this cruise the itinerary includes Abu Nuhas, a collection of 4 wrecks claimed by this notorious shallow reef. These structures are now covered by beautiful colourful hard and soft corals and are a favourite for underwater photographers. You will also dive Rosalie Moeller and the world-famous SS Thistlegorm. This legendary wreck, sunk by Germans during WWII, went down with its cargo intact. To this day you can dive around the tanks, motorcycles and ammunition which makes for a memorable experience.
This itinerary includes Ras Mohamed National Park which is located in Sinai. It is known for schools of snapper, tuna and trevally swimming past walls covered in colourful gorgonians and soft corals. This diver’s paradise is also a good place for sightings of creatures like turtles, blue-spotted stingrays, crocodilefish and scorpionfish. The 4 renowned Straits of Tiran (Woodhouse, Thomas, Gordon and Jackson) are frequented by large pelagics who come to feast on the smorgasbord of food attracted by the nutrient-rich currents.
3 or 4 dives per day are usually possible on this itinerary. The exception is the day before disembarkation when they are likely 2 dives before the boat returns to port.
The daily dining procedure includes pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. So dive, eat, sleep seems to be the system! Pre-breakfast is a light affair of juice, tea, coffee and nibbles. After dive 1 it is time for a hot, cooked breakfast of eggs, sausages, toast, pastries, cereal and oatmeal. While most of the food can be described as International cuisine there are other influences including local Egyptian dishes. Snacks are also available throughout the day including fresh fruits and cookies. Hot soup is nice warming treat for when you surface after night dives.

Day 8
On the last day you can arise to a farewell breakfast before disembarking between 10:00 and 12:00 hrs. You will be transferred to the airport.

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Red Sea North, Wrecks & Brothers (8 Days / 7 Nights - 18 Dives)

Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Big Brother (Aida II, Numidia), Little Brother, Thistlegorm, Abu Nuhas wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Kimon M, Chrisoula K), Rosalie Moeller, Hurghada reefs

Day 1
The MY Sea Serpent Grand will depart either from the port of Hurghada or the more southerly Port Ghalib. Embarkation at either port can be no earlier than 17:00 hrs. If your cruise is one that leaves from Hurghada, you should fly into Hurghada airport where you will be met and transferred, by air-conditioned minibus, to the boat. This journey takes 20 minutes or so. If departing Port Ghalib you can choose between flying into either Hurghada or Marsa Alam and be transferred from the airport to the boat. From Hurghada the journey takes 3 hours from Marsa Alam, only a few minutes. On board you will be welcomed, given a boat briefing and allocated your cabin before dinner. The Sea Serpent Grand departs early in the following morning.

Days 2-7
This Red Sea diving tour will give you several dives at the famous Brother Islands which are 2 undersea mounts that are among the best loved sites of the Red Sea. There is some great drift diving around the drop-offs which are bejwelled with soft corals and sea fans and populated by meaty pelagics. In the blue you can see mantas, schools of snapper and trevallies, plus sharks like: scalloped hammerheads, grey reef, silvertip, silky and oceanic whitetip sharks. There are a couple of wrecks to explore such as Aida II and Numidia, a cargo ship that lies in the shallows off Big Brother Island. Both these wrecks are festooned with hard and soft corals and colourful encrusting sponges.
You will also have several dives at the most famous wrecks in the northern Red Sea, including Abu Nuhas, a collection of 4 wrecks claimed by this notorious shallow reef. These structures are now covered by beautiful colourful hard and soft corals and are a favourite for underwater photographers. You will also dive Rosalie Moeller and the world-famous SS Thistlegorm. This legendary wreck, sunk by Germans during WWII, went down with its cargo intact. To this day you can dive around the tanks, motorcycles and ammunition which makes for a memorable experience.
3 or 4 dives per day are usually possible on this itinerary. The exception is the day before disembarkation when they are likely 2 dives before the boat returns to port.
The daily dining procedure includes pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. So dive, eat, sleep seems to be the system! Pre-breakfast is a light affair of juice, tea, coffee and nibbles. After dive 1 it is time for a hot, cooked breakfast of eggs, sausages, toast, pastries, cereal and oatmeal. While most of the food can be described as International cuisine there are other influences including local Egyptian dishes. Snacks are also available throughout the day including fresh fruits and cookies. Hot soup is nice warming treat for when you surface after night dives.

Day 8
On the last day you can arise to a farewell breakfast before disembarking. You will be transferred to the airport.

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Brothers, Daedalus & Elphinstone (8 Days / 7 Nights - 18 Dives)

Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, manta rays, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Big Brother, Little Brother, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone

Day 1
The MY Sea Serpent Grand will depart either from the port of Hurghada or the more southerly Port Ghalib. Embarkation at either port will start late afternoon. If your cruise is one that leaves from Hurghada, you should fly into Hurghada airport where you will be met and transferred, by air-conditioned minibus, to the boat. This journey takes 20 minutes or so. If departing Port Ghalib you can choose between flying into either Hurghada or Marsa Alam and be transferred from the airport to the boat. From Hurghada the journey takes 3 hours from Marsa Alam, only a few minutes. On board you will be welcomed, given a boat briefing and allocated your cabin before dinner. The Sea Serpent Grand departs early in the following morning.

Days 2-7
Brother Islands, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone is one of the most common routes for Southern Red Sea Liveaboards. It promises drop-offs and wrecks covered in soft corals. Shark species that can be seen in this area include hammerheads, oceanic whitetips, whale sharks and thresher sharks. Turtles are very common as are manta rays and Napoleon wrasses. Smaller creatures include nudibranchs, frogfish and octopus as well as various schools of fish. It is a great route for underwater photographers.
3 or 4 dives per day are usually possible on this itinerary. The exception is the day before disembarkation when they are likely 2 dives before the boat returns to port.
The daily dining procedure includes pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. So dive, eat, sleep seems to be the system! Pre-breakfast is a light affair of juice, tea, coffee and nibbles. After dive 1 it is time for a hot, cooked breakfast of eggs, sausages, toast, pastries, cereal and oatmeal. While most of the food can be described as International cuisine there are other influences including local Egyptian dishes. Snacks are also available throughout the day including fresh fruits and cookies. Hot soup is nice warming treat for when you surface after night dives.

Day 8
On the last day you can arise to a farewell breakfast before disembarking. You will be transferred to the airport.

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Daedalus Reef & St. John's (8 Days / 7 Nights - 18 Dives)

Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, dugongs/manatees, turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: St. John's, Habili Ali, Gota Kebir, Gota Soraya, Fury Shoals, Daedalus Reef, Elphinstone

Day 1
The MY Sea Serpent Grand will depart from Port Ghalib. You can choose between flying into either Hurghada or Marsa Alam and be transferred from the airport to the boat. From Hurghada the journey takes 3 hours from Marsa Alam, only a few minutes. On board you will be welcomed, given a boat briefing and allocated your cabin before dinner. The Sea Serpent Grand departs early in the following morning.

Days 2-7
Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone form a great itinerary for experienced divers. You can dive the drop-offs and take photographs against the backdrop of colourful soft corals and gorgonians. Shark species include threshers, oceanic whitetips, hammerheads and rare whale sharks, as well as turtles and manta rays.
This Red Sea diving tour also visits St. John's Reefs. You will surely have fun while diving pinnacles and tunnels, and see amazing hard-coral reefs, huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals that are home for rays, sharks, octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, large schools of fish: an underwater photographer’s dream! Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters, while dugongs are more difficult creatures to find. Mantas, grey reef and silvertip sharks can often be seen in the blue.
3 or 4 dives per day are usually possible on this itinerary. The exception is the day before disembarkation when they are likely 2 dives before the boat returns to port.
The daily dining procedure includes pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. So dive, eat, sleep seems to be the system! Pre-breakfast is a light affair of juice, tea, coffee and nibbles. After dive 1 it is time for a hot, cooked breakfast of eggs, sausages, toast, pastries, cereal and oatmeal. While most of the food can be described as International cuisine there are other influences including local Egyptian dishes. Snacks are also available throughout the day including fresh fruits and cookies. Hot soup is nice warming treat for when you surface after night dives.

Day 8
On the last day you can arise to a farewell breakfast before disembarking. You will be transferred to the airport.

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Red Sea North, Wrecks & Tiran Straits (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 Dives)

Trip highlights: turtles, schooling fish & big pelagics

Diving environment: advanced divers, beginner divers, cage diving, caverns, drift diving, healthy reefs, off the beaten track, very popular, wall diving, wreck diving

Dive sites and activities: Dahab, Ras Mohamed, Thistlegorm, Dunraven. Abu Nuhas wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Kimon M, Chrisoula K), Rosalie Moeller, Strait of Tiran, Hurghada reefs

Day 1
The MY Sea Serpent Grand will depart either from the port of Hurghada or the more southerly Port Ghalib. Embarkation at either port can be no earlier than 17:00 hrs. If your cruise is one that leaves from Hurghada, you should fly into Hurghada airport where you will be met and transferred, by air-conditioned minibus, to the boat. This journey takes 20 minutes or so. If departing Port Ghalib you can choose between flying into either Hurghada or Marsa Alam and be transferred from the airport to the boat. From Hurghada the journey takes 3 hours from Marsa Alam, only a few minutes. On board you will be welcomed, given a boat briefing and allocated your cabin before dinner. The Sea Serpent Grand departs early in the following morning.

Days 2-7
On this cruise the itinerary includes Abu Nuhas, a collection of 4 wrecks claimed by this notorious shallow reef. These structures are now covered by beautiful colourful hard and soft corals and are a favourite for underwater photographers. You will also dive Rosalie Moeller and the world-famous SS Thistlegorm. This legendary wreck, sunk by Germans during WWII, went down with its cargo intact. To this day you can dive around the tanks, motorcycles and ammunition which makes for a memorable experience.
You will also dive in Dahab and in the Ras Mohamed National Park which is located in Sinai. It is known for schools of snapper, tuna and trevally swimming past walls covered in colourful gorgonians and soft corals. This diver’s paradise is also a good place for sightings of creatures like turtles, blue-spotted stingrays, crocodilefish and scorpionfish. The 4 renowned Straits of Tiran (Woodhouse, Thomas, Gordon and Jackson) are frequented by large pelagics who come to feast on the smorgasbord of food attracted by the nutrient-rich currents.
4 dives per day are usually possible on this itinerary. The exception is the day before disembarkation when they are likely 2 dives before the boat returns to port.
The daily dining procedure includes pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. So dive, eat, sleep seems to be the system! Pre-breakfast is a light affair of juice, tea, coffee and nibbles. After dive 1 it is time for a hot, cooked breakfast of eggs, sausages, toast, pastries, cereal and oatmeal. While most of the food can be described as International cuisine there are other influences including local Egyptian dishes. Snacks are also available throughout the day including fresh fruits and cookies. Hot soup is nice warming treat for when you surface after night dives.

Day 8
On the last day you can arise to a farewell breakfast before disembarking between 10:00 and 12:00 hrs. You will be transferred to the airport.

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[Information is best estimate in ideal circumstances and subject to changes beyond our control. The itinerary is a guide only and may be adapted to best suit the weather, tides, currents, availability and other prevailing events. Price is for the cruise, not for an exact number of dives].

Sea Serpent Grand accommodates up to 28 divers in 14 cabins: There are 10 twin bed cabins - 6 on the lower deck and 4 on the upper deck (can be used as double bed). There are 2 double bed cabins on the lower deck, and there are 2 double bed suites - 1 on the main deck and 1 on the upper deck. All cabins on this liveaboard have private en-suite bathroom facilities.

All the cabins have: No. of bathrooms / showers - 15 / 16 - hot water

The crew comprises: Nitrox - 2 motorised dive dinghies - Diving deck and platform with 3 access ladders, hot water shower and toilet - Separate rinse tank for cameras - Helium/0₂ blending station - Haskel pump - Air-conditioned saloon with TV, DVD and music players - Library with movies, magazines, novels and fish ID books - Indoor restaurant with bar - Open-air dining area - Sun deck & shaded area with sun chairs & matresses - Water dispenser

Customer reviews:

"Everything was great except: on the last day we arrived In Hurghada port around 20 hrs before disembarking.
After lunch, Karim (tour leader) tells everyone we MUST fill out the quality questionnaire and deliver the tips in 30 minutes. Then he says he needs everyone to cancel our plans of hanging out in the port and stay on the liveaboard for a movie. The movie did not start until 9:30 pm so he kept us waiting for 3 hours to show us a video of the pictures he took. After the movie ended he pressures everyone (Egyptian style) to raise up their hand if they don’t want to pay, making this uncomfortable to everyone.
Since the very first check dive, he had his camera ( both hands needed ) with him until the very last dive. This is unprofessional, he is supposed to be a dive guide, not a photographer diver (we did not ask for any pictures). Instead of helping us with the check dive he was acting mad if our buoyancy was not good or for any small problem.
It is uncomfortable to ask us for generous tips (which we did give), not knowing that after we turned in the tips, he would again ask for money for a video.
We were only in 1 picture in the video and for this he made us pay 24 euros each. Other than that, all the trip was fine, the other 2 dive guides were hard working and nice. We had fun and received a great service from everyone (except Karim who was kind of grumpy every day). " - Juan Romero, Mexico, 9 October 2022 ...