Hammerhead II

At 45 metre long and built in 2019 with a steel hull, Hammerhead 2 is one of Egypt's most modern and highest quality liveaboards. It operates 1 week Red Sea diving safaris for up to 32 divers in the Sinai Peninsula, the southern marine parks, and the Deep South of St John's and Abu Fendira.

This super yacht has 5 decks, making it very spacious even when at full capacity, and has the best panoramic views around. Yet it's sleek and low profile make it very stable in the waves. The upper and sun decks are where guests can enjoy the sea breeze and fresh air, and are designed to be able to seat all guests at the same time. There are huge and comfortable couches, cushions and pillows so guests can enjoy tanning in the Egyptian sunshine. Guests can also unwind in the Jacuzzi, enjoy the open air bar, and make use of the guest bathroom.

The cabins all have en-suite bathrooms and are among the largest in the Red Sea diving industry, with standard cabins on the lower and upper decks, as well as upper deck suites with panoramic views. A twin-machine guest laundry service is available. On the main deck is a large saloon with modern interior design, wi-fi, TV and sound theatre system, and a coffee corner and dining area where guests can enjoy delicious meals with outstanding seaviews.

Diving operations are conducted from twin 6.5m speedboats with 85 HP motor engines. The dive deck has 36 slots for scuba diver equipment. The area is designed to ensure that divers can move around safely, comfortably and freely. Nitrox is available and tanks are filled with 4 air hoses. It also has 2 bathrooms for guest use.

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Dive experience: To dive in the marine parks of Brothers, Daedalus Reef, Zabargad and Rocky islands, you must be an advanced open water certified diver and have a minimum of 50 logged dives, elsewhere: a minumum of 30 logged dives. A diver that fails to meet these entry requirements may have to sit our more challenging dives if the guides assess that he/she lacks the ability to complete the dive safely.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, soft drinks, drinking water, hot drinks (e.g. coffee, tea), dives (as detailed in the trips above), 4 experienced English-speaking divemasters (target is 8 divers per DM), 12 litre tanks, weights, all taxes.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (US$ 258 per week), dive computer, SMB, port fees US$ 46, park fees US$ 83, service charge (i.e. crew tips: US$ 103, diving insurance. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash - EUR or USD, or card, or online payment).

Optional extras: Airport to boat transfers, nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers (US$ 62 per week), 15 litre tank (US$ 46 per week), torch. 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: Hammerhead liveaboard diving safaris depart from either Hurghada (Old (Sheraton) Port) or Port Ghalib. If requested, a staff representative will be waiting for you at either the arrivals hall of Hurghada or Marsa Alam airports, holding a sign with your name on it. Private transfers can be arranged to the yacht from either airport at any time of day on start and end day only. For 1-week trips, check in time starts at 2 pm on the first day (boat departs port the next morning). For short trips, check-in time is 6 pm.
The last dive of the trip will be at around 11 am. The yacht then returns to port in the afternoon. For 1-week trips, check out is at 9 am on the final day. For short trips, check-in time is 12 noon. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving. For more details, including airlines, see our Red Sea travel information section.

Non-diver rate: 15% discount.

Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travellers may choose to share a cabin or pay a supplement of 75% of the published price for their own cabin.

Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 6 divers and 1 extra person can join the cruise free of charge (8+ guests), pay for 12 divers and 2 extra persons can join free of charge (14+ guests).

Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 22 divers and 10 additional persons can join the cruise free of charge (total 32 guests)

Add-on package: If you have time, we strongly recommend that you consider some of the wonderful antiquities tours in Egypt which can add a whole new dimension to your Red Sea diving trip.
Cairo museum's royal mummies, the pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, a glorious cruise down the Nile staying in a luxury cabin, The Valley of the Kings, all of these and more can be seen in packages starting at 6 nights' duration. Other activities such as 4x4 safaris and camel tours are also available as are custom-made packages to suit your needs.

Brothers, Daedalus & Elphinstone (8 Days / 7 Nights - 16 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: Shaab Marsa Alam, Brothers, Daedalus, Elphinstone

Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Hurghada marina for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next week. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-7
The Brother Islands are 2 small exposed promontories in the middle of the sea, with a very high concentration of marine life. The walls feature sponges, anemones and hard and soft corals, giving an astonishing variety of colour to the underwater world. It's very common to see sharks at the dive sites around the islands. Scalloped hammerheads and grey reef sharks, silvertip and whitetip reef sharks. At Big Brother there is a wreck that can be dived when the conditions are right, especially if it's not too windy. It's the Numidia that lies between 5-8m, completely covered with hard and soft corals. and gorgonians. The reefs at Daedalus and Elphinstone are home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Hammerheads, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks can be seen here, as well as manta rays, usually during the summer months.
3 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea marine parks, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. After a detailed briefing from the guide, you and your buddy will plan and execute your dives. Of course, you are welcome to join the guide for your dives.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).
There will only be 2 dives on the last day of diving as the boat will then sail back to port for the final evening. You can then take a look around the marina or go for a drink.


Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Note: these cruises sometimes use Port Ghalib instead of Hurghada so please check the ports of departure and return.

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Red Sea North, Wrecks & Tiran Straits (8 Days / 7 Nights - 18 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: Shaab El Erg, Dunraven, Ras Mohammed, SS Thistlegorm, Sharm El Sheikh, Tiran Island, Gubal, Rosalie Moller, Abu Nuhas wrecks, Umm Gamar

Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Hurghada marina for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next week. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-7
You will dive at some very special and world famous reefs and wrecks. Ras Mohamed is one of the best kept national parks in Egypt. Its waters are rich in nutrients, attracting pelagics, and in the summer months even schools of scalloped hammerheads might visit. The most famous wreck in the Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm, will leave you in awe: it was sunk in 1941 after being bombed by the German Luftwaffe and lies upright on the sea-bottom at 32m. With its historical cargo of World War II machinery and equipment, all neatly stowed in its open holds, the wreck of the Thistlegorm would be a highlight of diving anywhere in the world. The Rosalie Moeller, carrying a cargo of coal, suffered the same fate just 2 days later. The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. The wrecks here - the Giannis D, the Carnatic, the Chrisoula K and the Kimon M - are an attraction point for divers from all around the world, as they are now encrusted with beautiful corals that attract lots of reef fish. Inside the wrecks expect to find thousands of glassfish.
The Straits of Tiran are one of the most famous diving areas in the Red Sea. The strong current brings plenty of nutrients and schooling fish to the reef, tempting pelagic fish in from the open water. Large schools of barracuda and jacks are common here, as are larger predators including several species of shark.
3-4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. After a detailed briefing from the guide, you and your buddy will plan and execute your dives. Of course, you are welcome to join the guide for your dives.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).
There will only be 2 dives on the last day of diving as the boat will then sail back to port for the final evening. You can then take a look around the marina or go for a drink.


Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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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: Shaab Marsa Alam, Shaab Sharm, Daedalus Reef, Saint John's, Sataya (Fury Shoals), Wadi El Gemal, Marsa Alam

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next week. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-7
In the deep south of Egypt you will have the chance to dive St. John’s Reefs, the healthiest and most colourful in the Red Sea, with their fantastic drop offs, pinnacles, canyons, caves and tunnels, and amazing hard-corals. There is a lot of marine life too, such as barracuda, different types of reef shark, sometimes even turtles, Napoleon wrasse, dolphins, dugongs and mantas. The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system. Sha'ab Claudio is a classic dive with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles, and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glassfish. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
Daedalus Reef is home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Hammerheads, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks can be seen here, as well as manta rays.
3-4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. After a detailed briefing from the guide, you and your buddy will plan and execute your dives. Of course, you are welcome to join the guide for your dives.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).
There will only be 2 dives on the last day of diving as the boat will then sail back to port for the final evening. You can then take a look around the port or go for a drink.


Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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St. John's Reefs (8 Days / 7 Nights - 18 Dives)

Trip highlights: 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: Shaab Marsa Alam, Shaab Sharm, Elphinstone, Saint John's, Sataya (Fury Shoals), Wadi El Gemal, Marsa Alam

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next week. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-7
In the deep south of Egypt you will have the chance to dive St. John’s Reefs, the healthiest and most colourful in the Red Sea, with their fantastic drop offs, pinnacles, canyons, caves and tunnels, and amazing hard-corals. There is a lot of marine life too, such as barracuda, different types of reef shark, sometimes even turtles, Napoleon wrasse, dolphins, dugongs and mantas. The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system. Sha'ab Claudio is a classic dive with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles, and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glassfish. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
Elphinstone is home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Hammerheads, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks can occasionally be seen here.
3-4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. After a detailed briefing from the guide, you and your buddy will plan and execute your dives. Of course, you are welcome to join the guide for your dives.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).
There will only be 2 dives on the last day of diving as the boat will then sail back to port for the final evening. You can then take a look around the port or go for a drink.


Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Red Sea South (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: Shaab Marsa Alam, Shaab Sharm, Daedalus Reef, Rocky Island, Zabargad, Sataya (Fury Shoals), Wadi El Gemal, Marsa Alam

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next week. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-7
Daedalus Reef is home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Hammerheads, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks can be seen here, as well as manta rays. One of the more current-swept regions of the Red Sea is Rocky Island. Here the nutrient-rich water movement gives rise to healthy gorgonian fans, black coral trees and sponges. Often found sheltering in quieter spots are turtles, grey reef sharks, silvertips, and perhaps also mantas and dolphins. Manta rays and dolphins are also common visitors. Zabargad island is a site populated by soldierfish, wrasses and schools of snappers. It features walls, drop-offs and shallow coral gardens.
The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system. Sha'ab Claudio is a classic dive with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles, and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glassfish. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
3 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. After a detailed briefing from the guide, you and your buddy will plan and execute your dives. Of course, you are welcome to join the guide for your dives.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).
There will only be 2 dives on the last day of diving as the boat will then sail back to port for the final evening. You can then take a look around the port or go for a drink.


Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Red Sea North & Wrecks (4 Days / 3 Nights - 9 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: Shaab El Erg, SS Thistlegorm, Ras Mohamed, Abu Nuhas wrecks, Umm Gamar

Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Hurghada marina for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next days. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2 and 3
You will dive at some very special and world famous reefs and wrecks. Ras Mohamed is one of the best kept national parks in Egypt. Its waters are rich in nutrients, attracting pelagics, and in the summer months even schools of scalloped hammerheads might visit. The most famous wreck in the Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm, will leave you in awe: it was sunk in 1941 after being bombed by the German Luftwaffe and lies upright on the sea-bottom at 32m. With its historical cargo of World War II machinery and equipment, all neatly stowed in its open holds, the wreck of the Thistlegorm would be a highlight of diving anywhere in the world. The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. The wrecks here - the Giannis D, the Carnatic, the Chrisoula K and the Kimon M - are an attraction point for divers from all around the world, as they are now encrusted with beautiful corals that attract lots of reef fish. Inside the wrecks expect to find thousands of glassfish.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).


Day 4
There will be 2 more dives on the final day and then the boat will sail back to port. Disembarkation starts after a final lunch on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Daedalus & Elphinstone (5 Days / 4 Nights - 10 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: Marsa Alam, Sharm Marsa, Daedalus Reef, Elphinstone

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next few days. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-4
Daedalus Reef is the best place in Egypt for bucket-list encounters with hammerhead sharks, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks, as well as manta rays. Elphinstone is home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Sharks can occasionally be seen here too.
3-4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. After a detailed briefing from the guide, you and your buddy will plan and execute your dives. Of course, you are welcome to join the guide for your dives.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).



Day 5
There will be 2 more dives on the final day, then boat will sail back to port. Disembarkation starts after a final lunch on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Daedalus & Fury Shoals (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: Shaab Marsa Alam, Shaab Sharm, Daedalus Reef, Sataya (Fury Shoals), Wadi El Gemal, Marsa Alam

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next week. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-7
Daedalus Reef is home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Hammerheads, oceanic whitetips and thresher sharks can be seen here, as well as manta rays.
The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system in the deep south of Egypt. Sha'ab Claudio is a classic dive with its famous swim-throughs and huge porites corals, Malahi with its mazes and friendly turtles, and Abu Galawa Soraya with its fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat smothered with glassfish. Sataya, with its resident spinner dolphin population, is a must for snorkelling between dives, as well as having some good underwater offerings.
3-4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. After a detailed briefing from the guide, you and your buddy will plan and execute your dives. Of course, you are welcome to join the guide for your dives.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).
There will only be 2 dives on the last day of diving as the boat will then sail back to port for the final evening. You can then take a look around the port or go for a drink.


Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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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: Shaab El Erg, SS Thistlegorm, Abu Nuhas wrecks, Big Brother, Little Brother, Safaga: Abu Kefan, Panorama Reef, Hurghada: Gifton, Abu Ramada

Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Hurghada marina for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next week. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-7
The famous Brother Islands are 2 undersea mountains that rise from the depths and act as a magnet for sea life, offering breath-taking drift dives with a wide variety of pelagics. Their walls are covered in sponges, soft corals, black corals and gorgonian seafans, lending an astonishing variety of colour. Bucket list encounters include hammerheads, grey reef sharks, silvertips, whitetip reef sharks, thresher sharks and manta rays, especially during the summer months. Big tuna, schools of trevallies and snapper cruise by in the blue. You may also dive on the wreck Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel, and the Numidia, a cargo ship that lies in the shallows of Big Brother Island. They are covered in soft and hard corals and are unforgettable.
The most famous wreck in the Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm, will leave you in awe: it was sunk in 1941 after being bombed by the German Luftwaffe and lies upright on the sea-bottom at 32m. With its historical cargo of World War II machinery and equipment, all neatly stowed in its open holds, the wreck of the Thistlegorm would be a highlight of diving anywhere in the world. The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. The wrecks here - the Giannis D, the Carnatic, the Chrisoula K and the Kimon M - are an attraction point for divers from all around the world, as they are now encrusted with beautiful corals that attract lots of reef fish. Inside the wrecks expect to find thousands of glassfish. Safaga has some great diving too, offering a combination of shallow reef dives like Panorama Reef, and drop-offs.
3 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. After a detailed briefing from the guide, you and your buddy will plan and execute your dives. Of course, you are welcome to join the guide for your dives.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).
There will only be 2 dives on the last day of diving as the boat will then sail back to port for the final evening. You can then take a look around the marina or go for a drink.


Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Brothers & Elphinstone (5 Days / 4 Nights - 10 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: Marsa Alam, Brothers, Elphinstone, Abu Dabbab

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next few days. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-4
The famous Brother Islands are 2 undersea mountains that rise from the depths and act as a magnet for sea life, offering breath-taking drift dives with a wide variety of pelagics. Their walls are covered in sponges, soft corals, black corals and gorgonian seafans, lending an astonishing variety of colour. Bucket list encounters include hammerheads, grey reef sharks, silvertips, whitetip reef sharks, thresher sharks and manta rays, especially during the summer months. Big tuna, schools of trevallies and snapper cruise by in the blue. You may also dive on the wreck Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel, and the Numidia, a cargo ship that lies in the shallows of Big Brother Island. They are covered in soft and hard corals and are unforgettable. Elphinstone is home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Sharks can occasionally be seen here too.
3-4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. After a detailed briefing from the guide, you and your buddy will plan and execute your dives. Of course, you are welcome to join the guide for your dives.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).

Day 5
There will be 2 more dives on the final day, then boat will sail back to port. Disembarkation starts after a final lunch on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Safaga & Elphinstone (4 Days / 3 Nights - 11 Dives)

Trip highlights: hammerhead sharks, shark action, 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: Marsa Alam, Elphinstone, Safaga: Abu Kifan, Salem Express, Abu Hashish; Hurghada: Gifton Island, Gota Abu Ramada

Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Hurghada marina for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next few days. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-3
Elphinstone is home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Sharks can occasionally be seen here too. Safaga has some great diving too, offering a combination of shallow reef dives like Panorama Reef, and drop-offs, as well as an unforgettable shipwreck. The Salem Express was a 100-metre ferry boat and remains one of the largest accessible wrecks in the Egyptian Red Sea and diving it is a must for every experienced scuba diver, as long as you can handle the nature of the recent tragedy. It is now covered in hard and soft corals and hosts frogfish, blue-spotted stingrays, schools of angel and butterfly fish.
3-4 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. After a detailed briefing from the guide, you and your buddy will plan and execute your dives. Of course, you are welcome to join the guide for your dives.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).

Day 4
There will be 2 more dives on the final day, then boat will sail back to port. Disembarkation starts after a final lunch on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.
Note: these cruises sometimes use Port Ghalib instead of Hurghada so please check the ports of departure and return.

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Brothers & Elphinstone (4 Days / 3 Nights - 7 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: Marsa Alam, Brothers, Elphinstone, Abu Dabbab

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next few days. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-3
The famous Brother Islands are 2 undersea mountains that rise from the depths and act as a magnet for sea life, offering breath-taking drift dives with a wide variety of pelagics. Their walls are covered in sponges, soft corals, black corals and gorgonian seafans, lending an astonishing variety of colour. Bucket list encounters include hammerheads, grey reef sharks, silvertips, whitetip reef sharks, thresher sharks and manta rays, especially during the summer months. Big tuna, schools of trevallies and snapper cruise by in the blue. You may also dive on the wreck Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel, and the Numidia, a cargo ship that lies in the shallows of Big Brother Island. They are covered in soft and hard corals and are unforgettable. Elphinstone is home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Sharks can occasionally be seen here too.
3 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. After a detailed briefing from the guide, you and your buddy will plan and execute your dives. Of course, you are welcome to join the guide for your dives.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).

Day 4
There will be 2 more dives on the final day, then boat will sail back to port. Disembarkation starts after a final lunch on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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ZZDUMP (8 Days / 7 Nights - Dives)

Trip highlights: non diving activities

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:

Day 1
You will be met at Marsa Alam Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Port Ghalib for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next few days. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-3
The famous Brother Islands are 2 undersea mountains that rise from the depths and act as a magnet for sea life, offering breath-taking drift dives with a wide variety of pelagics. Their walls are covered in sponges, soft corals, black corals and gorgonian seafans, lending an astonishing variety of colour. Bucket list encounters include hammerheads, grey reef sharks, silvertips, whitetip reef sharks, thresher sharks and manta rays, especially during the summer months. Big tuna, schools of trevallies and snapper cruise by in the blue. You may also dive on the wreck Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel, and the Numidia, a cargo ship that lies in the shallows of Big Brother Island. They are covered in soft and hard corals and are unforgettable. Elphinstone is home to schools of surgeonfish, fusiliers, trevallies and colourful reef fish. Sharks can occasionally be seen here too.
3 dives a day are the norm in the Red Sea, with a couple of morning dives followed by a 3rd dive in the afternoon. After a detailed briefing from the guide, you and your buddy will plan and execute your dives. Of course, you are welcome to join the guide for your dives.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).

Day 4
There will be 2 more dives on the final day, then boat will sail back to port. Disembarkation starts after a final lunch on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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Red Sea North & Wrecks (5 Days / 4 Nights - 13 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: Shaab El Erg, SS Thistlegorm, Ras Mohamed, Abu Nuhas wrecks, Umm Gamar

Day 1
You will be met at Hurghada Airport at the arrivals hall by a representative of Hammerhead liveaboards and transferred in a minibus to Hurghada marina for boarding. The crew will greet you on board with a welcome cocktail, show you to your cabin and allow you time to unpack and prepare your dive gear in the box that will be allocated to you. Dinner will be served inside the saloon and this will be a great opportunity to get to know the other guests on this cruise in the Red Sea. After dinner, the tour leader will provide a detailed boat safety and dive briefing for the next days. The yacht will leave port early morning for the first day of diving.

Days 2-4
You will dive at some very special and world famous reefs and wrecks. Ras Mohamed is one of the best kept national parks in Egypt. Its waters are rich in nutrients, attracting pelagics, and in the summer months even schools of scalloped hammerheads might visit. The most famous wreck in the Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm, will leave you in awe: it was sunk in 1941 after being bombed by the German Luftwaffe and lies upright on the sea-bottom at 32m. With its historical cargo of World War II machinery and equipment, all neatly stowed in its open holds, the wreck of the Thistlegorm would be a highlight of diving anywhere in the world. The north side of Abu Nuhas features 4 wrecks on a steep sloping reef layered with table corals. The wrecks here - the Giannis D, the Carnatic, the Chrisoula K and the Kimon M - are an attraction point for divers from all around the world, as they are now encrusted with beautiful corals that attract lots of reef fish. Inside the wrecks expect to find thousands of glassfish.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Egyptian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining area of the main deck, with great seaviews. A pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks will each be followed by dives. Dinner is after the night dive. Biscuits, bread/toast, candy bars, cakes and fruit are available throughout the day. With prior notice the boat can cater for special dietary restrictions such a halal/kosher, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water will keep you hydrated. There is a coffee corner in the saloon and an open-air bar for evening drinks. Alcohol is not sold onboard but guests may bring their own to consume during the trip (staff can help in this purchase before departure).


Day 5
There will be 2 more dives on the final day and then the boat will sail back to port. Disembarkation starts after a final lunch on the yacht. You can arrange with the crew to be transported back to the airport or to a local hotel.

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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].

Hammerhead 2 has 16 guest cabins, all with private en-suite bathrooms. There are 2 upper deck Master cabins with panoramic front-facing windows, double beds (140 cm wide) and an additional small single bed. Also on the upper deck are 6 Deluxe cabins that have seaview windows and each have a 130 cm wide bed and a 100 cm wide bed. The lower deck has 8 Standard twin bed (100 cm wide) cabins.

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