Emperor Seven Seas

At 41 metres long and with twin 1150 HP MAN Turbodiesel engines, Seven Seas is an impressive Red Sea liveaboard, being 5 times winner of the prestigious 'Best Liveaboard in the Red Sea' award in the 'Tauchen' magazine.

There are 12 spacious air-conditioned cabins, each with an en-suite granite lined bathroom and separate shower cubicle. All cabins also have an LCD TV, complimentary wifi, a safe, and a mini-bar fridge. The main deck has an elegant, air-conditioned saloon with a TV, a hard drive with selected films, and a few board games, separate dining room with an ‘open kitchen’ serving great food, and a well-stocked bar. The upper deck has a sundeck and outdoor lounging area with sofas, tables, bean bags and sound system. It also features a barbecue lounge offering grilled fresh food with a great view.

The spacious dive deck includes dedicated storage spaces for each diving guest, camera table. separate camera rinse tanks, air gun, a dedicated camera charging station, 2 bathrooms with hot water showers, and the EANx Mattei membrane system supplies free nitrox for trained divers. 2 x 75 HP zodiac tenders fitted with ladders, and 2-3 guides per trip will accompany you on your Red Sea dives to Brothers, Northern wrecks, St. Johns Reef, Daedalus Reef, and Elphinstone.

The Seven Seas offers 5-star service and provides creature comforts beyond the expectations of most guests, such as bathrobes, hairdryers, complimentary dinner wine and free internet usage. And what's more, the liveaboard has a 'no hidden extras' pricing policy. This means that you will find all the extras such as fuel surcharges, marine park fees, airport/hotel transfers, are all included in the cruise price!

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Dive experience: 50 logged dives and advanced diver certification are required for trips to any of - Brothers, Daedalus Reef, Zabargad and Rocky Island.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, red wine with dinner, drinking water, soft drinks and hot drinks, return transfers from Hurghada or Marsa Alam airport/hotel to boat (fixed times), dives (as detailed in the trips above), nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers, 2-3 experienced English-speaking divemaster(s), 12 litre aluminium tanks, weights and weightbelts, all park & port fees, fuel surcharges, all taxes.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (US$ 200 per week, incl. dive computer), SMB, diving insurance. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash - EUR/USD/CHF/GBP/EGP - or credit card).

Optional extras: All other alcoholic drinks, 15 litre tank (US$ 36 per week), torch (US$ 59 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: The Seven Seas liveaboard departs from Port Ghalib, Safaga or Marsa Alam and return transfers are provided from nearby hotels/ Marsa Alam or Hurghada airports to all departure points. Arrival transfer at 6 pm, departure transfer at 9 am. For more details, including airlines, see our travel information section for the Red Sea.
The first and last nights of the tour are spent in the harbour. Guests arrive and board on the first day. The boat leaves the harbour on the morning of the second day.The last dive of the trip will be at around 12 noon on the second last day of the trip. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.

Non-diver rate: US$ 36 gift voucher to spend onboard.

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 50% of the published price for sole occupancy of a cabin. Seven Seas guarantees same-sex cabin share. If they can’t ‘room’ you with someone of the same sex then they will give you a cabin to yourself at no extra cost.

Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 11 guests and 1 extra person can join the cruise in a lower deck twin bed cabin free of charge (total 12+ guests).

Whole boat charter rate (per night): Pay for 22 guests and 2 additional persons can join the cruise free of charge.

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 holiday.

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.

St. John's Reefs (8 Days / 7 Nights - 21 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: St. John's Reefs (Gota Kebir, Gota Soraya), Fury Shoals Reef System (Sha'ab Claude, Abu Galawa Soraya), Abu Dabab, Sha'ab Sharm, Elphinstone

Day 1
After passing through customs and collecting your luggage at Hurghada Airport you will be met outside the arrivals hall by a representative of Seven Seas. Take a seat in the air-conditioned van that will take you to Port Ghalib where the liveaboard is moored. The journey takes about 3 hours, or just 10 minutes if you have landed at Marsa Alam Airport. The crew will welcome you on board, show you your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help you on familiarizing with your new home for the duration of the trip. Dinner inside the dedicated dining area will be a great moment for getting to know the other divers that, like you, have chosen this amazing safari for their vacation in the Red Sea. The boat will leave port early morning while everyone gets ready to dive.

Days 2-7
The dive sites at St. John's Reefs are very close to each other so it is easy to cruise from one site to the next. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, pinnacles, tunnels and 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.
The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system. Sha'ab Claude 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. You can also explore less well known sites such as Sha'ab Hamam (Stairway to Heaven), Abu Galawa Kebir with the Tien Hsing wreck, and Habili Sameh that will blow you away! On the penultimate day of the tour the boat will head back to Port Ghalib, after 2 morning dives.
All meals are freshly prepared by a professional chef and served buffet style. At breakfast you will find eggs cooked to order, toast and preserves, falafel, cereals, fresh fruit and yoghurt. Tea, coffee or hot chocolate, soft drinks, as well as snacks, are available at all times in the dining area. A variety of meat, chicken, fish, pasta, rice and vegetable dishes, served with a choice of salads, will satisfy your hunger at lunch time, while dinner options might include cream of tomato soup with croutons, goulash with cheese, roast beef with mushroom gravy, macaroni with tomato sauce, basmati rice and sautéed vegetables.

Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. 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 & St. John's Reefs (8 Days / 7 Nights - 22 Dives)

Trip highlights: dolphins, dugongs/manatees, great macro life/ marine diversity

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: Daedalus Reef, Rocky Island, Zabargad, Fury Shoals Reef System (Sha'ab Claude, Abu Galawa Soraya, Malahi, Sha'ab Hamam, Abu Galawa Kebir, Tien Hsing Wreck, Gota Sataya, Habili Sameh), St. John's Reefs (Gota Kebir, Gota Soraya), Sha'ab Sharm, Elphinstone

Day 1
After passing through customs and collecting your luggage at Hurghada Airport you will be met outside the arrivals hall by a representative of Seven Seas. Take a seat in the air-conditioned van that will take you to Port Ghalib where the liveaboard is moored. The journey takes about 3 hours, or just 10 minutes if you have landed at Marsa Alam Airport. The crew will welcome you on board, show you your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help you on familiarizing with your new home for the duration of the trip. Dinner inside the dedicated dining area will be a great moment for getting to know the other divers that, like you, have chosen this amazing safari for their vacation in the Red Sea. The boat will leave port early morning while everyone gets ready to dive.

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, usually during the summer months. 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, and silvertips. Manta rays and dolphins are also common visitors. Zabargad is an island populated by soldierfish, wrasses and schools of snappers. It features walls, drop-offs and shallow coral gardens.
The dive sites at St. John's Reefs offer drop-offs, pinnacles, tunnels and 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.
The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system. Sha'ab Claude 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.
All meals are freshly prepared by a professional chef and served buffet style. At breakfast you will find eggs cooked to order, toast and preserves, falafel, cereals, fresh fruit and yoghurt. Tea, coffee or hot chocolate, soft drinks, as well as snacks, are available at all times in the dining area. A variety of meat, chicken, fish, pasta, rice and vegetable dishes, served with a choice of salads, will satisfy your hunger at lunch time, while dinner options might include cream of tomato soup with croutons, goulash with cheese, roast beef with mushroom gravy, macaroni with tomato sauce, basmati rice and sautéed vegetables.

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

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Brothers, Daedalus & Elphinstone (8 Days / 7 Nights - 17 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: Elphinstone, Brothers, Deadalus Reef

Day 1
After passing through customs and collecting your luggage at Hurghada Airport you will be met outside the arrivals hall by a representative of Seven Seas. Take a seat in the air-conditioned van that will take you to Port Ghalib where the liveaboard is moored. The journey takes about 3 hours, or just 10 minutes if you have landed at Marsa Alam Airport. The crew will welcome you on board, show you your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help you on familiarizing with your new home for the duration of the trip. Dinner inside the dedicated dining area will be a great moment for getting to know the other divers that, like you, have chosen this amazing safari for their vacation in the Red Sea. The boat will leave port early morning while everyone gets ready to dive.

Days 2-7
This Red Sea diving tour includes several dives at the Brother Islands, a must for all experienced divers. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, wrecks, and huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals that are home to octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish and large schools of fish: an underwater photographer’s dream! Bucket list encounters include whale sharks, oceanic whitetips, thresher sharks and manta rays. Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters on several occasions.
Early morning dives at Daedalus Reef is your best chance for finding scalloped hammerhead and grey reef sharks that like to circle around the reef and its shear walls covered in soft corals. 3 dives a day will be the norm on most days, except on the day before disembarkation that will have only 2 scheduled dives before returning to Port Ghalib.
All meals are freshly prepared by a professional chef and served buffet style. At breakfast you will find eggs cooked to order, toast and preserves, falafel, cereals, fresh fruit and yoghurt. Tea, coffee or hot chocolate, soft drinks, as well as snacks, are available at all times in the dining area. A variety of meat, chicken, fish, pasta, rice and vegetable dishes, served with a choice of salads, will satisfy your hunger at lunch time, while dinner options might include cream of tomato soup with croutons, goulash with cheese, roast beef with mushroom gravy, macaroni with tomato sauce, basmati rice and sautéed vegetables.

Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. 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 & Elphinstone (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: Daedalus Reef, Fury Shoals Reef System (Sha'ab Claude, Abu Galawa Soraya, Malahi, Sha'ab Hamam, Abu Galawa Kebir, Tien Hsing Wreck, Gota Sataya, Habili Sameh), Sha'ab Sharm, Elphinstone

Day 1
After passing through customs and collecting your luggage at Hurghada Airport you will be met outside the arrivals hall by a representative of Seven Seas. Take a seat in the air-conditioned van that will take you to Port Ghalib where the liveaboard is moored. The journey takes about 3 hours, or just 10 minutes if you have landed at Marsa Alam Airport. The crew will welcome you on board, show you your cabin and provide a detailed boat briefing that will help you on familiarizing with your new home for the duration of the trip. Dinner inside the dedicated dining area will be a great moment for getting to know the other divers that, like you, have chosen this amazing safari for their vacation in the Red Sea. The boat will leave port early morning while everyone gets ready to dive.

Days 2-7
Diving the Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone are a must for all experienced divers. You will surely have fun while diving drop-offs, huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals that are home to octopus, lionfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, large schools of fish: an underwater photographer's dream! Bucket list encounters include hammerheads, oceanic whitetips, whale sharks, thresher sharks and manta rays. Lots of curious turtles, Napoleon wrasse and whitetip reef sharks will be common encounters on several occasions!
The Fury Shoals is a vast reef system. Sha'ab Claude 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. You can also explore less well known sites such as Sha'ab Hamam (Stairway to Heaven), Abu Galawa Kebir with the Tien Hsing wreck, and Habili Sameh that will blow you away! On the penultimate day of the tour the boat will head back to Port Ghalib, after 2 morning dives.
All meals are freshly prepared by a professional chef and served buffet style. At breakfast you will find eggs cooked to order, toast and preserves, falafel, cereals, fresh fruit and yoghurt. Tea, coffee or hot chocolate, soft drinks, as well as snacks, are available at all times in the dining area. A variety of meat, chicken, fish, pasta, rice and vegetable dishes, served with a choice of salads, will satisfy your hunger at lunch time, while dinner options might include cream of tomato soup with croutons, goulash with cheese, roast beef with mushroom gravy, macaroni with tomato sauce, basmati rice and sautéed vegetables.

Day 8
Disembarkation starts after a final breakfast on the boat. 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].

Seven Seas has 12 cabins: 4 cabins (10 sqm) on the upper deck - 2 with king-size beds and 2 with flexi twin/double beds, and 8 cabins (11 sqm) on the lower deck with twin beds. All cabins have en-suite/separate shower room.

All cabins have: No. of bathrooms / showers - 12 / 12 - hot water