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South Moon

From USD 145 per day

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27m
89 ft

Max 18

Nitrox

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Sinai Liveaboard cruises
Diving at Thistlegorm, Ras Mohamed, Tiran
Dives conducted from Zodiacs
All cabins have private bathrooms
Upper deck cabins available

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The South Moon is a liveaboard operating out of Sharm El Sheikh. It specialises in tours of the Sinai Peninsula to world famous sites such as the Thistlegorm wreck, Ras Mohamed and the Straits of Tiran. At 27m long, it may seem quite small compared to some of the other boats, but it was completely overhauled in 2013/14, with a new design, cabins, new electrics, engines, and plenty of space on its main and upper decks and flybridge.

This wood hull boat accommodates up to 18 guests in a fully air-conditioned cabins with en-suite bathrooms. There is a spacious sun deck on the flybridge with bean bags and comfy seating, plus a large open air social area on the upper deck.

The air-conditioned saloon has a lounge area with 2 large flat screen TVs with USB connection, and free wifi. The dining area is where you can enjoy 3 buffet meals per day of international cuisine, including vegetarian, seafood, chicken, meat, and kosher diet. Fresh fruit, tasty cookies, drinking water, soft drinks, tea are available all day round.

The dive deck is wide and neatly organised. It has fresh-water showers as well as a bathroom. Nitrox is available for EANx certified divers. There are 2 Zodiacs to whisk divers out the best sites, and the dive platform has 2 egress ladders for easy access to and from the water. South Moon is now well equipped with safety and navigational equipment, to ensure and trouble free and enjoyed diving cruise in the northern Red Sea.

South Moon may not be a luxury Red Sea liveaboard but it is comfy and homely. It prides itself on serving great food on its cruises, and divers leave, not as being a guests, but rather as being friends.

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Notes: Child policy: 0-6 years - free of charge (if sharing same cabin with parents), from 7-12 years - 50% discount.

Dive experience: We strongly recommend an Advanced Open Water certification to maximise the experience of this dive trip, plus a minimum of 20 logged dives for Red Sea North, Wrecks & Tiran Straits, and 35 logged dives for Red Sea Northern Wrecks.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, soft drinks, drinking water, hot drinks (e.g. coffee, tea), return transfers from local airport and hotels, port fees, dives (as detailed in the trips above), 2 experienced English-speaking divemasters, tanks, belts, weights, all taxes.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (US$ 155 per week), dive computer (US$ 62 per week), park fees (US$ 93 per week), registration fee of the coast guard (US$ 21 per trip).There is a supplement for Xmas or New Year Gala Dinner of US$ 26 per person. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (bank/credit card with 2.7% surcharge or cash - USD, EUR, EGP).

Optional extras: Nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers (US$ 83 per week), torch (US$ 31 per week), 15 litre tank (US$ 31 per week), diving insurance, alcoholic drinks (beer). 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 South Moon liveaboard departs from Sharm El Sheikh. Embarkation starts from 6 pm. Direct boat transfers to/from your local hotel or airport are provided for embarkation/disembarkation. For more details, including airlines, see our Red Sea travel information.
The final dive of the cruise will be completed by 3 pm on the penultimate day. Disembarkation is at 8 am on the last day. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.

Non-diver rate: None.

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

Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 10 guests and 1 additional person can join the cruise free of charge.

Whole boat charter rate (per night): US$ 14,365 per week (max. 18 guests)

Add-on package: Why not prepare the vacation of a lifetime by combining a land tour to explore the wonderful antiquities of Egypt with your Sinai liveaboard diving cruise? You can visit the Cairo Muesum to see the pharaohs and royal mummies of yesteryear, then take a trip to the outskirts of the city to visit the ancient pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx. Then fly to Luxor to board a fantastic cruise through time to the Valley of the Kings along the banks of the River Nile.

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Itineraries...

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: Temple or Ras Katy, Ras Mohamed National Park: Ras Za'atar, Jackfish Alley, Shark Observatory, Shark Reef, Yolanda Reef; Dunraven, SS Thistlegorm Wreck, Shag Rock, Kingston Wreck, Alternatives, Straits of Tiran: Jackson, Thomas, Woodhouse and Gordon Reef; Ras Um Sid

Day 1
After your airport or hotel pick up, you will be transferred to Sharm El Sheikh marina to embark South Moon early evening. You will be welcomed on board and assigned to your cabin to unpack your scuba equipment and get ready for the diving week ahead. As soon as all guests are on board, a boat briefing will be conducted inside the air-conditioned lounge, along with the necessary administrative work for the port authorities. You can get to know your fellow guests over dinner on this first evening of your diving trip. The liveaboard will leave port early on the next morning.

Days 2-7
This 'Sinai Classic' dive safari is a popular option for those wanting to dive the very best of the north and wrecks region around the Sinai Peninsula. Ras Mohamed National Park is renowned for its breath-taking walls rich in gorgonian fans and soft corals that are frequented by large schools of snapper, barracuda, tuna and trevallies. Turtles, crocodilefish, blue-spotted sting rays, scorpionfish and lionfish are always around in this scuba diving paradise.
The world famous Thistlegorm was a World War II ship, bombed by the Nazis while delivering a cargo of ammunition and war materials. With its cargo machinery and equipment all neatly stowed in its open holds, this wreck would be a highlight of a diving tour anywhere in the world. You will also dive the famous reefs of the Strait of Tiran: Jackson, Woodhouse, Thomas & Gordon. These magnificent formations, rising from the depths, are often frequented by large pelagics due to the abundance of currents, including hammerheads and eagle rays.
You can expect 4 dives per day on each full diving day, with 3 dives provided on the penultimate day, before the boat cruises back to port.
Breakfast is served after the first dive, lunch after the second, snacks (sometimes savoury, sometimes sweet) are served after the third dive, and the main meal of the day is dinner after the night dive.
Delicious meals will appeal to every diver's appetite and taste, involving international and Italian cuisine, plus many incredible Arabic delicacies. Plenty of salads for lunch and dinner, croissants and Danish pastries with breakfast, and a dessert served after each lunch/dinner make sure that everybody finds what he loves with each meal. Meals are served buffet style in the dedicated dining section of the air-conditioned lounge on the main deck. Special quality cookies, snacks, fruits and tea, coffee, soft drinks and drinking water are available all day and every day, with a coffee bar in the main saloon, plus one on the sundeck. There is also an Espresso machine with Lavazza capsules.

Day 8
Awaken in Sharm El Sheikh and check out after breakfast, before being transferred either to the airport or your local hotel in Sharm El Sheikh.

[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].

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There are 9 cabins on the South Moon. 8 of the cabins have twin side-by-side beds - 4 on the upper deck and 4 on the lower deck. 1 cabin on the lower deck, which is used for single occupancy, has twin bunk beds. All cabins have private en-suite bathrooms.

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