Emperor Seven Seas

Overview

The Seven Seas is a 41-metre liveaboard dive boat that has won the ‘Best Liveaboard in the Red Sea’ five times. It offers 5-star service, with great food and facilities. 

The boat has 12 spacious cabins, each with an en suite bathroom and separate shower room. The cabins are tastefully decorated and appointed with all the amenities you need for a comfortable stay. 

The common areas on board include a large dining room, a sun deck, and a bar. The stylish upper deck barbecue lounge has great views of the ocean and serves delicious fresh food prepared by the boat's chef. The sun deck is the perfect place to relax in the sun or enjoy a drink with friends on the comfortable sofas and bean bags.  

The Seven Seas is well-equipped for divers. It has a spacious dive deck with a dive platform, two Bauer compressors, and two Zodiac 75 HP tenders. The boat also offers a full range of dive equipment for rent, including dive computers, SMBs, torches, and tanks. The boat also has a camera room, which is equipped with charging stations, an air gun, rinse tanks, and a camera table. 

FREE Nitrox is available on board and there are always two dive guides on board. 

SPECIFICATION

Length 41 m, Beam 8.5 m, Engines 2 x 1150 HP MAN Turbodiesel, 2 x 120kw Generators, 2 x Bauer HP Compressors, Nitrox Membrane filling station 

NAVIGATION / SAFETY

Radar, EPIRP, echo sounder, GPS, Plotter, Satellite Phone, Sea Radio. 

The liveaboard features a centralised firefighting and alarm system with battery backup and smoke detectors, CO2 monitors, heat & fire alarms. There are also auto and manual extinguishers, fire blankets, life jackets, night watch. Defibrillator, Rescue floats, 60 x life vests, fire alarms in salon and all cabins, centralised fire warning system, ample fire extinguishers, fire pumps.

Schedules & prices

Dive info

Regaldive offer a range of Red Sea liveaboards, with itineraries giving you a wide variety of diving options, depending on your area of interest and your level of experience. If you are travelling as a large group, you can even decide to pre-book a week of wrecks or favourite reef dives, according to your group preferences.

Northern Red Sea Liveaboards

Regaldive offer itineraries departing from Hurghada. The reef at Abu Nuhas is accessible from Hurghada with several wrecks resting at its base. You can also visit the Straits of Gubal and the famous Thistlegorm World War II wreck. Some boat itineraries may also take in the Ras Mohammed national park where steep coastal cliffs are mirrored underwater with impressive vertical walls, which drop off 70m or more.

The Strait of Tiran has a range of reefs rising out of deep waters where the strong currents and dense plankton attract an impressive range of reef and deep-sea species providing some exceptional drift dives. The Thistlegorm also features on this trip.

For those that want the liveaboard experience from a resort, our Sharm Dive Extravaganza allows you to join a small group of like-minded divers whilst exploring the best diving Sharm El Sheikh has to offer. 

Southern Red Sea Liveaboards

There are many world-class dive sites in the southern Red Sea, and Regaldive offer several itineraries. Fury Shoal is an area where many reefs lie close to each other, some are exposed and some sheltered, many with dramatic sheer walls plunging to over 40m. There are canyons, multiple caves and passages where groupers and morays lurk. The variety of coral is stunning with beautiful brain and fire corals. Schools of fusiliers and anchovies hover above the reefs until suddenly attacked by fast moving tuna whilst Napoleon wrasse cruise majestically by.

The Brothers are two small isolated reefs 33 miles north east of El Quseir. Big Brother Island has a lighthouse and a fringing reef with a sheer plunge to exceptional depths. The diving is challenging with deep wrecks and strong currents. Tuna, barracuda, scalloped hammerhead, oceanic white tips, silkies and reef shark can all be spotted here.

Little Brother is reputed to be one of the most scenic dives in the Red Sea. The drop off is over 40m but the walls are covered in sponges, anemones, soft corals and black coral. Some of the huge gorgonian fan corals are more than 3m high. There are caves, holes and overhangs in the shallow part of the reef. Currents can be very strong and because there is little shelter and strong winds, access is very much weather dependent.

Elphinstone is a site best dived early in the day and there is little protection against wind and waves, making a liveaboard visit ideal. There are plateaux at either end, from 25-40m, but the steep walls drop off to more than 100m. It is an ideal site to experience the larger pelagic marine life including manta, hammerheads and oceanic whitetips. The soft corals and gorgonians are luxuriant and colourful.

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Flight Information

Flights are available to Hurghada (HRG) and Sharm El Sheikh (SHH) from a number of UK airports. Please refer to the tables below for typical flight schedules, or speak to our friendly travel consultants for the latest information.

Direct flights from the UK to Marsa Alam Airport are available November through to April from Gatwick (stating in winter 2023) which work well with certain southern Red Sea liveaboards. There are connecting options via Cairo which work well Cairo and Luxor extensions. Please speak to the team for more information on this option.

Typical Annual Schedule

HRG = Hurghada Airport / RMF = Marsa Alam Airport

SSH = Sharm El Sheikh Airport

Key: * = Winter only (November to April), ** = Summer only (May to October), *** = Irregular schedule ask for more information

NB: Please note that flight schedules may be subject to change by the airlines at any time. Full and up to date flight details will be provided with any holiday quotation.

Flight duration: 5 - 5½ hours

Transfer: Varies and depends on the itinerary, arrival airport and departure port. Minimum transfer time approximately 10 minutes.

Departure tax: N/A

Passports

Passengers travelling to Egypt must have six months valid on their passport from the date of departure from Egypt.

Visas

A single entry tourist visa for Egypt is required for all nationalities. For British passport holders with British citizenship, Egyptian visas can be obtained conveniently and inexpensively on arrival at Hurghada airport.

Other nationalities should check with consular office.

Vaccinations

There are no compulsory vaccinations for travel to Egypt, but we recommend protection against typhoid, tetanus, hepatitis A and polio. Though malaria does exist in Egypt, it is generally not present in the coastal resorts.

Vaccination requirements are subject to change and should be confirmed before departure. For the most up to date advice please consult your travel clinic.

Further information regarding vaccinations for travel to this country can be found at www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk and from your local healthcare provider.

Itineraries

Please click on the links below for more information on individual itineraries. Itineraries can vary and are strictly weather dependant. 

Southern Solitude departing from Marsa Ghalib 

Famous Five departing from Hurghada 

Simply the Best departing from Hurghada or Marsa Ghalib 

South and St. Johns departing from Marsa Ghalib 

Brothers and Elphinstone departing from Marsa Ghalib 

Daedalus and Elphinstone departing from Marsa Ghalib 

Fury and Elphinstone departing from Marsa Ghalib 

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