Liveaboard diving in
Saudi Arabia
Average yearly temperatures
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Water:
28°C | 82°F
28°C | 82°F
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Saudi Arabia liveaboard diving
Liveaboard diving in Saudi Arabia takes you to some of the least-dived reefs in the Red Sea. The country didn’t issue tourist visas until 2019, and only a small number of liveaboards have dived here since. The diving is around isolated atolls, reef chains and low sandy islands, where steep walls drop into deep water. The coral is in good condition, and gorgonian fans grow several metres across. At the ends of the reefs, where the current sweeps past, grey reef sharks, silky sharks and hammerheads come in from the blue, along with big schools of barracuda, trevally and tuna. With so few boats around, it’s not unusual to have a site to yourself.
Hammerhead sharks
Shark encounters
Drift diving
Walls and dropoffs
Stunning reefs
Ship wrecks
Farasan Banks: a wide scattering of coral atolls and low sandy islands south of Jeddah, where turtles nest and seabirds breed. Broad plateaus of coral towers and sand give way to steep walls, and hammerheads, silky sharks and grey reef sharks are regularly seen around the reef edges.
Seven Sisters: a chain of reefs off Yanbu, each marked by a navigation beacon. Many never had names, so divers know them by their marker numbers. The walls are covered in gorgonian fans up to 5 m (16 ft) across, and two wrecks, the Orpheus and the Iona, lie nearby.
Five Corals: five isolated reefs off Rabigh, with some of the healthiest gorgonians and whip corals on the coast. Anemones, anemonefish and glassfish crowd the shallows, while tuna, amberjack and barracuda are common along the drop-offs, and hammerheads and mantas turn up from time to time.
Hammerheads, silky sharks and grey reef sharks, in a part of the Red Sea that many divers don't yet know about.
Saudi Arabia Liveaboard Itineraries
Three 7-night Saudi Red Sea liveaboard itineraries covering the Farasan Banks, the Seven Sisters and the Five Corals.
Our liveaboard in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Master offers 12 well-designed cabins and can comfortably welcome 24 divers aboard. Equipped with a spacious and convenient dive deck, including individual dive stations, a dedicated camera table and ample storage facilities.
Saudi Master has 12 air-conditioned cabins and can comfortably welcome 24 divers aboard
Marine Life in Saudi Arabia
Sharks are a big part of the Red Sea’s overall appeal. Grey reef sharks are the most common around the Saudi Arabian dive sites; silky sharks are often curious enough to come close, and scalloped hammerheads are seen at several locations. Schools of barracuda, jacks and tuna are a regular sight, and manta rays occasionally pass through.
Many of the reef fish are found only in the Red Sea, among them the Red Sea anemonefish, Red Sea bannerfish and masked butterflyfish. Blue-spotted ribbontail rays, lionfish, moray eels and octopus are all common, along with big shoals of fusiliers and anthias. Green and hawksbill turtles nest on several of the Farasan islands and are often seen on the reefs, and dolphins are regularly spotted around the Farasan Banks.
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