Topaz Liveaboard Egypt

Certified but never done a liveaboard? How many dives you need, a quick skills check, and the right first route. Simple answers for young divers.

A shark conservationist’s trip report from Fuvahmulah: tiger sharks every day, three dives a day, and why the Maldives isn’t only for luxury resorts.

Małgorzata thought liveaboards were for older divers, then spent a week on one in Egypt.

A trip report from Małgorzata, scuba instructor and underwater videographer, on her first week living on a Red Sea liveaboard with BookDiveBoat.

BookDiveBoat is a travel agency registered in France, with a branch in the US.

A trip report from Zaina Fadel, a dive instructor from Qatar, on her first liveaboard – eight days, solo, diving the Red Sea with BookDiveBoat.

Warm drifts over coral walls, or cooler water and big animals. Same country, opposite coasts, and they suit different divers.

The La Paz season opens on a shark count, not a calendar date.

A trip report from Scuba Daan, shot and written on location with BookDiveBoat.

New Wave is our answer to a simple problem: people get certified, then never take the trip. Nobody tells them what a week at sea is really like. So we are telling them.

Six minutes of totality with the sun almost overhead, watched from the deck of a liveaboard off Marsa Alam. Diving before it, diving after it.

Photo Summer Encounter shows a diver and a manta ray sharing water. She took it on a trip with BookDiveBoat aboard Adora in the Maldives.

Giant mantas and schooling hammerheads sit 250 miles offshore, past a 24 to 28-hour crossing most divers never get to.

Is the Red Sea a Good First Trip?

Same country, two different dive parks — mild currents and record-breaking biodiversity in the west, strong currents and resident megafauna in the east.

A liveaboard puts you in the water 3–4 times a day for a week straight — most first-timers underestimate the rhythm of it.