The 10 Best Liveaboard Trips for 2016

Raja Ampat (2 trips) • Galapagos (2 trips) • Solomon Islands (2 trips) • French Polynesia • Philippines • Socorro • Cuba

 

Extra $200 off summer special, until August 31st

Most trips include a free photo workshop*

Non-photographers & beginner photographers
are very welcome

Incredible service for pre /post trip planning & extensions
from Bluewater Travel staff

Boat, route & time of year custom picked by Bluewater staff

Email info@bluewaterdivetravel.com with any questions

Scroll to the bottom for last-minute specials

 

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Philippines Siren
 

Best of Cebu 12 nights
Feb 15th - 27th $4,750
Very low airfares at this time

Whale sharks, thresher sharks, turtles, baitballs, great reefs, awesome macro

Custom 12 night route - dive Malapascua, Apo Reef, Bohol, Moalboal, Cebu, Dumaguete & more.

Great luxury boat - the Philippines Siren

Full details here

 

Part II: Atmosphere Resort Dumaguete Feb 27th - Mar 5th $1,799

Botique Luxury Resort, Ultimate couples getaway

 

Join us for 7 nights at the luxurious Atmosphere Resort in Dumagete for some of the best macro / critter diving in the world, amazing reefs at Apo island, & whale sharks at Oslob (all at a very special price). Combine this trip with the 11-night Siren liveaboard if you'd like.

The resort has a 5-star restaurant, incredible accomodations, small guide to diver ratio, yoga classes and a great spa & gorgeous infinity pool. Many guests list Atmosphere as one of their favorite in the world.

Full details here

Can't make this trip? Email us for a special offer to Atmosphere Resort

 

Awesome corals from the Philippines

 

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Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Misool / Sorong route

Mar 15th - 26th $3,899 OR
Dec 22nd 2016 - Jan 1st, 2017 $4,250 

Very low airfares in March!

 

March 2016 Raja Trip (20% off)

Join us in March 2016 for an 11-night guided trip on the Dive Boat Ambai,
a sleek boat with a 4 to 1 guide ratio,  max 16 guests, at a special price.

Airfares at this time look lower than ever! $3,899 USD price includes Nitrox
Run by Bluewater Travel's Katie Yonker

Full Details Here
(including a great video of the boat)

 

December 2016 Raja Trip

Join us over the holidays in Dec 2016 / Jan 2017 on the new Raja Ampat Aggressor,
formerly the famous Ocean Rover, for a 10-night photo workshop
run by Bluewater Photo's Vijay Raman, at a special intro price

Full Details Here

Raja Ampat  - a must do destination - has calm, warm waters, huge schools of fish, BIG fish, lots of manta rays, reef sharks walking & wobbegong sharks, great reefs & soft corals, pygmy seahorses, awesome macro, lots of nudibranchs and the most biodiversity in the world.

 

Raja has the worlds most amazing fish and reefs

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Socorro Islands
 

Humpbacks & Mantas
Apr 19 - 27th $3,395

 

Dolphins, hammerheads, mantas, galapagos sharks, huge schools of fish

Timed for the humpback whale season of Feb, Mar, April

Fly into Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Photo workshop on the Rocio Del Mar
Large boat with incredible crew & food

Full details here

 

Socorro is one of the best spots in the world for Mantas & big animals

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Galapagos Master - 2 trips
 

30 dives instead of 20
May 30th - June 9th $5,999
June 20th - 30th $5,999

 

May 30th trip run by Photo Pro Ron Watkins

June 20th trip run by BWP store manger Kelli Dickinson

Scheduled during the warm water / high vis season

Better time for Mantas, Hammerheads, Molas, Iguanas

Custom 10 night route - Extra time at Wolf/Darwin, 3 land tours, marine iguana swimming site, & more.

Great newly refitted luxury boat - the Galapagos Master

Special price - almost the same price as a 7-day trip!

Full details here

Galapagos is one of the world's best places for sharks & big animals

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Solomon Islands - 2 trips
 

With Photo Pro Mark Strickland
Aug 23rd - 30th $3,640
OR Aug 30 - Sep 9th, $5,199

 

Incredible reefs, soft corals, awesome caverns, great wrecks, big fish, macro

Custom route - with extra time at the "big fish" spot Mary Island

Choose from 7 nights, 10 nights, or both on the Bilikiki liveaboard

Pristine, remote, untouched.

Full details here

Untouched reefs, very remote, no other divers, special experiences - all in the Solomons

 

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Maldives
 

With Bluewater Travel's Katie Yonker
Aug 21st - 28th $2,320
 

 

Amazing time for whale sharks, manta rays, reef sharks

On the Carpe Vita Explorer, one of the top liveaboards in the world

One of the only Maldives liveaboards offering 4 dives a day

See the Maldives while you can.

Full details here

 

Scuba with multiple manta rays and whale sharks, see the most beautiful islands in the world - all in the Maldives

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French Polynesia
Fakarava / Rangiroa "shark" route

July 2nd - 12th, 2017 $5,675 

 

Join us in July 2017 for the world-famous BBC / Blue Planet filmed grouper spawning - a must see once in a lifetime event - on the FP master. Thousands of groupers, hundreds of sharks & other predators. Run by BWP Owner Scott Gietler
Full Details Here

French Polynesia  - 100ft plus visibility, warm waters, hundreds of sharks on almost every dive, mantas, rays, big schools of fish, and in Fakarava unbelieveably pristine coral.

 

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Cuba
 

Best diving in the Caribbean
Jan 5th - 14th, 2017 $4,399

 

Finally - a great way to dive Cuba
with Bluewater Travel's Katie Yonker

Untouched! Pristine corals, sharks, groupers & more
It's like diving was 100 years ago

Includes 7 nights of diving + land package on the Jardines Aggressor

Full details here

 

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See our complete 2015 - 2017 trip schedule

 

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Last minute specials

 

Cozumel, Mexico Dec 6 - 13th 2015

$1,299 super-inclusive

@Casa Del Mar, full details here

Includes all food, beer, wine, brand name cocktails
3 dives a day, 18 dives total
Led by Reefid.org's John Fifer
Photo / video friendly dive groups