MY CASSIOPEIA

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40m / 132ft MAX 26 NITROX WIFI

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At a glance:

Visits Red Sea North and South
All cabins with private bathrooms
Restaurant with bar, Arabian-style café
Personal diver locators
Large boat with steel hull

Note: Cassiopeia is now under new management and has relocated to Mexico. this page is out of date.

The MY Cassiopeia is a luxury steel-hulled vessel offering outstanding service, sumptuous cuisine and most importantly, awesome Red Sea scuba diving. Stylish, spacious accommodation and quality of service are priority, contributing to a great safari experience.

This beautiful Egypt liveaboard is 40 metres long and sleeps 26 divers in elegant, en-suite cabins. The boat itself has been designed and built specifically for comfort and stability during long crossings even in rough conditions. There is plenty of lounging space on the huge 100m² sundeck with comfortable sun loungers, cushions, chairs and tables. There is also an air-conditioned saloon and lounge area with entertainment system and free Wi-Fi internet is available.

The large diving deck provides ample space for both divers and their equipment, and the extensive platform ensures ease and comfort as you enter the water or dive tender. Cassiopeia provides personal locators for each buddy team to improve in-water safety.

A unique feature of this liveaboard is the Arabian-style café where you can relax in an authentic Egyptian atmosphere of décor, tapestry and music. Popular with all guests, you can enjoy a drink here and try the traditional Shisha tobacco water-pipe!

MY Cassiopeia departs on Sundays and runs 7 night trips with a range of itineraries to choose from including North & Wrecks, the marine parks, The Brothers and St. John's.

Cassiopeia accommodates 26 divers in 13 cabins. There is 1 Honeymoon cabin with a queen size bed, and 2 Queen cabins on the main deck. There are also 2 Standard twin bed cabins on the main deck. All these cabins have windows. There are 8 more Standard twin bed cabins with portholes on the lower deck. All cabins have private en-suite bathroom facilities.

All the cabins have:

Air-conditioning
En-suite bathroom with hot-water shower and hand basin
Toiletries and towels
Windows or portholes
Cabinet, mirror & shelves
Bedding

24-hour, 220V electricity supply

European-style 2-pin plugs

Fire warning system

Life jackets & fire extinguishers

Space for luggage

No. of bathrooms / showers - 14 / 14 - hot water

[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].

The Cassiopeia crew of 10 comprise:

Dive Instructor
3 Divemasters
Captain
2 Cooks

Engineer

2 Deck Hands

Maid

Nitrox - 2 motorised dinghies - Dive platform with 2 access ladders & fresh water showers - 37m² dive deck with toilet, camera table & rinse tanks - 100m² air-conditioned saloon with TV, DVD, complimentary internet, music player and satellite telephone - 80m² Restaurant with bar - Library with movies, magazines, fish books, novels and games - 100m² sun deck with sun matresses & seating area - 37m² shaded area - Water dispenser

The quality of food on this Egypt liveaboard is considered a high priority and there is always plenty of choice. The pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and dinner are all served buffet-style and include International dishes as well as local specialities. Beer and spirits are available for purchase with the evening meal.

International, Italian and Egyptian cuisine are served on board.
The food is prepared as a buffet and meals are served in the air-conditioned saloon on the main deck.
Complimentary main meals consist of pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Tea & coffee, drinking water, soft drinks, fruit, biscuits, candy bars, toast are free of charge.
Beer and spirits are available for purchase on board.
Vegetarians are catered for on this boat.
The gourmet delights get underway on your arrival.
Operator rates their dining experience as very important!

Sample dishes: Fried fish, beef stew, grilled chicken...

Built in 2006, restored in 2012
Size - 39.6m x 7.2m
Weight - 400 tonnes
Top speed - 13 knots
Cruising speed - 11 knots
2 x 1,150 HP Mann engines
2 x 130 KW Mercedes generators
2 x Bauer scuba tank compressors

Enriched air nitrox system

12 & 15 litre aluminium & steel tanks with DIN/international fittings.

Electricity 220V - 24-hours per day

Water capacity - 15,000 litres

Fuel capacity - 65,000 litres

Freshwater maker - 2,000 litres per day

Waste storage tank

2 x Life rafts (50 pax capacity)
2 x 40 HP Yamaha dinghies
Sea Marshall Personal Locator Beacons
VHF radio
Radar
Garmin GPS and sounder
Satellite & mobile telephones

Searchlight & horn

Fire alarms / detectors

Fire extinguishers throughout

MFA box and trained staff

Life jackets in all cabins

20,000 litres of continuous flow oxygen

"The boat was newly renovated and in very nice condition, good common areas. Tasty buffet lunch and dinner. All meals were good and filling. New style of folded napkins / made up bed every day! They cleaned our toilet at least once a day. Every cabin had ensuite toilet and shower. Up to 4 dives a day. 2 guides did the briefings and guiding under water, very helpful and funny. Very helpful staff overall. Equipment had to be pre-booked in advance, normally no spares on board." - Nina Axman, Sweden, 3 July 2013 ...

"The staff were very friendly and professional. The divemasters were knowledgeable and highly safety conscious. We only used their cylinders, no issues. They did however initially not get the nitrox mix accurate but after a few dives they managed to fix the problem." - Adriana Weilbach, South Africa, 1 July 2013 ...

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Dive experience: For North & Wrecks safaris - Open Water diver license and 20 logged dives; for St. John's Reefs safaris & North Sudan - Open Water diver license and 30 logged dives; for Brothers, Daedalus Reef & Elphinstone safaris & South Sudan, Deep South Sudan - Advanced Open Water diver license and 50 logged dives.

Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, water, soft drinks, hot drinks, dives, experienced English-speaking divemasters (max 13 divers per DM), tanks, weights and weightbelts, personal EPIRB, internet Wi-Fi, boat permissions and taxes, shisha (tobacco smoked through a water-pipe).

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment, no rental equipment available on Sudan trips, dive insurance. National park fees. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash only).

Optional extras: Return transfers from airport/hotel to departure points, alcoholic drinks, nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers, torches, diving computer. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival.

How to get there: Cassiopeia departs from Hurghada or Port Ghalib for Egypt liveaboard trips. Transfers can be arranged at additional cost from these airports to the departure points. There are flights from Cairo to Hurghada (1 hour) with Egypt Air. For further details visit our Red Sea travel information section.
The first and last nights of the tour are spent in the harbour. Guests arrive and board on the first day. The boat leaves the harbour on the morning of the second day. The last dive of the trip will be at around 10:00 hrs. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.

Non-diver rate: USD 200 off the published price

Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): This is optional - single travellers may choose to share a cabin or pay a supplement of 40% of the published price.

Dive clubs and group discounts: None available.

Whole boat charter rate (per night): None available.

Add-on package: Cairo city breaks to explore the museums, the pyramids of Giza, and the Great Sphinx, cruises from Luxor down the River Nile to visit the Valley of the Kings. Do these add-ons appeal to you? To plan the perfect Red Sea scuba vacation, visit our page on Egyptian antiquities tours.

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