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MY Grand Sea Serpent
- Visits Red Sea North and South
- All cabins with private bathrooms
- Spacious communal areas
- Helium/oxygen blending station
- Large boat
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- Departure & Prices
- Trip Details
- Cabins
- Crew & Facilities
- Food
- Specs
- Safety
14 cabins are to be found on Grand Sea Serpent, which includes top-class Red Sea liveaboard diving comforts like music, a fridge / minibar and en-suite bathrooms which are large and feature multi-jet showers.
In the communal areas the saloon on the main deck takes advantage of all the space and is equipped with cutting edge entertainment equipment. Outside, a large open area provides the opportunity for soaking up the sun, or enjoying views of the Red Sea from a shaded area, both of which have ample comfortable seating and sun matresses.
Grand Sea Serpent is also the technical diver's dream. It features a helium/oxygen blending station and a Haskel pump, catering to both the open and closed circuit technical divers. 200-bar oxygen fills are provided as well as on-demand trimix, heliox and nitrox.
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Special offers:
Valid for all sailings except departures in September, October and November of 2019 and 2020: Free enriched air nitrox and discounted prices for individual and group bookings. Offer expires 28 February 2020
DEMA group special: Group of 6 – 5 paid/ 1 free. Group of 12 – 10 paid/ 2 free Full charter (23-28) – 20 or more paid/ 3 free. Valid for departures through December 2021. Offer expires: 22 Nov 2019
Notes: Recommended diving experience (not mandatory): North & Wrecks safaris - Open Water diver license and 20 logged dives; for St. Johns Reefs safaris - Open Water diver license and 30 logged dives; for Brothers, Daedalus Reef & Elphinstone safaris - Advanced Open Water diver license and 50 logged dives.
Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, soft drinks, coffee, tea and water, dives (as detailed in the trips above), nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers (excl. Dec 2019), tanks, weights, weightbelts, experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) (max. 12 divers: 1 DM).
Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (incl. dive computer or torch, US$ 196 per week), diving insurance, national park fees/tour supplements as follows:
North & Wrecks/Tiran/Red Sea South and St John's: US$ 117,
North. Wrecks & Brothers: US$ 151,
Other routes: US$ 212,
Port Ghalib and Hurghada jetty fee: US$ 34.
Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash or credit card).
Optional extras: nitrox fills for enriched air certified divers (Dec 2019 only: US$ 56 per week), torch (US$ 45 per week), 15 litre tank (US$ 45 per week), marker devices, alcoholic drinks, return transfers from Hurghada or Marsa Alam Airport to boat.
How to get there: MY Grand Sea Serpent Red Sea diving cruises depart from Hurghada and Port Ghalib (Marsa Alam), and return transfers from Hurghada and Marsa Alam airports to the departure point can be arranged. Boarding starts at 5 pm on the first day (boat departs the next morning). Disembark before 10 am on the last day (last night usually on the boat in the harbour). Late arrivals or early departures can be arranged.
There are direct flights from Cairo to Hurghada (1 hr) and Marsa Alam (1.5 hrs) via Egypt Air. From certain destinations in the UK and Europe it is possible to fly into Hurghada and Marsa Alam direct. For more information see our travel information section for the Red Sea.
The last dive of the trip will be at around 1 pm on the second last day of the trip. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.
Non-diver rate: None
Single supplement (if you do not want to share accommodation): Add 80% to published prices.
Dive clubs and group discounts: Pay for 10 guest and 1 additional diver can join the cruise in a standard cabin free of charge (total 11 guests).
2019 DEMA special offer on group bookings made before 22 November 2019 for departures until end December 2021.
Whole boat charter rate (per night): Please ask us for details.
Add-on package: If you have time, we strongly recommend that you consider some of the wonderful antiquities tours in Egypt which can add a whole new dimension to your holiday.
Cairo museum's royal mummies, the pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, a glorious cruise down the Nile staying in a luxury cabin, The Valley of the Kings, all of these and more can be seen in packages starting at 6 nights in duration. Other activities such as 4x4 safaris and camel tours are also available as are custom-made packages to suit your needs.
All the cabins have:
- Air-conditioning
- En-suite bathroom with hot-water jet shower and hand basin
- Portholes on lower deck, windows on upper deck
- Towels & bathrobes
- Music
- Fridge
- Cabinet & shelves
- Mirror
- Reading lights
- Bedding
- 24-hour, 220v electricity supply
- European-style 2-pin plugs
- Life jackets
- 2 Dive Instructors / Divemasters
- Captain
- Cook
- Engineer
- Maid
- Steward
- Masseuse
- 4 Deck Hands
- International and local cuisine are served on board, as well as a popular BBQ.
- The menus are fixed and meals are served buffet style in the air-conditioned restaurant on the main deck.
- Main meals consist of breakfast, lunch & dinner, with snacks in between.
- Snacks include biscuits and fruit which, together with tea & coffee and drinking water, are complimentary.
- Soft drinks, beer, wine and other alcoholic drinks are available for purchase on board.
- All diets, including vegetarian and halal, can be catered for with prior notice.
- Catering starts with dinner on the first day of the cruise.
- Built in 2004, refurbished 2008
- Size - 41m x 8m
- Top speed - 12 knots
- Cruising speed - 10 knots
- 2 x 720 HP Caterpillar engines
- 3 x 60 KW Perkins generators
- 3 x Bauer dive tank compressors
- Membrane enriched air nitrox system
- 12 litre aluminium tanks with DIN fittings and international adaptors
- Electricity 220v - 24-hours per day
- Water capacity - 10,000 litres
- Fuel capacity - 16,000 litres
- Freshwater maker - 9,000 litres per day
- Waste storage tank
- 2 x life rafts
- 2 x 25 HP Yamaha dinghies
- Radar
- GPS
- Fishfinder
- Sounder
- Satellite & mobile phones
- HF & VHF radios
- Satellite EPIRB
- Engine room CCTV
- Bilge pump alarm
- Search light
- Emergency lights / signal devices
- Fire alarms / detectors
- Life jackets in all cabins
- Fire extinguishers throughout
- MFA box and trained staff
- 15,000 litres of continuous flow oxygen
- Customer diving insurance not included - see our insurance programme for a competitive quotation
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