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The Sea Story is a large 44m long wooden hull motor yacht that operates liveaboard diving trips to the best sites in the Red Sea. Built in Safaga in 2022, the boat is modern and, with its twin 1,000 HP Doosan engines, it can cruise at a spritely 14 knots.
The boat can accommodate 36 guests in a choice of cabins across 3 decks, including upper deck seaview double bed suites. Each cabin has a private bathroom fitted with a shower cubicle. 3 delicious buffet spreads are served each day in the air-conditioned restaurant on the main deck, together with fresh fruit, pastries and juice. There are 4 dining tables, a service and drinks counter. Guest needs are attended to by a professional and friendly crew
The upper deck has a saloon lounge with entertainment system - TV/DVD/music and wifi network - and a bar area where you can chat with fellow guests about the day's diving highlights. There is a small area in front of the captain's cabin where you can take the sun, but the main sundeck is on the flybridge where you can find sun loungers and a guest hot tub.
The dive deck has plenty of space for everyone to kit up. There are 2 motorised tenders for transporting divers to the sites. The guides will accompany each dive to ensure you get to see and enjoy as much as possible of the Red Sea. Nitrox is provided by the membrane system and the dive platform has 2 ladders for comfortable egress.
Sea Story sees the global scuba diving community as one big family, they are passionate divers and believe that the love of the sea and its beauty is what connects us all. They endeavour to make all divers to feel right at home.
Tillis has 18 cabins, each with its own private en-suite bathroom: There are 8 twin bed cabins on the lower deck, 4 on the main deck, and 2 on the upper deck. There are also 4 Honeymoon double bed suites on the upper deck.
All the cabins have:
Dive experience: For diving cruises in the marine parks, according to Egyptian law you must have at least 50 logged dives. For St. John's safaris a minimum of 30 logged dives is strongly recommended. If these requirements are not met the dive guides have the right to exclude a diver from more challenging dives during the safari.
Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, water, soft drinks, hot drinks, return transfers from local airport, dives (as detailed in the trips above), experienced English-speaking divemaster(s) (min. 2 guides per cruise, max. 8 divers per guide), tanks, weightbelts and weights, all taxes.
Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): Scuba equipment (US$ 112 per trip), SMB, dive computer (US$ 39 per trip), park and port fees US$ 168 per week. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash - USD, EUR, or credit card).
Optional extras: Alcoholic drinks (wine and beer), nitrox fills for certified enriched air divers (US$ 67 per trip), 15 litre tank (US$ 39 per trip), torch (US$ 34 per trip), diving insurance, transfers to/from Hurghada and Port Ghalib/Marsa Alam. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival. Note: prices of items purchased onboard are subject to change.
How to get there: Sea Story liveaboard trips use Hurghada or Port Ghalib as their ports. Once you arrive in Hurghada or Marsa Alam Airport, a crjuise agent will welcome you holding a Dive Pro Safari signboard. He will take care of your visa (stamp) and provide you with details about your transfer from the airport to the boat. Transfer journey times are:- Hurghada Airport - New Marina Hurghada -15 minutes; Marsa Alam Airport - Port Ghalib -10 minutes; Hurghada Airport - Port Ghalib - 3.5 hours (a lunch box and drinks are provided on this journey). For more details, including airlines, visit our Red Sea travel information section.
The first and final nights of the cruise are spent in port. Guests board on the first day after 4 pm. The last dive of the our will be about 11 am on the penultimate day. Guests depart latest at 10 am on the final day. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.
Non-diver rate: 10% discount 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 50% of the published price for their own cabin.
Dive clubs and group discounts: None.
Whole boat charter rate (per night): None.
Add-on package: We recommend some of the wonderful antiquities tours in Egypt to add an extra dimension to your Red Sea diving 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 added to your travel itinerary to make it a once-in-a-lifetime Egyptian adventure. Other activities such as 4x4 desert safaris, birding tours, and camel rides are also available.
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