Liveaboard in the Red Sea from Eilat
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Personally don't know of any liveaboards that operate from Eilat but I see that Aquasport operate from Taba, just over the border.
Wouldn't you be better to get down to Sharm and do a liveaboard from their - some great sites usually including Thistlegorm and Rosalie Moeller, two wrecks in the Gulf of Suez. You are also more likely to see bigger stuff the further south you go. If you're interested in Sharm trips look at Tornado Fleet or Emperor websites.
Wouldn't you be better to get down to Sharm and do a liveaboard from their - some great sites usually including Thistlegorm and Rosalie Moeller, two wrecks in the Gulf of Suez. You are also more likely to see bigger stuff the further south you go. If you're interested in Sharm trips look at Tornado Fleet or Emperor websites.
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As far as I know, no boats operate from Eilat to the Egyptian Red Sea.
Try Aqua Sport in Eilat. They have another center in Taba, Egypt. Else you'll have to go to Sharm and board from there.
Try Aqua Sport in Eilat. They have another center in Taba, Egypt. Else you'll have to go to Sharm and board from there.
You have two different options:
1. Liveaboard from Taba-Sharm. It is a completely different attitude of diving compared to the crowded liveaboards operating from Sharm- in most sites you won't find too many other boats- if at all. Some great sites which are not so popular are R.Abu Galum and R. Mamlach, Gabr El bint and of course the Nabeq region. Some are well known and popular like the Blue Hole, Canyon, Tiran Island.
Aqua Sport operate this route.
2. Arrange a liveaboard from Sharm. All the Israeli representatives of liveaboard companies (like the SeaQueen fleet, Umbarak's Freedom boats etc.) will arrange everything including Eilat-Sharm transportation. Then you can choose which scenarios is better for you: Tiran, Ras Mo and its surroundings, Shaab Abu Nuhas etc. It all depends how many days you want to spend.
In a 4-5 Day I'd try to do 2 days in Tiran, 2 days in RasMo, and one day/night at Thistlegorm.
Myself, I never get bored diving Shark&Yolanda. There are so many different ways to dive these sites that I always try to convince the participants to spend the whole safari diving only Shark&Yolanda reef, but I never succeed and we end up going to other sites only to conclude after the week that the best diving was... Shark&Yolanda
1. Liveaboard from Taba-Sharm. It is a completely different attitude of diving compared to the crowded liveaboards operating from Sharm- in most sites you won't find too many other boats- if at all. Some great sites which are not so popular are R.Abu Galum and R. Mamlach, Gabr El bint and of course the Nabeq region. Some are well known and popular like the Blue Hole, Canyon, Tiran Island.
Aqua Sport operate this route.
2. Arrange a liveaboard from Sharm. All the Israeli representatives of liveaboard companies (like the SeaQueen fleet, Umbarak's Freedom boats etc.) will arrange everything including Eilat-Sharm transportation. Then you can choose which scenarios is better for you: Tiran, Ras Mo and its surroundings, Shaab Abu Nuhas etc. It all depends how many days you want to spend.
In a 4-5 Day I'd try to do 2 days in Tiran, 2 days in RasMo, and one day/night at Thistlegorm.
Myself, I never get bored diving Shark&Yolanda. There are so many different ways to dive these sites that I always try to convince the participants to spend the whole safari diving only Shark&Yolanda reef, but I never succeed and we end up going to other sites only to conclude after the week that the best diving was... Shark&Yolanda
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