Take a visual tour of this top-tier Red Sea liveaboard from Explorer Ventures Fleet® For immediate release. Grand Sea Explorer®, operating as Sea Serpent Grand, received a fresh new facelift. This spacious Red Sea liveaboard from Explorer Ventures Fleet® is specifically designed for divers looking for luxury and speed between dive sites. In the two month long dry dock, Grand Sea Explorer received many upgrades including refurbishment of the lower deck cabins and bathrooms, new upper deck cabin beds, a complete exterior repaint, and more.  These updates were added to the modernized vessel ..read more

Re-introducing Humboldt Explorer – Newly remodeled and ready for divers. Experience the new Humboldt Explorer this summer for only $3,995 pp – that’s $2200 in savings! Humboldt Explorer, Explorer Ventures Fleet’s liveaboard based in the Galapagos Islands, has been newly remodeled and is back in the water ready for divers. Diving on Humboldt Explorer is already a five-star experience, but now the liveaboard has even better accommodations. It also features a more contemporary salon and sun deck, upgraded dive deck, and fresh plumbing. Humboldt Explorer received the Fleet’s largest overhaul to da ..read more

How deep is scuba diving? This intriguing question has captured the minds of many scuba divers who are constantly seeking to improve their diving skills and explore greater depths. Scuba diving, a practice utilizing an apparatus that provides air underwater, allows divers to explore the captivating deep-sea and get up close with its inhabitants. In this blog post, we will explore the depths of scuba diving by examining its definition, necessary equipment and safety considerations for deep sea dives; learn about types of dive sites suitable for advanced recreational divers; as well as gain tips ..read more

How deep is scuba diving? This intriguing question has captured the minds of many scuba divers who are constantly seeking to improve their diving skills and explore greater depths. Scuba diving, a practice utilizing an apparatus that provides air underwater, allows divers to explore the captivating deep-sea and get up close with its inhabitants. In this blog post, we will explore the depths of scuba diving by examining its definition, necessary equipment and safety considerations for deep sea dives; learn about types of dive sites suitable for advanced recreational divers; as well as gain tips ..read more

How deep is scuba diving? This intriguing question has captured the minds of many scuba divers who are constantly seeking to improve their diving skills and explore greater depths. Scuba diving, a practice utilizing an apparatus that provides air underwater, allows divers to explore the captivating deep-sea and get up close with its inhabitants. In this blog post, we will explore the depths of scuba diving by examining its definition, necessary equipment and safety considerations for deep sea dives; learn about types of dive sites suitable for advanced recreational divers; as well as gain tips ..read more

How deep is scuba diving? How deep is scuba diving? This intriguing question has captured the minds of many scuba divers who are constantly seeking to improve their diving skills and explore greater depths. Scuba diving, a practice utilizing an apparatus that provides air underwater, allows divers to explore the captivating deep-sea and get up close with its inhabitants. In this blog post, we will explore the depths of scuba diving by examining its definition, necessary equipment and safety considerations for deep sea dives; learn about types of dive sites suitable for advanced recreational di ..read more

“If you want to understand today you have to search yesterday.” Pearl S. Buck, American novelist (1892-1973) Michigan is a water state—in fact, it has the highest percentage of water out of all states in the U.S.—41.5% to be exact. Lake Huron, which is in Michigan and Ontario, is famous for its treacherous waters, ice, and fog, which have claimed the lives of many sailors, such that it was nicknamed “Shipwreck Alley.” There are mysteries still out there, beneath the waters, just waiting to be discovered. Mysteries, such as shipwrecks, that hold the stories from over 200 years of Great Lakes ..read more

Over the two years of Covid-induced border closures, Australians discovered that diving in their own backyard is pretty darn good. Now that borders have opened, it’s time to share our best secrets with the rest of the world. Here’s some of Australia’s best local diving, state by state. Queensland Ribbon Reefs and the Coral Sea There’s never been a better time to dive the pristine, rarely-visited dive sites of the Ribbon Reefs and the Coral Sea — you’ll be sharing them with a very small group of divers. Both Mike Ball Dive Expeditions and Spirit of Freedom dive liveaboards have three-, four ..read more

Fifty years ago, a new era of ocean conservation was born when the United States created a system of national marine sanctuaries. Since then, the National Marine Sanctuary System has grown into a nationwide network of 15 national marine sanctuaries and two marine national monuments that conserve more than 620,000 square miles of spectacular ocean and Great Lakes waters, an area nearly the size of Alaska. NOAA celebrated the 50th anniversary of your National Marine Sanctuary System, making this a perfect time to reflect on the accomplishments that have made NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanc ..read more

From more daily dives and smaller dive group sizes to 5-star dining experiences, Explorer Ventures Fleet’s Red Sea liveaboard package is a step above the rest.    When it comes to liveaboard diving in the Red Sea, vessel options can seem endless. However, few offer the incredible amenities and level of service that Explorer Ventures Fleet®  does aboard Grand Sea Explorer® (operating locally as Sea Serpent Grand). With an eye on what divers really want, Explorer Ventures’s exclusive Red Sea package has been uniquely designed to ensure guests are highly catered to while maximizing ..read more