Liveaboards let you stay aboard a yacht while traveling to a variety of dive locations, giving you access to remote sites. Maduro Dive as a wholesale dive travel company not only helps you book cabin accommodations on a liveaboard but matches your needs. Here is more information on how to prepare for liveaboard dive trips:
Research Available Itineraries
When planning your liveaboard dive trips, check the itineraries for the different yachts. Some boats travel to different dive sites depending on the time of year and pelagic migratory seasons. The Atlantis Infiniti liveaboard has itineraries for Visayas and Tubbataha, and the MV Spoilsport liveaboard in Australia offers different exploration trips to Yongala and the far north Coral Sea. Itinerary destinations also impact trip lengths; the Raja Ampat Aggressor in Indonesia offers seven- to 12-day trips depending on the destination.
The weather and seasonal ocean currents can impact dive site accessibility and may dictate different dive experience levels that are needed. Some destinations go through monsoon seasons with conditions that may reduce underwater visibility. Access to the North Horn site on the MV Spoilsport liveaboard depends on the weather. Our dive travel specialists include experienced divers who will help you book your trip during the appropriate seasons to fully enjoy your dive experience.
Plan for Different Dive Conditions
Your preferred dive conditions may impact the time of year you travel and what equipment you bring with you. Maduro Dive is able to help you plan liveaboards in specific locations or during seasons of high water visibility for easier navigation and clearer photo conditions. However, during months with lower water visibility in some destinations like the Maldives and the Galapagos Islands, you will encounter multiple varities of Pelagic fish. In The waters around Belize offer can over 100 feet of visibility. The Belize Aggressor liveaboard also offers night dives, and the Atlantis Adventurer (Azores) liveaboard in the Philippines provides muck diving opportunities. Night dives and murky conditions may require high-lumen dive lights to help you navigate. For underwater photography in low light conditions, use the appropriate camera housings and strobe equipment. Liveaboards such as the MV Spoilsport and Atlantis Azores offer camera tables and video stations; this allows you to maintain and organize your gear between dives.
Water temperature may also be a consideration for divers and the selection of dive equipment for their trip. While the majority of liveaboard dive destinations may offer warm temperatures above and below the water, seasonal variations can require thicker dive suits, a dry suit or dive hood.
Practice Using Your Dive Equipment
While preparing for your liveaboard trip, practice using your dive equipment, such as your computer and dive lights. This promotes greater safety during your liveaboard trip. Some locations may require a faster descent, meaning that you will need more weight. Practice dives with additional weight allow you to know how much air to expel from your buoyancy device during ascents.
Some liveaboard trips include night dives, deep diving, and drift diving. The Palau Aggressor II liveaboard is appropriate for advanced divers, as the trip involves diving in faster currents. To plan for your liveaboard, make sure your equipment is well maitained, practice controlling you buoyancy and immerse a new dive suit in water prior to your trip. You can also seek dive insruction for specialty certifications ahead of time. Maduro Dive can help you plan dive trips that align with your dive experience.
On your liveaboard, talk to your dive master about any questions you have before your dives. They will check your dive equipment and provide safety tips and other instructions. Some liveaboards also provide classes on using dive computers, improving underwater photography, video and other equipment.
Book Your Liveaboard Dive Trips
Liveaboards allow you more diving opportunities while traveling in comfortable accommodations. Depending on the trip, our liveaboard dive trip packages for 70 boats include meals, Nitrox, multiple itineraries, various trip durations, airfare, transfers, many daily and night dives. Our website offers details on what types of marine life you can encounter on different dive trips. To begin planning your liveaboard trips, Maduro Dive invites you to contact us today.
