Worldwide guided expeditions

Scuba diving liveaboards for certified divers and wildlife trips you can join without a dive card.

Expeditions

We build all our trips around the place and the time the animals are most likely to turn up. Palau focuses on the days before the January full moon, when Moorish idols and snappers gather to spawn. Baja runs in February and March, when three species of whale share the same coastline. Magdalena Bay runs at the end of the year, when the bait arrives and everything comes to eat it. You get the idea.

Wildlife encounters are never guaranteed; this is the open ocean. But we'll tell you what's likely, and what would be a lucky day.

Liveaboards - what’s coming up?

Seven to ten nights on a boat, diving places you can't reach in a day. All our trips are for certified divers and all require some experience, especially with current, so check the level on each one before you book.

Malpelo

Colombia | MV Ferox | From $5,850
14 to 24 Jul 2027: Sold out | 31 Aug to 9 Sep 2028: Sold out

A volcanic rock 500 km off Colombia's Pacific coast, with hammerhead schools and silky sharks in the hundreds. Twelve guests and powerful currents.

Cocos Island

Costa Rica | Sea Hunter | From $8,244
16 to 26 Aug 2027: Sold out

A 32- to 36-hour crossing each way; this is a trip for the dedicated. But the rewards speak for themselves…seven days of diving with scalloped hammerheads, tiger sharks and whale sharks.

Maldives Far South

Maldives | Maldives Master | From $3,150
21 to 28 Feb 2028

The Maldives, but not quite as you know it. Tiger and silvertip sharks at Fuvahmulah, walls and channels at Huvadhoo, and manta rays at Addu when the weather allows.

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Snorkel & Wildlife - what’s next…

Whales, sea lions, dolphins and basking sharks from small boats. You don't need a dive certification for any of these trips. You do, however, need to be happy on a boat all day.

Magdalena Bay

Baja California Sur, Mexico | From $3,400
November & December 2026: 23 - 29 Nov - 1 female space left

Often described as the Mexican Sardine Run. You can snorkel and freedive beside baitballs while striped marlin, sea lions, dolphins, and whales feed on them.

Baja whale spotting

Baja California Sur, Mexico | From $2,995
February & March 2027

Three species, one trip, memories for life! See humpbacks off Cabo San Lucas, grey whales in Magdalena Bay and blue whales off Loreto, all in six magical days.

Ireland basking sharks

Dingle Peninsula, Ireland | From $2,200
1 - 8 May 2027

The main highlight, snorkelling with sharks up to 12 metres long in water around 10°C. But there are seals, dolphins and puffins also on the menu. Then back into Dingle for Guinness.

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Not sure which one suits you?

Tell us what you've dived, or that you don't dive at all, and what you most want to see. We'll tell you straight which trip fits.

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