Scuba Diving LiveaboardIn the recreational scuba diving industry, a scuba diving liveaboard service offers its guests to stay on board for one or more nights, unlike a day boat operation. This allows time to travel to more distant divesites. Normally a liveaboard operation charters for ten to thirty passengers. Scuba diving liveaboard to ensures that the passengers can reach many dive sites and they and their diving gear do not have to be trucked about long distances every day to and from a hotel on hand, often (as in the Red Sea in the summer) in very hot weather: e.g. one afternoon at Sharm el Sheikh on land the shade temperature reached 51ēC = 124ēF.
The usual style of a Red Sea scuba diving liveaboard can be seen in this image. With variations, their internal layout is something like this: It is about 100 feet or 33 meters long. The decks are, from bottom up: Lower part of the hull: engine room Upper part of the hull: guests's cabins; stores Lowest outside deck, in this order from forwards: o Open area for the crew to work. o A few cabins; stores; crew's quarters. o Lounge o An open area where the air cylinders are stored and refilled, and wet items such as wetsuits are hung to dry, and divers kit and unkit. There is a freshwater bath to wash it, and to put items such as underwater cameras which can tolerate being wet but should not be allowed to get salt dried onto them. There are compartments where each guest can store his wet diving gear separately.
o The aftmost end is the diving deck, outside the aft anti-spray barrier, lower than the rest, to get it nearer to sea level for divers to get in and out of the sea or RIBs. There are usually two hinged diving ladders there. There are usually freshwater washing-down hoses there. When the liveaboard is docked stern-to-quay, the diving deck is used for access to land. Next deck up, in this order from forwards: o bridge. o Galley. o Aft: Dining room. o Open access area. o A flat area where the boat's RIBs are stored; there is a crane to carry them to and from the sea. o Open lounge deck, shaded by the next deck up to protect guests from excessive sun exposure o A small topmost deck, with no roof. o An arch to carry radar and radio antennas etc. Discover the absolutely fabulous choices in these diving destinations: Australia
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