Scuba
Adea
62FT · SAILING CATAMARAN
17 reviews
Pricing from $36,000/week
8 Guests · 4 Cabins · 3 Crew
RMS Rhone · British Virgin Islands
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Dive directly from your private yacht — scuba gear aboard and a divemaster who knows the sites.
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Scuba
Mane Et Nocte
78FT · SAILING CATAMARAN
Pricing from €72,000/week
10 Guests · 4 Cabins · 4 Crew
On a scuba diving yacht charter, the diving isn't a shore excursion — it's the rhythm of your week. Tanks, weights, and gear travel with you, a divemaster is part of the crew, and many of these yachts carry a hydraulic swim platform that lowers you straight into the water. Your captain anchors over the site, the crew sets up your kit, and you're underwater before the dive shops have finished loading.
Most scuba-equipped yachts include several dives in the charter fee, and additional dives are easy to arrange if your group wants to keep logging them. Between dives it's still a private crewed charter — the chef's lunch on deck, an empty anchorage, the next site a short cruise away.
And if the yacht you love doesn't carry gear, that doesn't rule out the diving. In most destinations we arrange rendezvous diving: a local dive operator meets you at your yacht, runs your group out for a half or full day, and delivers you back to the swim platform. Use the destination and date filters to see what's available.
Where to Dive
Four of the best dive destinations on earth — and the yachts above charter all of them.
British Virgin Islands
Scuba Diving in the British Virgin Islands
The BVI's headline dive is the wreck of the RMS Rhone off Salt Island — a 310-foot Royal Mail steamer broken across two depths, easy enough for an open-water diver and good enough that it's been a bucket-list dive for fifty years. Add the swim-throughs at the Indians and the boulder caves at the Caves on Norman, and a crewed week here is a dive trip that happens to come with a yacht.
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Belize
Diving Belize — the Barrier Reef and the Blue Hole
Belize sits on the second-largest barrier reef in the world, and the Great Blue Hole — that perfect 400-foot sapphire circle — is a couple hours offshore. A crewed catamaran lets you anchor inside the reef and dive walls and coral gardens most resort operations never reach.
French Polynesia
Scuba Diving in French Polynesia
French Polynesia is drift-diving country: you ride the incoming tide through the passes at Fakarava and Rangiroa shoulder-to-shoulder with grey reef sharks, then drift over coral and manta cleaning stations. It's advanced, unforgettable water, and a yacht is the only sensible way to reach the best passes.
Exuma Bahamas
Diving the Bahamas and the Exumas
The Exumas trade big-name wrecks for sheer variety — reef sharks on a baited dive, inland blue holes, the Thunderball Grotto, and miles of shallow coral you can snorkel straight off the swim platform. Easy, warm, family-friendly diving between sandbar lunches.
Frequently asked questions
Can you scuba dive on a crewed yacht charter?
Yes. Many of our crewed yachts carry tanks, weights and gear aboard, and the crew handles the logistics — you dive straight off the swim platform instead of booking a separate dive operator. Use the Scuba filter on this page to see the yachts that are set up for it. Several dives are typically included in the charter fee, with additional dives easy to arrange.
Is dive gear included, or do I bring my own?
It depends on the yacht. Some include full kit and a certified divemaster in the rate; others provide tanks and arrange rendezvous diving with a local operator. We'll confirm exactly what's aboard — and what you should bring — once you pick a yacht.
What is rendezvous diving?
A local dive operator meets you directly at your yacht, takes your group out for a half or full day of diving, and brings you back to the swim platform afterward. It's how you dive when the yacht you've chartered doesn't carry gear — available in most of our destinations, and we set it up as part of planning your charter.
Do I need to be a certified diver?
For most sites, yes — an open-water certification covers the great majority of dives. Several yachts can arrange a Discover Scuba / resort course for first-timers in calm, shallow water, so uncertified guests can still get in.
Which destinations are best for diving from a yacht?
The British Virgin Islands (the RMS Rhone wreck), Belize (the barrier reef and the Great Blue Hole), French Polynesia (the shark passes at Fakarava and Rangiroa) and the Bahamas (reef sharks and blue holes) are the standouts. Each is covered in the Where to Dive section above.
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