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MY Blue Horizon dive boat review
The MY Blue Horizon is a luxury liveaboard cruising on the Egyptian Red Sea. As the flagship of it’s world renowned fleet, Blue O Two, the Blue Horizon sets the standards high for every new boat to follow. It was built in 2006 and refitted while in it’s 2016 dry dock season.
Boat Cabins & Layout
The Blue Horizon has flexible options in term of accommodation. Indeed, with 4 King Suites and 9 Deluxe twin which can also be double-occupancy, there’s plenty of room for up to 26 divers.
The King Suites, as shown above, are bigger in size so they boasts more storage space and more living space, a nice added touch of luxury. The Deluxe cabins are either two twin beds or 1 double-bed plus one single bed so it would be perfect for either buddy or couple share. Every cabin comes with ensuite bathroom facilities, air-conditioning, mini-fridge and personal entertainment system.
You can check the latest schedule & prices for this liveaboard here.
Blue Horizon On-board Facilities
The MY Blue Horizon was made nearly perfect in order to set the standards high for the next Blue O Two liveaboards. Indeed, the boat is surprising in term of communal areas and living space. All in neutral and blue tones, there is cushioned seating available on every corner of the vessel! First, the dining room and adjacent salon area are both lavish, all in space and comfort.
Furthermore, most social areas are equipped with a media streaming system, including movies and TV series. Also, there is plenty of outdoor lounging space. The sky deck lounge is all in white, offering plenty of comfortable seating space. There’s also a shaded deck area as well as a proper sun deck, again with plenty of loungers space!
Here comes the sundeck, all in style and comfort with cozy days beds. Perfect to read, sip on a cocktail if your done diving for the day or simply work on that northerner’s tan line! Moreover, just below sundeck, there is a hot tub located at the bow. Can’t you imagine… admiring a sunset while relaxing in a jacuzzi on the Red Sea?
Vessel Layout
With a length of 41 meters and a beam of nearly 9 meters, the Blue Horizon stands out a bit! Indeed, it’s bigger and has about the same number of guest than it’s sister ships, Blue Melody and Blue Fin.
You will notice the Blue Horizon among the top Best Red Sea Liveaboard – Reviews from 2016. The DIVER Magazine awarded the Blue Horizon in 2015 as being the ‘Liveaboard of the Year’.
Diving with the Blue Horizon
The spacious dive deck along will the convenient dive platform won’t miss to please even the most discerning diver. Indeed, the dive deck features plenty of storage space, including personal lockers. The dive boat is very well organized and equipped with the best basics such as a camera charging station, fresh water rinse tanks, nitro and air filling stations, etc.
The scuba diving operation is happening either from the sizable platform or from one of the 2 dive tenders. Ultimately, you can always expect the best service from the professional crew members from Blue O Two. All set for an unforgettable diving holiday!
Price starts at 850$US for 8 days / 7 nights – Northern Wrecks and Reefs
1040$US for 8 days / 7 nights – Project Sharks & Best of Brothers
*** Price may vary depending on time of the year ***
Where does this liveaboard dive boat go?
Check out the fabulous places where this dive boat travels to.
Note: some destinations may not be listed below, please enquire for more details.
Hamata
Diving in Hamata offers unspoilt dive sites and access to the best part of the Red Sea far, and best of all - it's away from the tourist crowds.
Eilat
Eilat in Israel offers pristine diving conditions: warm, calm water, excellent visibility all year round, few or no currents, and a huge variety of corals and beautiful marine life!
Aqaba
Aqaba has all the beauty that the Red Sea has to offer but with out the usual crowds of Eilat and Egypt. Aqaba is also a great base for exploring the other historical sites around Jordan.
Marsa Alam
Excellent Scuba Diving with great chances of spotting Dolphins, Dugongs, Oceanic Whitetip Sharks and Hammerhead Sharks. Access to famous dive sites of Elphinstone Reef and Abu Dabbab! Very Good Visibility.
Nuweiba
Nuweiba is the Red Sea’s Macro and Muck diving paradise and is home to a variety of marine life not seen elsewhere.
Dahab
The Dahab Blue Hole is one of the most famous dive sites in the World. Beautiful hard and soft coral and excellent visibility.
Hurghada
Lots of good wrecks to dive and good place for Underwater Photography. Starting Point for Liveaboards to the South Red Sea. Very Good Visibility and good place to learn scuba diving.
Sharm El Sheikh
Magnificent Reefs at Ras Mohammed and one of the best dive site in the World, the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm.
Red Sea
The Red Sea is home to an array of amazing reefs with a teeming marine life, pelagic fishes, Reef Sharks, Dolphins and even the very rare Dugong!
- If you have been diving on board this liveaboard dive boat in Egypt & Hurghada & Red Sea, please share your review and let us know what you thought. Please post your comments in the review section below, by doing so you will help fellow divers to plan their next diving trip
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5 stars for sure!!! Our 8 days spent on-board the Horizon were magical! I don’t know if we were just lucky or if it was always that way but we were often the only divers on a site and that is priceless. Really! The crew is amazing, they are so confident and they know what they’re doing, you can’t be anything but confident too by being around them if you see what I mean.
It’s my first liveaboard testimonial so I am sorry if I am not thorough but I can only say great things. The food, the cabins, the few lounges and the sundeck were amazing, every body could be spread out somewhere and each couple could have some privacy at times… that was great. Good thing there’s so much space. We slept very well, we had a king suite.
We sure will be back with this one or any Blue O two boat!