Blue Storm Liveaboard: Cabins, Red Sea Routes & Prices 2026

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Photos: Blue Storm / LiveAboard.com.

A modern member of the Blue Planet fleet

Blue Storm entered service in 2021. The steel-hulled vessel measures 40 metres long by 8 metres wide, with a maximum of 24 guests. She is a different boat from Blue, Blue Seas and Blue Pearl, despite the shared fleet names. Her layout gives divers several places to spread out between briefings, meals and time on the dive deck.

Eleven cabins: which deck and bed arrangement?

Every room features its own private bathroom as well as private air-conditioning. Five cabins are on the lower deck, four on the main deck and two on the upper deck. Only two lower-deck cabins can take an additional bed; a third berth is not an option in every room.

For friends sharing, the distinction between a twin and a double matters more than simply requesting a sea view. A couple can compare main- and upper-deck doubles, while a lower twin is usually the starting point for a shared-berth quotation. Solo sharing and single-use prices depend on the available cabin and seller’s terms.

Life between dives

The comfortable and spacious indoor dining room with wall-to-wall windows is where you will enjoy your meals. Its shared tables make it easy to carry a dive conversation into lunch, while the air-conditioned saloon provides an indoor retreat. Audio and video entertainment are available between dives.

Outside, a spacious social area with beanbag loungers and tables offers somewhere to settle after rinsing off. The photographed covered deck has wraparound seating, with open sun-deck space elsewhere aboard. There is room for both a quiet pause and a group catch-up, without having to spend every surface interval in your cabin.

Charging and equipment-rinsing facilities support the diving routine. Wi-Fi is advertised, but reception is tied to coastal coverage and should not be treated as a dependable offshore connection.

Buffet meals with Egyptian and international choices

Three buffet-style meals are served each day. The operator describes breakfasts with eggs, pancakes, bread and yoghurt, followed by meals built around fish, chicken or beef, rice or pasta and vegetables. Fruit, cakes and other desserts add something sweet between dive plans. Tea, instant coffee, water and soft drinks are included in the standard package; alcoholic drinks cost extra.

Food preferences are personal, as the guest feedback below shows. Dietary requirements are worth discussing before provisioning, particularly when an ingredient must be avoided rather than merely preferred.

Diving from Blue Storm

The spacious dive deck gives divers benches and individual equipment baskets for preparing their kit. Three tenders are listed by the operator. Standard cylinders and weights are included, and Nitrox is free for certified Nitrox divers. Larger cylinders and rental equipment need advance arrangement.

A week normally allows several dives on the diving days, but three or four every day is not a promise. Marine-park stops do not permit night dives, and weather, passages and the final-day schedule reduce opportunities. A 2024 guest trip report described storm-related cancellations and a cancelled night dive: a useful reminder that the plan can change even on a full diving week.

The operator specifies at least 50 logged dives for Brothers, Daedalus, Rocky and Zabargad. Some sellers also require Advanced Open Water certification; requirements for the other routes vary between booking channels. Acceptance should be agreed for the named itinerary and your experience. Offshore currents, tender entries and pickups can be demanding. The operator’s recreational programme excludes decompression diving and sets a 40-metre maximum, with shallower limits where certification or conditions require them.

A Blue Storm week at Daedalus and Fury Shoals

Daniel Kainz filmed this underwater trip aboard Blue Storm in May 2022. It gives a view of that journey’s reef life, rather than promising the same sightings on a future departure.

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Film: Daniel Kainz, Daedalus & Fury Shoals, May 2022.

Choosing a Blue Storm itinerary

Most dated departures checked are eight days and seven nights. Northern trips offer wreck-and-reef variety; Brothers and Daedalus add exposed offshore diving and crossings, while the southern combinations spend more of the week around remote reef systems. Seven nights aboard do not mean seven full diving days.

The table distinguishes dated sailings from named programmes. Reef selection, order and exact crossing times depend on the confirmed trip, permissions and sea conditions. No wildlife encounter is guaranteed.

Brothers–Daedalus–Elphinstone

Three offshore reef areas make this the wall-diving choice. Big and Small Brother, Daedalus and Elphinstone bring exposed dives and sea passages; this is not a sheltered beginner circuit. A 22 October 2026 Port Ghalib round trip was listed. Other departures change ports, including Hurghada–Port Ghalib on 22 April 2027 and Port Ghalib–Hurghada on 7 October 2027.

North Wrecks

Thistlegorm and the Abu Nuhas wrecks anchor this wreck-focused week, with Rosalie Moller and Gubal among the programme options. It is a good starting point for comparing wreck variety, rather than choosing an offshore route simply for its name. Individual wreck visits and penetration are separate decisions.

North & Tiran

The northern wreck region is combined with Ras Mohammed and the Strait of Tiran. The operator names Jackson, Woodhouse, Thomas and Gordon reefs; weather-dependent wreck options also appear. The map shows verified references rather than every possible stop.

North & Brothers

This combines northern wreck country with the isolated Brothers. It adds a substantial offshore element to a wreck-and-reef holiday, so experience requirements and passage tolerance matter more than the northern label might suggest.

Brother Islands

A dedicated Brothers programme concentrates on Big and Small Brother, their walls and the Aida and Numidia wreck areas. It offers more focus than a three-region circuit, but an advertised programme does not establish a currently bookable dedicated week.

Brothers & Elphinstone

This pairs the Brothers with Elphinstone without adding Daedalus. It remains a separate named operator programme, useful when comparing offshore itineraries; the allocation of days and crossings needs a dated departure plan.

Daedalus & Fury Shoals

Daedalus is combined with southern reef time around Fury Shoals, including Sataya in the operator outline, and an Elphinstone option. This gives more reef variety than an entirely offshore week while retaining an exposed offshore section. Sataya is a reef visit, not a dolphin promise.

St. Johns

The far-southern reef region is the main attraction, with Fury Shoals and Elphinstone included in the wider outline. Coral structures and passages offer a different emphasis from a wreck week. Overhead passages are not suitable for every diver or every dive plan.

Daedalus–Rocky–Zabargad

This combines Daedalus with Rocky and Zabargad, with Elphinstone also named in the outline. The remoteness comes with longer passages and offshore diving demands. Rocky and Zabargad are not advertised as shore-excursion stops.

Rocky–Zabargad–St. Johns

A southern combination of island walls and the St. Johns reef region. The route adds Rocky and Zabargad to the southern reef experience rather than treating every St. Johns departure as the same trip. Park restrictions still apply at the islands.

North–Tiran–Dahab

This northern extension includes Dahab’s Blue Hole in the published route options, alongside the northern reefs and Tiran. A Blue Hole visit does not imply a dive through its deep arch. The extra distance and precise port arrangement should be compared with the shorter northern circuits.

Thistlegorm & Ras Mohammed

A named northern variant pairs the Thistlegorm with Ras Mohammed. Other listed possibilities include Kingston, Dunraven and Siyul Kebir. It overlaps with the northern wreck family, but its reef emphasis is useful when comparing the actual departure plan.

Longer Elba programmes and unresolved variants

A boat-specific seller programme describes Rocky–Elba–St. Johns–Elphinstone in 10- and 11-night versions departing Port Ghalib. No dated sailing or complete return-port and access details were verified. These should be treated as programmes to enquire about, not available departures. The Elba reef positions and full sequence remain unmapped.

A separate Daedalus & St. Johns label is also listed, but its detailed description refers to a different northern route. Its duration, ports and programme remain unconfirmed. North/Ras Mohammed also appears as a seller label; its exact distinction from the northern variants needs the departure-specific plan.

Blue Storm itinerary reference map

The twelve layers show verified geographic references for the routes above, not a fixed sailing order or navigation track. The BDE layer includes both possible port areas; an individual trip does not necessarily call at both. Some smaller reefs and the unresolved variants are not mapped.

Geographic references: CDWS. Programme checked 16 October 2026. Exact boarding piers and unspecified dive sites are not mapped.

Blue Storm prices and the extras that matter

A dated example helps put the budget in perspective: on 16 October 2026, Omneia displayed the 22–29 October 2026 BDE trip from Port Ghalib at €1,350 per person sharing a lower-deck twin. Its €320 local-fee package brings that example to €1,670 per person, before flights, visa arrangements, tips, rental kit and other personal extras. Availability and the quote can change.

The standard advertised package includes full board, soft drinks, guided diving, standard tanks and weights, and Nitrox for qualified divers. Transfer inclusions depend on the departure and package. A sea-view cabin changes the fare; the example is not a price for every cabin or week.

These are the published 2026 charges, not 2027 quotations. The actual seller’s breakdown should identify park, port and fuel costs together so that a charge already included is not counted twice.

Rental kit is requested at least a week in advance. Flights, visa services, alcohol and crew tips are separate budget items. A quoted visa-handling charge is not necessarily the government visa fee.

Getting to the right port

Hurghada departures normally use Hurghada airport. Port Ghalib can be reached via Marsa Alam airport or a longer transfer from Hurghada. The operator quotes roughly ten minutes from Marsa Alam airport to Port Ghalib and around three hours from Hurghada; traffic and the actual pickup can change these estimates.

Embarkation and disembarkation times differ between packages, and the last night may be in a hotel. The confirmed itinerary should settle those arrangements before flights are booked, particularly on a trip starting and finishing at different ports. Allow the appropriate no-fly interval after the actual last dive.

Travelling with a non-diver?

Blue Storm is advertised as accepting non-diving companions. Omneia publishes a 10% non-diver reduction on individual bookings; the exact fare and treatment of compulsory extras need a written quote. The shaded deck offers a comfortable place to spend time aboard, but marine-park itineraries restrict snorkelling, and Rocky and Zabargad do not provide shore visits. Acceptance aboard should not be confused with a dedicated snorkelling holiday.

What guests loved — and what could be better

The checked LiveAboard.com listing scores Blue Storm 9.0/10 from 43 verified reviews. The comments read include praise for the crew, cabin comfort and organisation, alongside specific reservations about group size and cabin location. Smaller review samples elsewhere add perspective rather than a directly comparable score.

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Information checked 16 October 2026. This is a researched guide, not a new firsthand inspection; prices are dated examples rather than a live availability feed. Existing Divezone ratings and comments are preserved.