Amazing video! I'm also from the maritimes and I recently fell in love with diving. Heard about liveaboards not too long ago and I'm looking to book a trip to blackbeards this fall/winter. I find the liveaboards extremely expensive lol and this trip looks like it would have cost an arm and a leg, although I did hear that liveaboards in Egypt are cheaper but something this size, I can't imagine it'd be very affordable. How much did you guys pay per person?
Thank you so much! Great to hear from another maritime! Liveaboards have gotten soo expensive over the past couple of years. We actually paid 2022 pricing so per person this liveaboard was under $2k. We were supposed to be on a much older boat but were switched last minute to this swanky new rig because ours burnt down before our trip 😅. Blackbeard’s was one of my favourite dive trips! Much more rugged but the diving is incredible.
Great video! I was wondering what month you've been to to have an idea of the sea temperatures. I saw a Bare Reactive wetsuit and I was trying to understand what mm it was. Thanks
Thank you very much! This was the end of April and the water temp was a pretty steady 23C. Most people on the boat chose to wear 5mm wetsuits. A few of us opted to add a 2mm vest and a hood as well!
@@BetweenTwoDuffels Thanks for your feedback! I'm planning my trip to the Red Sea and it's super useful this insight - I will probably opt for a semi-dry for deep dives.
@@BetweenTwoDuffels Thanks. Wife and I did Blackbeards with them as our first live aboard. Then we did Aggressor Red Sea South and Belize. Red Sea was deeply discounted as they were kicking off that franchise, I think 2k for both of us all in. How were the rooms and did you get to pick where you stayed or did they assign. Blackbeards, they assign berths.
@@philliplust8059the rooms were spectacular on this boat! We had a room with a king sized bed or there are also rooms with two doubles. Each room has its own head (including a shower with hot water). We did Blackbeards a few years ago too and absolutely loved it!
