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EXPLORER VENTURES
Bahamas, Caribbean, Australia

CARIBBEAN EXPLORER I
Passenger Capacity: 18
Length: 100 ft.
Beam: 21 ft.
Staff & Crew: 7

  • Itinerary: Bahamas from Georgetown to south Exumas, Rum Cay, Conception Island and San Salvador.
  • Cabins: 9. All cabins are air-conditioned. There are 4 upper deck cabins with queen-size bed, private bath and shower. Below deck are 5 double cabins with private sink and shared bathrooms and showers.
  • Facilities and Activities: This is a dive boat with five dives scheduled daily that include night dives. There is TV, VCR/DVD. A dive deck has individual gear bins, recharging station, and shower. Island access is available for those wanting to go ashore. Solo diving courses and rentals, and nitrox offered.
  • Recent Fares Reported to Us: $1,195; $1,595.
GALAPAGOS ECO EXPLORER I
Passenger Capacity: 16
Built: 2007
Length: 95 ft.
Beam: 32 ft.
Staff & Crew: 10
  • Itinerary: Wolf and Darwin Islands of the Galapagos, plus diving at North Seymour, Gordon's Rock, Cousin's Rock and land excursion to volclanic spatter cones on Bartolome.
  • Cabins: 8. Cabins have twin or queen beds, TV/DVD, full-length windows that open and private bath with tub and shower. Owner's suite has separate sitting room.
  • Facilities and Activities: This is a power catamaran that has two naturalist/dive guides. All diving is done from pangas as drift dives. Currents range from 1 to 5 knots and water is cold, requiring a 5-7 mm wetsuit and hood. Divers are likely to see Galapagos sharks, white tips and hammerheads, eagle rays, moray eels, mantas, sea lions and possibly whale sharks between June and November.

TURKS & CAICOS EXPLORER II
Passenger Capacity: 18
Former Name: Ballymena
Length: 100 ft.
Beam: 21 ft.
Staff & Crew: 7

  • Itinerary: Turks and Caicos Islands. Usual 7-night itinerary from Providenciales includes Provo's 
    Northwest Point, walls of West Caicos, and French Cay; 5 1/2 days of diving.
  • Cabins: 9. All cabins are air-conditioned.
  • Dining: Lunch is buffet; sit-down dinners or barbecues.
  • Facilities and Activities: This is a dive boat with four or five dives scheduled daily that
    include night dives, Black Coral Forest, Provo's Shark Hotel, deep-water gorgonians,
    and spotted eagle rays. There is TV, VCR/DVD. A dive deck has individual gear bins, camera table, recharging station, and shower. Staff gives scuba instruction, including PADI advanced and specialty courses, TDI/SDI, photo instruction, and E6 film processing. Nitrox is available.
  • Recent Fares Reported to Us: $1,395 per person in low season; $1,995 for VIP stateroom
    in high season. Book five times and get 6th trip free. Non-divers save 10%.
CARIBBEAN EXPLORER II
Passenger Capacity: 18
Built: 1976; refit 1999
Length: 120 ft.
Staff and Crew: 7
  • Itinerary: Usual itinerary includes Saba, St. Kitts, Statia, St. Maarten.
    Cabins:
    9. Cabins are air-conditioned, each with private bath with shower.
    Some have outside views..
  • Facilities and Activities: This is a dive boat with four to five dives daily including 
    night dives. There is TV, VCR/DVD, CD. Dive deck has lockers, camera tables,
    recharging stations, showers. There is scuba instruction including PADI advanced 
    and specialty courses, TDI/SDI, photo instruction, and E6 film processing. Island
    access and tours arranged at all ports of call. Nitrox is available.
  • Recent Fares Reported to Us:  $1,395 per person in low season; $1,595 in high season for a seven-day trip. Book five times and get 6th trip free. Non-divers save 10%.
NIMROD EXPLORER
Passenger Capacity: 18
Built: 1983; refit 2001
Length: 72 ft.
Beam: 26 ft.
draft: 5 ft. 4 in.
Former Name: Nimrod III
Staff & Crew: 6
  • Itinerary: There are 3, 4 and 7-night trips from Cairns of the Great Barrier Reef and
    Coral Sea, Australia, including  Lizard Island, Ribbon Reefs, Cod Hole, Osprey Reef. Longer expeditions scheduled annually in October and November visiting far northern reefs. on Queensland's Cape York Peninsula
  • Cabins: 6. There are 2 doubles, 1 twin, and 3 quad cabins, each with private bath, shower. Some cabins have windows, lower deck cabins have portholes. All cabins are air-conditioned.
  • Facilities and Activities: This is a catamaran dive boat that averages 4 to 5 dives daily
    including night dives. There is TV, VCR/DVD. A dive deck has lockers, camera tables,
    recharging stations, showers. There is nitrox.  Scuba instruction includes PADI advanced and specialty courses, TDI, SDI, photo instruction and E6 film processing. The ship provides data collection for Dwarf Minke Whale research and Eye on the Reef program. Low-level scenic flights are used to join and depart the ship.
  • Recent Fares Reported to Us:  Book five times and get 6th trip free. 
    Non-divers save 10%.

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