More dives, less travel
Up to 3–4 dives a day without ever leaving the water's edge. No daily boat commute — just diving, eating, sleeping, repeat.
Liveaboards & dive resorts · Curated
Top Dive curates premium dive trips — world-class liveaboards and hand-picked dive resorts — to the Maldives, the Red Sea, Indonesia and beyond. The best dive sites, none of the planning headache.
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Curated by Gerva Ibáñez · 10+ years in diving
Why a liveaboard
The most spectacular reefs, walls and pelagic action are far from any beach resort. A liveaboard sleeps you right on top of them — so you wake up, roll in, and dive the sites most travellers never reach.
Up to 3–4 dives a day without ever leaving the water's edge. No daily boat commute — just diving, eating, sleeping, repeat.
Reach the channels, atolls and pinnacles that day boats simply can't — where the big stuff lives and the reefs are pristine.
Cabin, meals, guides, tanks and most gear handled. You unpack once and focus on one thing only: the diving.
Where we go
Liveaboards and land-based dive packages, opening as small-group departures. Join a waiting list and you'll be first to hear dates and pricing — before they're public.
Drift the channels of the central atolls, hang on at cleaning stations and dive under the boat lights with feeding mantas.
Join the waiting listThe Thistlegorm, Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone — warm water, sheer walls and some of the best wreck diving anywhere.
Join the waiting listThe epicentre of marine biodiversity — soft coral gardens, schooling fish and the kind of reefs you only see in documentaries.
Join the waiting listCrystal water, dramatic granite boulders and the chance of mantas and whale sharks at Richelieu Rock — a perfect first liveaboard.
Join the waiting listA remote island in the far south of the Maldives — one of the only places on earth to dive with tiger sharks up close, all year round, alongside thresher sharks, oceanic mantas and hammerheads. Stay in a hand-picked hotel and dive daily with expert local guides — a liveaboard-free way to tick off a true bucket-list shark dive.
Join the waiting listDon't see your dream destination? Tell us where you want to dive →
How it works
We don't sell off-the-shelf packages. We gauge real interest, then build a trip around it — so you get the right boat, the right dates and a price that works.
Pick a destination and leave your email. Zero commitment — you're just telling us where you'd love to dive.
Once there's enough interest, we lock in a hand-picked boat and dates and negotiate group pricing with the operator.
You hear the dates and price before anyone else, with time to decide. Cabins are limited and go to the list first.
We guide you through booking and logistics. You show up, gear ready, and focus on the diving of your life.
Who's behind Top Dive
Top Dive is run by Gerva Ibáñez, who has spent more than a decade in the diving industry — co-founding dive centres, logging thousands of dives and getting to know boats, operators and dive sites first-hand.
That means the trips we put in front of you are ones we'd happily get on ourselves. We know which boats are worth it, which sites deliver, and how to time a trip for the best conditions. When you have a question, you talk to a diver who's actually been there.
Free guide
A free, no-fluff guide to the ten liveaboard trips every diver should do at least once — what makes each special, when to go and what it really costs. Get it instantly, and join the list for early access to our trips.
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Good to know
Yes — liveaboards are for certified divers. Most trips suit Open Water and above; some sites are better with a little experience. Tell us your level and we'll point you to the right trip.
We curate and arrange liveaboard diving trips, working directly with hand-picked boats and operators. You book the trip we set up; we handle the guidance and logistics around it.
Nothing at all. It simply tells us where there's interest and puts you first in line for dates and pricing. You decide once you see the real offer.
Only once a trip is confirmed and you've chosen to join it. We'll walk you through deposit and payment with the operator — never before you've said yes.
Very likely. Pick "Somewhere else" on the form and tell us your dream trip. If there's enough interest, we'll look into making it happen.
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