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About Explorer Ventures Liveaboard Diving Fleet

Unique Experiences. Exceptional Value. Plan your perfect diving holiday with Explorer Ventures Liveaboard Diving Fleet®! Idyllic destinations, personalized customer service, delectable cuisine, and effortless diving from our custom-designed liveaboard boats. All for an exceptional value! It’s easy to understand why divers return time and time again - the very best liveaboard scuba diving trips! After 35 years in service, we have had time to perfect our scuba diving packages. We offer carefully curated liveaboard diving experiences for unbeatable value. We make it easy to access out-of-the-way diving destinations on our fleet’s all-inclusive liveaboards, bringing you a mere giant stride away from the world’s best dive sites. Packages include accommodation, meals and beverages, up to 27 dives (including night dives), dive shop services, and more. Arrive onboard, unpack your gear once, then dive, dive, dive! Choose from 7 world-class diving destinations including Palau, Red Sea, Maldives, Northeastern Caribbean (Saba/St. Kitts), Turks & Caicos Islands, Galapagos Islands, and Indonesia. The vessel M/V Turks & Caicos Explorer II also spends 10 weeks each year offering snorkeling with Humpback Whales on the Silver Bank, Dominican Republic. Our liveaboard fleet includes:Black Pearl ExplorerCaribbean Explorer II Turks & Caicos Explorer IIHumboldt ExplorerTiburon Explorer Emperor Explorer Grand Sea ExplorerBlue Manta Explorer White Manta ExplorerStart planning your diving vacation, we're waiting for your call!

Explorer Ventures Liveaboard Diving Fleet (explorerventures.com) has 643 customer reviews on Folks Told, with an average rating of 4.8 out of 5.

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Explorer Ventures Liveaboard Diving Fleet (explorerventures.com) has 643 customer reviews on Folks Told, with an average rating of 4.8 out of 5.

Also known as: explorerventures.com
Website: explorerventures.com
Category: Activities & Tours
Listed on Folks Told: 2026

Vanessa

Jan 3, 2026

Fun but with issues

Let me start by saying that my husband, my adult daughter and I had a great time. If the Caribbean Explorer 2 is the dive boat that you can afford, do it. There were lots of single folk who wanted to socialize so it was more fun than many boats in that regard. However, this was my 6th dive boat and the least good one. The boat has a smell and you can tell it was built in the 70s. Our toilet liked to flush continuously and our daughter's didn't like to flush at all. One of the worst things: the boat has no keel, really, which means it pitches in the water, and we heard some vomiting and had one nightmare crossing trying not to heave ourselves despite the fact that the weather was not bad. Also seriously, only one dive master was out in the water with the 12 of us, which is not ideal for safety reasons or for guiding (they tell you this ahead of time, but still). The coral is in bad shape and there isn't much sealife. But we did see some wonderful things, including pretty large octopi, huge stingrays, an inflated pufferfish and various little baby fish. The land excursions are really boring and only a good way to stretch your legs off of the boat. So, in conclusion, we did a ton of diving and met some great people so it was worthwhile for us. But we aren't raving about it.

Reply from Explorer Ventures Liveaboard Diving FleetMar 31, 2026

Hello Vanessa, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience aboard the Caribbean Explorer II. We’re glad to hear you, your husband, and your daughter had a great trip overall and enjoyed the time onboard with other guests—that’s always a big part of what makes these weeks at sea so memorable. As you noted, we do share in advance that our dive guides are there to enhance the experience and help point out marine life for those who choose to stay with the group. Divers, along with their buddy, plan and dive their profiles accordingly, which is standard for this style of diving. Coral reefs worldwide have been impacted by a number of factors in recent years, and it’s something we remain very mindful of in how we operate. Through our Dive Green® program, launched in 2008, and our partnership with Green Fins, we focus on responsible practices and doing what we can to help protect the marine environment. If any issues come up while onboard, the crew is always ready to assist and address concerns when they’re made aware, working to keep things running as smoothly as possible. We genuinely value feedback from all of our guests, as it helps support our team and continuously improve. Thank you again for taking the time to share yours. We’re glad there were some great moments and sightings along the way, and we wish you many more great dives ahead!