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Empress
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Empress Liveaboard, Indonesia

3.9Good5 verified reviews

Empress is a strong steel liveaboard, it's a good option if you are looking for good quality for a smart price. All top dive areas can be visited including Raja Ampat, Komodo, and Misool. The most convenient logistic with trips begins in Bali. Plenty of relaxation areas indoor and outdoor.

Boat interior
Empress can accommodate up to 10 guests in 5 cozy and comfortable cabins. There is a spacious sun deck with sun mattresses on board. Cozy indoor and outdoor salons are great places to relax between and after diving. There is a huge cinema screen on board, TV, and DVD, free wifi access around all vessel based on GPRS (depends on signal strength). Empress has also another relaxing area - a shisha lounge, which is a shaded place where guests can spend their chill-out time. The boat equipped with a Nitrox membrane, so now divers with EANx certification can fill in tanks with an up to 36 % Nitrox.

Safety
The safety of the guests is the highest concern of the Empress crew. Crew's members spare no efforts to ensure the safety and comfort of all divers. As the only boat, Empress has autopilot combined with GPS, rudders and motors, an underwater radar and 3D side sonar, which allow determinating precisely the diver's position.

Tech Diving
For enthusiasts of tech diving, Empress has special route 'Tech Diving wrecks on the Java Sea'. On this itinerary divers can hope to explore wrecks of the British destroyer HMS Exeter, the British warship HMS Encounter, Dutch flagship De Ruyter and many others. Empress is fitted with all the equipment which minimizes the risk, associated with technical diving and increases the comfort of such diving.

Itinerary
Empress expects not only tech divers but divers of all levels, even beginners. Explore magnificent dive sites of Komodo with its great variety of underwater landscapes. Lots of fish can be seen here, including reef sharks. Komodo is also great for macro diving. EmpressII also gives you an opportunity of visiting Raja Ampat. This destination holds the world's record of the biggest amount of coral and fish species that can be seen during the dive. Schools of fish, sharks, and rare wobbegongs can be spotted.

When to go
Komodo diving is possible all year round. The high season begins in April and lasts until September. The best time for technical safari is from November until January. For eastern destinations - from January until May.

Diving safari on Empress II is a great opportunity to spend a vacation in a friendly atmosphere, dive with an experienced team on amazing dive sites of Indonesia

This liveaboard is unavailable for individual bookings or available only for charters.You can explore other liveaboards in Indonesia  or send us a Group Request

Cabins

Cabin A
Lower Deck

Cabin A

3 Guests
Cabin B, C
Lower Deck

Cabin B, C

2 Guests
Cabin D
Lower Deck

Cabin D

2 Guests
Cabin E
Lower Deck

Cabin E

1 Guest
Boat plan
Boat deck plan

Boat Specification

Year built / Renovation
2010 / 2016
Number of cabins
5
Dive guides to divers ratio
9 crew members
1 dive guide to 5 divers
Groups or charters
Yes
Gear rental
Surcharge
Wi-Fi
Free
Nitrox
Surcharge
Fleet/Managing company
Scuba Froggy
Length and width
22 m / 6 m
Capacity
9
Tenders
1 x aluminium/ 40 hp, 1 fibreglass/ 40 hp
Material
Steel
Languages crew speak
English
Power plugs onboard
220 V / 24H
Engines
2 x 8 CYLINDR DIESEL MM TD 232 V8
Generator
2 x 25 kW
Tech diving friendly
Yes
Handicapped Friendly
No
Compressors
2 x ColtriSub 260l/min
Nitrox Membrane
Membrane up 36%
Freshwater maker
2 x 2400 l / 24 h

Dive Facilities

  • Warm Water Showers
  • Rebreather Support
  • Compressors
  • Rinse Hosts
  • Tenders for Diving
  • Tech Diving
  • Dive Deck
  • DIN Adaptors

Boat navigation & safety

Full safety

Food & Drinks

  • Western Food
  • Local Food
  • Dietary Restrictions
  • Buffet Style
  • Alcoholic Beverages and Spirits
  • Hot & Cold Soft Drinks
  • Snacks All Day

Onboard Facilities

  • Audio & Video Entertainment
  • Sun Deck
  • Sun Loungers
  • Open Air Saloon
  • Indoor Saloon
  • Bar
  • Land Excursions

Photographer Facilities

  • Camera Table

Empress Reviews

3.9
Not bad
5 verified reviews
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3.0
Noisey, dirty, cramped.
Do not rent the single cabin. The noise level could potentially cause permanent hearing loss. I tried to sleep on deck when possible. This was impossible in the rain. There was really no where else to go. Four bunks mid deck were either taken by other passengers or the crew! Only one toilet for passengers and crew. This boat was not designed to be a dive liveaboard. I have been on a dozen liveaboards of all stripes and this was by far the worst. The crew, cook, divemasters and captain were fine. The diving was good and we did several beach trips, which was great. It was so nice to get off this boat. Now you know.
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2020-03-19by W. Steven
4.0
First Liveaboard Experience
The boat was the perfect size for the 10 guests and crew onboard, the food was excellent, and we dived 13 different sites, which was great. However one of the guides always differed from the briefed dive plan. This would been fine, but there were some people in the group with much less experience, and when we were led into strong currents and close to strong down currents with no safe place to hook on, this ruined some dives. It is great that some people enjoyed these dives, they were helped by the dive master to hook on at the front of the group, but for the rest of us in the group it felt unsafe and at times like I was leading some of the less experienced members rather than getting to enjoy the dive holiday I had paid for - such a shame as the rest of the crew and trip were really good. This boat would really benefit from somewhere safe to store cameras between dives.
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2019-08-17by D. Emma
4.0
MV Empress II
Great trip, excellent food! Long relocation on the first night but South Misool is well worth the trip! Good one stop service by Divebooker
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2019-01-19by K. Jian Hao Jaryl

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