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Best Discounted Liveaboards Maldives (Diving on a Budget)

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Emperor Serenity – Maldives Liveaboard – image courtesy of Liveaboard.com

Last minute liveaboards to the Maldives

These are the best last minute liveaboard deals to dive the Maldives. Dive the famous North Ari Atoll, South Ari Atoll, Ari Atoll and more remote dive sites of Maldives in style and arrive by Maldives liveaboard, whilst saving money by booking a cheap last minute deal.

Please be aware these liveaboard discounts and deals sell out fast, so act fast to avoid being disappointed.

The Best Time To Dive The Maldives to see Whaelk Sharks

If you want a few good reasons why you might want to bag a discounted liveaboard trip to dive the Maldives, you are spoilt for choice. When you consider there are 1,192 coral islands that are grouped in a double chain of 26 atolls, your best option is to dive the Maldives by liveaboard.

By doing so, you’ll cover a wider area, dive more dite sites and arrive early before the day boats for those dive sites accessible by land-base holiday-makers. When you dive the Maldives you’ll be treated to whale sharks, manta rays, colourful coral reefs with an abundance of marine life, which is almost second to non. Which means if you bag a discount on your liveaboard trip, even better!

These last minute Maldives liveaboard deals are sorted in descending Deal Date” order, where deals with the furthest “Deal Date” are at the top of the list. If you want to re-sort the table into last minute offers in ascending order select “Ascending” and press “Sort“.*

Browse the deals, compare prices, choose your date and book your Maldives diving safari at the best rates online! With flexible booking terms.

If you would like to sort this last minute Maldives liveaboard deals list in order of “Discount“, “Liveaboard Discount Total“, “Price Before Discount“, “Price After Discount” or “Tour Days“, select one of these from the “Sort by” dropdown menu and press “Sort“.

You can also filter the liveaboard discounted deals table by using the “Search” function too.

To do so, click “(select)” under “Search:” and choose the column you want to filter by. Type your search criteria in the search box, and click “Search“.

For example; if you want to search for all “8 day last minute Maldives liveaboard deals“: Select “Tour Days” from the “(select)” dropdown, enter “8 days” in the search box, and click “Search“.

To start your search afresh, click the “Clear button”.

* Note: If you change this list to ascending order with the earlier deals first, you may find you’ll need to scroll past expired deals where the “Deal Date” has past.

Manta ray of the Maldives

Maldives liveaboard last minute deals

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Total Liveaboard Deals: 667
Liveaboard/View OfferDeal DateDiscountLiveaboard Discount TotalPrice Before DiscountPrice After DiscountTour Days
Theia 19/12/2026 10% £195 £1,948.00 £1,753.00 8days
Theia 12/12/2026 10% £202 £2,026.00 £1,824.00 8days
Theia 05/12/2026 10% £211 £2,105.00 £1,894.00 8days
Theia 28/11/2026 10% £211 £2,105.00 £1,894.00 8days
Theia 21/11/2026 10% £202 £2,026.00 £1,824.00 8days
Theia 14/11/2026 10% £202 £2,026.00 £1,824.00 8days
Theia 07/11/2026 10% £202 £2,026.00 £1,824.00 8days
Theia 31/10/2026 10% £202 £2,026.00 £1,824.00 8days
Ariyal 24/10/2026 30% £827 £2,757.00 £1,930.00 8days
Theia 24/10/2026 10% £202 £2,026.00 £1,824.00 8days
Ariyal 17/10/2026 30% £827 £2,757.00 £1,930.00 8days
Theia 17/10/2026 10% £202 £2,026.00 £1,824.00 8days
Ariyal 10/10/2026 30% £827 £2,757.00 £1,930.00 8days
Theia 10/10/2026 10% £202 £2,026.00 £1,824.00 8days
Ariyal 03/10/2026 30% £827 £2,757.00 £1,930.00 8days
Carpe Vita 03/10/2026 10% £250 £2,499.00 £2,249.00 11days
Theia 03/10/2026 10% £179 £1,792.00 £1,613.00 8days
Ariyal 26/09/2026 30% £827 £2,757.00 £1,930.00 8days
Theia 26/09/2026 10% £179 £1,792.00 £1,613.00 8days
Ariyal 19/09/2026 30% £827 £2,757.00 £1,930.00 8days

Important note: The discounts for liveaboards in the list of Maldives liveaboard deals may not be the same when you click to view the offer. This can be because the offer ended or it has been changed since it was entered on Scubadivingearth.com, or due to exchange rate movements. By clicking the view offer link, you accept that these discount deals may be different to those shown here or are no longer available.

Happy liveaboard diving deal hunting! The team at ScubaDivingEarth.com.

Maldives liveaboard comparison table and review ratings

Use this Maldives liveaboard comparison table to see the review ratings for each of these Maldives liveaboards. You can filter the table by using the check boxes to search for your perfect Maldives liveaboard. Then combine these reviews and ratings with the best discounts and bag yourself a budget liveaboard trip.

For example, if you like the Emperor Serenity liveaboard in the list below, you can then select “Liveaboard/View Offer” from the Search dropdown in the above last minute deals table, and then enter “Emperor Serenity” in the search box. This will filter the best discounted liveaboard deals to show just those for the Emperor Serenity liveaboard.

If you are beginner diver, use the search for either “Open Water Diver” or “No Certificate Needed” to search for liveaboards that take divers who are not advanced.

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Awesome adventure! Excellent. Should note however this is a predominantly Italian boat so be prepared if not an Italian speaker (although all guides speak English too). Food is all Italian – would be nice to have some local Maldivian food on occasion too. Other than this, trip was perfect, diving awesome. Great crew on board, Super welcoming and friendly, very well organised. I’d go back in a heartbeat!Recommended for: Guides, food, friendliness.

Review: MY Princess Dhonkamana; Book: MY Princess Dhonkamana 9.4 Superb from £164; $207; €190

First liveaboard…definitely won’t be the last! Without a doubt, the diving experiences were the best ever! Night dives with manta rays and nurse sharks…. and so much underwater life in general! Our dive guides worked hard to get us to see as much as possible and the crew were always friendly and helpful. On board was great too. Relaxing in the tub or on the loungers between dives was a treat, as were the super comfy sofas! The food was excellent – such a great spread every meal time! Thoroughly enjoyed the week. Very sad that it’s now over!Recommended for: Friendly crew and dive guides, food, chill out areas.

Review: MV Blue Force One; Book: MV Blue Force One 9.4 Superb from £203; $260; €238

An absolutely beautiful experience of the underwater world of the Maldives, lead by a friendly and helpful crew. Swimming with whale sharks and manta rays. Seeing beautiful intact coral reefs. Meeting fellow passengers, the majority of which were repeat visitors. It was great fun!” Recommended for: Snorkelling, friendly fellow passengers, amazing crew.

Review: MV Yasawa Princess; Book: MV Yasawa Princess 9.4 Superb from £190; $239; €220

Always beyond our best expectations. In our trip in Sachika boat, everything went perfect but the weather. Giacomo and the dive masters were the best: kind, helpful, and very professional. They take care of every small problem with a smile, making us feel at home from the first day The ship is in peak condition, so clean, and taken care off that it looks new. Much better than pictures, where usually is the contrary. Cabin was big and clean, with plenty space and an comfortable individual bathroom, also carefully cleaned. And food, food was amazing. Every meal was a buffet with plenty of choices, although since all were delicious, you usually end up eating much more than anticipated. Overall, when I come back to Maldives, I’ll definitely will be back with Giacomo and his crew. Thank you very much for the best diving week of our lives.Recommended for: Divemasters, cabin, Food.

Review: Top Class Cruising - Sachika; Book: Top Class Cruising - Sachika 9.4 Superb from £183; $231; €212

EPIC. Swimming with a whaleshark, the manta cleaning stations, night dives with nurse sharks, ridiculous amounts of turtles, rays, sharks and everything. 10 out of 10. Emperor guides (Thomas and Rauf) know the dive sites inside out, awesome trip!Recommended for: Diving, guides, food.

Review: MV Emperor Atoll; Book: MV Emperor Atoll 9.3 Superb from £129; $163; €150

Excellent boat and staff with fantastic diving – you can’t go wrong here. This is a very well run dive operation with a fantastic pair of dive managers, Gabriel and Maria. They both really look after you and the experience level of the guiding I received was second to none. (Gabriel is both full cave and tech certified and very experienced). Gabriel the DM and boat manager went way above and beyond to make sure we got in the water at the right time and location to see everything we wanted to. Highly recommend this boat and crew, it was the best liveaboard I’ve done yet.Recommended for: The dive guide, the condition of the boat, the food.

Review: MV Emperor Serenity; Book: MV Emperor Serenity 9.3 Superb from £188; $241; €220

Fantastic Diving, Boat & Crew. Manta Rays on many dives, including a night dive Sharks, White Tip & Grey reef shark and Nurse Sharks Sting rays, Eagle Rays. Snorkelling with Whale Shark. Soleil 2 is a large, spacious and very well equipped boat Crew & Guides were very friendly, helpful & knowledgeable Food and service was superb.” Recommended for: Large spacious Cabin, Fantastic Diving, Good Guides.

Review: MV Soleil 2; Book: MV Soleil 2 9.3 Superb from £124; $156; €144

Stay tuned for more dates, more discounts and more great affordable diving opportunities! Happy Diving!!

Best liveaboard deals

If you are looking for some of the best liveaboard deals, the following posts will give you just that:

These last minute deals are updated regularly, so if you are looking for the best discounts, I recommend you check this regularly.

I hope you enjoyed this list of the best and latest deals and discounts for Maldives liveaboards

I’d love to hear from you. Tell us about your adventures of diving and snorkeling, in the comments below. Please also share your photos. Either from your underwater cameras or videos from your waterproof Gopro’s!

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There will also be many more articles about scuba diving (and snorkeling) for you to read and learn about these fabulous sports.

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Best Discounted Liveaboards Maldives (Diving on a Budget)

Article written by Russell Bowyer who has been a scuba diver since diving on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 1989. After his first dive he trained as a BSAC diver in the UK. He attained his Diver Leader certification with BSAC. He then went on to become a scuba diving instructor, teaching others how to dive and was voted as Diving Officer and Treasurer for the Saffron Walden BSAC club too. Russell has dived all over the world, including the UK, on liveaboards in the Red Sea, the Caribbean, South Africa and the USA. Russell is experienced in all dive types, including drift diving, deep dives that involved decompression stops and recreational dives too.

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