Red Sea Aggressor IV

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Red Sea Aggressor IV at anchor in the Red Sea — turquoise hull and a white three-deck superstructure

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42 m · 26 guests · 13 cabins

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Red Sea Aggressor IV is a 42-metre yacht with a turquoise hull, based at Port Ghalib near Marsa Alam. Her name is painted in large letters along the white band of the superstructure, which makes her easy to tell apart from her fleet mates: Red Sea Aggressor II works the northern Red Sea, Red Sea Aggressor V the deep south, and this fourth hull is the one assigned to the southern route.

The brand belongs to the American company Aggressor Adventures; the yacht and her crew are local, run from an office in Hurghada. That mix produces an unusual combination for Egypt — American-style stateroom service (cabin made up during the day, turndown in the evening, coffee brought round in the morning) and complimentary local beer and wine, alongside thoroughly Egyptian paperwork, port clearances and fees collected on board.

Twenty-six guests are accommodated in thirteen staterooms across three decks. The main deck holds three Deluxe staterooms (#1–3), the upper deck eight more (#4–11), and the high deck two Master staterooms (#12, 13) next to the wheelhouse. Galley and restaurant are on the lower deck, the salon with sofas and a large screen on the main deck, two more cinema lounges on the upper and high decks, shaded lounges aft, and right at the top an open sun deck with a hot tub. The dive deck has an assigned station for every guest and two 7.5-metre tenders.

The week runs to a fixed shape: boarding on Saturday between 3 and 6 pm, departure on Sunday morning as soon as the port authorities issue clearance, diving from Sunday to Thursday, two morning dives on Friday and a return to Port Ghalib by 2–4 pm, a cocktail party on board and dinner ashore. Check-out is Saturday by 8 am. Sunday arrivals are not accepted at all — everyone must be aboard on Saturday, and the yacht will not wait for a delayed flight.

Two itineraries alternate week by week: Brothers–Daedalus–Elphinstone, and St John’s–Daedalus. Both start and finish at Port Ghalib, both are built around drift diving in open water, and both include a snorkelling encounter with dolphins. Twice a year the yacht repositions between Hurghada and Marsa Alam — those trips run nine nights instead of seven.

No mark-up

You pay the rate the operator publishes. The only thing added on top is the actual payment processing cost — no fee of ours.

We run the booking

Correspondence with the operator, holding your places, the contract, confirmation and all paperwork sit on our side. Nothing for you to arrange yourself.

Pay by card

We send you a Stripe invoice — pay by card, in your own currency, from anywhere in the world. The transfer to the operator is handled on our side.

Support in your language

We help you pick the cabin and dates, answer questions on the route and gear, and stay reachable until you are home — in English, in your time zone.

We quote the exact amount when confirming the booking: it covers the operator's rate plus the actual payment processing cost. No hidden charges.

Yacht Specifications

Length

42 m

Beam

9 m

Capacity

26 guests

Cabins

13

Speed

10–12 knots

Engine

Diesel powered, 220-volt ship's supply

Bathrooms

13

Tender

2 tenders of 7.5 m, each carrying up to 13 guests

On Board

Individually controlled air conditioning in every stateroom
Private bathroom with shower in every stateroom
Hair dryer, bathrobes, towels and linens
Stateroom TV with a selection of four hundred movies and shows
Plug a laptop into the stateroom TV to edit the day's footage
Daily steward service and nightly turndown
Morning coffee or tea brought to the stateroom
Air-conditioned salon with sofas and a large screen
Two cinema lounges — on the upper and high decks
Restaurant on the lower deck seating all 26 guests
Shaded open-air lounges aft
Open sun deck with hot tub and loungers
Bar
220 V outlets, types C and F — bring an adapter
Some staterooms have USB-C charging ports instead of outlets
Wi-Fi works in port only
Small on-board boutique
Book exchange and fish identification guides
Evening entertainment — movies, games, marine life presentations
Smoking permitted only at the rear of the sun deck

Diving on board

20–22 dives per week on the Brothers–Daedalus–Elphinstone itinerary
18–20 dives per week on the St John's–Daedalus itinerary
Maximum 3–4 dives per day, two on the final day
Recreational, non-decompression diving only
Night dives on several evenings
12 L (80 cu ft) tanks with convertible DIN and INT valves — no adapter needed
Weights and weight belt included
15 L tank available for a fee, by advance request
Nitrox 32% available for a fee
Diving from the two tenders and from the yacht's stern platform
On Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone four dives in five are drifts from a tender
Assigned dive deck station with a storage bin and a hanger for the wetsuit
Camera table and charging station, photography coaching on board
A staff videographer films the week — available for a fee
Advanced Open Water and nitrox courses on board, PADI or SSI
If a guest's own equipment fails, the crew lends replacement gear free of charge

The operator publishes neither a minimum certification level nor a minimum number of logged dives — but the paperwork requirements are strict. You must bring a dive certification card (physical or digital), an RSTC diving medical form completed before arrival, and have a passport scan uploaded to the operator's system. Without the medical form you cannot dive, and there is no doctor near the port, so if your answers require a physician's signature you must obtain it in advance. Diving is done in buddy teams: the crew briefs each dive and enters the water with the group, but does not lead divers by the hand — planning and executing the dive is down to the buddy team. Your own equipment is mandatory: mask, fins, BCD, regulator with an alternate air source and pressure gauge, computer, an SMB with reel, and a wetsuit. The SMB is not a formality here — most dives are drifts, you surface away from the yacht, and the tender finds you by your marker. Solo diving, double tanks, underwater scooters, decompression and technical diving, rebreathers, spear guns and any form of collecting are prohibited; sidemount is accepted in single-tank configuration only. The working depth range on these itineraries is 8 to 40 metres. Water is 23–29 °C: a 3 mm suit is enough in summer, 5 mm in winter.

Dining

Breakfast cooked to order
Buffet-style lunch
Dinner served at the table
Snacks mid-morning and mid-afternoon
Mediterranean and Egyptian cuisine with some Western dishes
Fresh fruit, homemade breads, soups, salads, seafood, beef, chicken and desserts
Juices, soft drinks, iced water, iced tea and coffee at no charge
A limited selection of local beer and wine is included
Cocktail party on board on the last evening
Pork is not available

Meals run from the Saturday of arrival to the Saturday breakfast of departure, with exactly one exception: dinner on Friday. By that evening the yacht is already alongside at Port Ghalib, guests go ashore and pay for dinner at one of the waterfront restaurants themselves. Spirits are not sold on board — the operator suggests buying your own at the airport duty free, as duty on liquor in Egypt is high. Nothing is poured between dives: once you have had a drink, you are a sunbather until the next day. Special diets, allergies and medical restrictions should be noted in the booking form and discussed with the chef on day one. Provisions are bought ashore before departure, so unusual items such as gluten-free pasta or protein powder are best brought with you.

Navigation and safety

Built and maintained to the specifications of the local regulatory agency and the regulations of the country of the flag
First aid kit, oxygen and an AED on board
Nearest hyperbaric chamber at Marsa Shagra, 40 km from Port Ghalib
Nautilus Marine Rescue GPS radio issued to every guest at no charge
Two 7.5 m tenders accompany the groups on drift dives
Satellite phones and communicators such as the Garmin InReach are prohibited by Egyptian customs
Drones may not be brought into Egypt — they are confiscated at the border
Lithium-ion batteries charge only at the outdoor camera station, never inside the yacht

Cabins

· 4 cabins

Queen bed

Beds: 1 queen bed (63 × 79 in)

The four largest staterooms on the yacht. Two (#4 and

Individual climate control Private bathroom with shower Hair dryer and bathrobes Closet and drawer space Flatscreen TV with movie selection Daily steward service Nightly turndown service Morning beverage service

· 9 cabins

Twin beds

Beds: 2 twin beds (39 × 79 in) side by side

Nine staterooms with two twin beds placed side by side — three on the main deck (#1–3) and six on the upper deck (#6–11). Each has a large picture window and a private bathroom with shower and porthole. The finish is light, with wooden flooring and a stone-effect panel behind the headboard; some of these rooms carry USB-C charging ports instead of outlets, so a phone needs no adapter while a laptop power brick does.

Individual climate control Private bathroom with shower and porthole Hair dryer and bathrobes Closet and drawer space Flatscreen TV with movie selection Daily steward service Nightly turndown service Morning beverage service

Schedule & Pricing

Brothers — Daedalus — Elphinstone

Port Ghalib to Port Ghalib, 7 nights. Three offshore reefs in open water and the yacht's most demanding programme. The Brothers are two rocks some sixty kilometres from shore: the steamer Numidia lies on the wall of Big Brother with the Aida further down the slope, while Small Brother is carpeted in soft coral. Daedalus rises from the seabed as a single tower with walls that drop vertically, and with the right current it is a pure drift along the face. Elphinstone is an elongated reef with plateaus at either end where oceanic whitetip sharks appear in spring and autumn. Four dives in five are drifts from a tender, the rest from the stern platform. The week comes to 20–22 dives plus a snorkelling encounter with a pod of dolphins. Weather decides everything on offshore reefs — the plan can change at sea.

October 2026
1 departure
November 2026
1 departure

St John's — Daedalus

Port Ghalib to Port Ghalib, 7 nights. The far south of Egypt: the St John's reef complex close to the Sudanese border, plus a call at Daedalus. St John's is a scattering of separate reefs where the point is light rather than depth — the coral canyons and tunnels of Umm Khararim and Gabr el Bint, the soft corals of Gabal Rabsha, the huge gorgonians of Habili. Daedalus adds a vertical offshore wall to that. There are slightly fewer dives than on the Brothers week — 18–20 — but the passages are shorter: roughly seven dives in ten are drifts from a tender, the rest run along protected reefs and through swim-throughs from the back of the yacht. Between dives you can snorkel straight off the stern. A snorkelling encounter with a pod of dolphins is part of the programme.

November 2026
1 departure
December 2026
2 departures

Prices and availability can change. Get in touch and we'll confirm current dates and pricing.

Included in Price

Accommodation in an air-conditioned stateroom with private bathroom
Full board from Saturday dinner to Saturday breakfast, except dinner on Friday
Snacks mid-morning and mid-afternoon
Juices, soft drinks, iced water, iced tea and coffee
A limited selection of local beer and wine
Dive package — up to 20–22 dives per week depending on itinerary and weather
Night dives
12 L tanks with convertible DIN and INT valves
Weights and weight belt
Nautilus Marine Rescue GPS radio
Dive staff services and briefings
Photography coaching, camera table and charging station
Transfers from and to Marsa Alam airport on the charter start and end dates, for flights arriving between 8 am and 6 pm, reserved through the operator's system at least 14 days ahead
Towels, bathrobes, hair dryer and toiletries in the stateroom
Daily steward service, nightly turndown and morning beverage service
Wi-Fi while in port

Not Included

Flights
Port fee, marine park fee and fuel surcharge — paid on board
14% VAT on everything charged on board
Egyptian entry visa
Friday dinner ashore at Port Ghalib
Crew gratuities
Nitrox
Equipment rental and 15 L tanks
Dive courses
Spirits
Insurance — dive accident and trip cancellation
Transfers from and to Hurghada
Purchases in the on-board boutique
Wi-Fi and communications at sea — there are none

Required extras

Port fee $45, marine park fee $105 and fuel surcharge $50 — per person, identical on both itineraries. Paid on board; the yacht accepts cash in USD, EUR, GBP or EGP, as well as Visa and MasterCard — $200 per person
A 14% VAT is required by Egyptian federal law on everything charged on board — including the port and marine park fees, the fuel surcharge, nitrox, courses and boutique purchases. So the compulsory charges come to $228 rather than $200 — 14% on top
Egyptian entry visa, single entry, paid in cash on arrival. The operator cannot arrange a multiple-entry visa. It can also be bought in advance through the eVisa portal — $30

Optional extras

Nitrox Unlimited 32% for certified nitrox divers, proof of certification required — $100 for 7 nights, $125 for 8, $150 for 10
Nitrox student fills — all fills after certification, only for guests taking the course on board — $80 for 7 nights, $130 for 10
PADI nitrox course — training fee paid on board, eLearning materials paid directly to PADI — $150 plus $204
SSI nitrox course — paid on board, digital materials included — $250
PADI Advanced Open Water course — training fee paid on board, eLearning materials paid directly to PADI — $150 plus $204
SSI Advanced Open Water course — paid on board, digital materials included — $250
Open Water check-out dives on a referral from your own instructor, advance notice required — $150
15 L (100 cu ft) tank on request, availability not guaranteed — $75 for 7 nights, $120 for 10
Aggressor shuttle bus Hurghada — Port Ghalib, departing 10 am on Saturdays and 11 am on the way back; reserve at least 7 days ahead — $30 per person one way
Private transfer Hurghada — Port Ghalib, reserve at least 14 days ahead — $143 for one guest, $69 per person for 2–4 guests
Rental of mask, SMB, wetsuit or underwater camera — the operator does not publish prices for this yacht; wetsuits are requested through the booking system in advance
Video of the week filmed by the staff videographer — pricing published separately by the operator
Crew gratuities — voluntary, an envelope is provided when settling the account and the amount is shared equally among the staff. Cash and cards accepted

Extras are shown per person and are paid on board.

Red Sea Aggressor IV

from 999 USD / 7 nights

Estimated wait time — 24 hours

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