The best gay scuba diving trips and liveaboards not to miss in 2025/2026

In a nutshell

• Time of year: November
• Accommodation: Staying at the five-star Fiesta Americana Cozumel
• Diving: 5 days of morning drift dives
• Note: You can become PADI certified on this trip!

Crystal blue waters? Check! Luxurious accommodation? Check Check!! Fun-filled days spent diving and discovering undersea wildlife like turtles, nurse sharks, and thousands of fish with a bunch of gay guys? Check, check, check!!! 

Pack up your belongings and jet off to the Mexican island of Cozumel for some drift diving with the gay Undersea Expeditions team. This is one of our favorite kinds of diving. It’s where you let yourself be carried around by the ocean tide. It feels like the waters are choosing your adventure for you – and you never know what you might come across.

In a nutshell

• Time of year: Feb/March
• Gay Liveaboard onboard the The Dutch Caribbean
• Diving: Multiple sites from the ship's stern
• Note: You need to fly in to St. Maarten

Discover Sint Eustatius, better known as Statia, on a luxury LGBTQ+ scuba vacation in March. This green island nestled between St. Kitts and Saba, close to St. Maarten, changed hands 22 times before eventually coming under Dutch rule, where it remains today as part of the Caribbean Netherlands.

The island earned the nickname “Golden Rock” from its prominence as a trading port in the 17th century. In 1776, Statia became the first foreign port to recognize the new United States of America.

You'll stay at the upscale Golden Rock Dive and Nature Resort, where your host for the week, Robert Walden, will escort you to the best of everything this beautiful island has to offer. Breakfast daily, along with three dinners at the resort's upscale open-air Breeze restaurant, are included in your package.

In a nutshell

• Time of year: June
• Gay Liveaboard onboard the M/Y Royal Evolution
• Diving: Wall and reef-diving
• Note: All cabins are twin, no double beds

A favorite of European divers, the Red Sea is considered one of the best scuba diving destinations in the world. Thousands of kilometres of coastline are blessed with extensive reef formations and islands. The underwater scenery is rich with coral-covered walls and beautiful gardens. Over 400 varieties of coral and 1500 species of fish, turtles, and sharks inhabit the Red Sea.

This unique itinerary is an opportunity to dive spectacular offshore Red Sea marine parks, including less-visited locations. Plus, Royal Evolution liveaboard is built for safety, constructed to international, not local, standards.

Jacques Cousteau once said, “The Red Sea is a corridor of marvels. The happiest hours of my diving experience have been spent there”. That statement is as true today as it was when Calypso explored. Surrounded by desert, there is no runoff to cloud the crystal-clear waters as you gaze at the healthy and colorful coral.

In a nutshell

• Time of year: November
• Gay Liveaboard on the Spoilsport Liveaboard
• Diving: Coral reef and offshore diving
• Note: Budget cabin available for $1,995

Dive the best of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea in just five days!

The Great Barrier Reef stretches for 2,500 kilometers off the Queensland coast, longer than the distance from Maine to Florida. Like coral reefs everywhere, it is in danger, but all is not yet lost! Along those many miles of outer reef, there are numerous beautiful coral-covered dive sites with little to no sign of bleaching. But you won't visit those reefs on a day trip from Cairns. You have to invest the time to experience the best, and a liveaboard can take you there.

Spoilsport catamaran will transport us to the excellent diving north of Cairns at the Ribbon Reefs and Cod Hole, as well as the clear deep waters of the Coral Sea far offshore. Our mixed LGBTQ+ group will join other guests on this exciting, special five-night departure that allows more time to visit the rest of Australia.

In a nutshell

• Time of year: November
• Accommodation: Staying at the Volivoli Resort, diving with Ra Divers
• Traditional meke performances
• Flights from North America are with Fiji Airways

A South Pacific dream vacation is easier than you think! Fiji is an easy overnight flight in a comfortable wide-body jet from SFO, Los Angeles, or DFW. This package, including meals and diving, is the perfect chance to experience the enchanting South Pacific of your dreams and dive the brilliantly colorful “Soft Coral Capital of the World.”

You'll stay in air-conditioned ocean view rooms at Volivoli Resort on the sunny coast of the main island of Viti Levu and dive with Ra Divers.

Deluxe Ocean View rooms have two queen beds, perfect for dive buddies. Premium Ocean View bures are standalone bungalows with one queen bed and two sofa beds, great for couples.

In a nutshell

• Time of year: February
• Accommodation: Staying at the luxurious Aggressor Signature Lodge in Chiang Mai
• Liveaboard divinv on board the Thailand Aggressor

Experience the best of Northern Thailand in comfort, safety, and style!

Planned Itinerary:
February 14, 2026 (Saturday):
Fly to Chiang Mai (CNX) for 4 pm transfer to the Aggressor Signature Lodge.
Sunset cocktails followed by dinner and relaxation

February 15, 2026 (Sunday):
Visit the long-neck Karen hill tribe village followed by elephant sanctuary

February 16, 2026 (Monday):
Pga-Gan Yaw Village (Mae Klang Luang) and Thepanom Hot Spring

February 17, 2026 (Tuesday):
Baan Kang Wat artist market, Araksa Tea Garden and Tha Phae Gate

February 18, 2026 (Wednesday):
Pha Chor Mae Wang National Park, Thai cooking class and massage at the Lodge

February 19, 2026 (Thursday):
Ang Ka Nature Trail, The Peak of Thailand (Doi Inthanon) and Ob Khan National Park

February 20, 2026 (Friday):
Hmong Village and Phra That Doi Suthep Temple

February 21, 2026 (Saturday):
Breakfast then transfer to the Chiang Mai International Airport.
Depart for Bangkok or fly to Phuket (HKT) to board our LGBTQ+ Thailand Liveaboard.
Itinerary subject to modification.

Liveaboard Diving on board Thailand Aggressor
February 21-28, 2023 (Saturday – Saturday): including 6 days of up to four dives a day.

In a nutshell

• Time of year: March/April
• Gay Liveaboard onboard the Palau Aggressor II
• Diving: Day and night drift dives from a tender
• Note: Includes an excursion to the famous “Jellyfish Lake”

Christmas doesn’t need to be made up of dark nights and cold weather. Imagine spending the holiday season drifting through coral reefs or getting acquainted with some fishy friends.

Palau is a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean that is home to just 18,000 people. Though it may be small, it isn’t exempt from astonishing natural scenery and optimal diving opportunities.

This will be UnderseaX’s 12th gay scuba diving expedition to Palau and they’re pulling out all the stops to make sure this trip is one to remember. Returning to popular sites from previous trips like Blue Corner, Ulong Channel, and Big Dropoff, they’ll also be adding a few new locations to the mix, as well as the opportunity to swim with harmless jellyfish at the famous “Jellyfish Lake”!

There will also be an on-land tour around Peleliu, the battleground between the US and Japanese troops during WW2. Today, you can see the military remains in the island’s rocky caves and forests, plus underwater shipwrecks. 

In a nutshell

• Time of year: February
• 6 days/5 nights liveaboard
• A total of 15 dives are available

Malapascua Island is located off the Northern tip of Cebu, in the Visayan region of the Philippines. The island is well known for the daily sightings of thresher sharks and, more recently, the chance to encounter tiger sharks.

There is also incredible macro diving, colorful reefs, and many other great dive sites, both deep and shallow. Plus, the best wreck dive in the Visayas is on the Dona Marilyn. All of this makes Malapascua the best all-around dive location in the Philippines.

What have you been waiting for….?

Malapascua Island, Philippines
15 to 21 Feb 2026
6 nights 5 dive days
4 days with 3 dives per day
1-day special trip to Gato island 2 dives
Total 15 dives included with extra dives/ night dives available