The Tragedy of the Liveaboard Industry: Undercurrent 05/2025

The Tragedy of the Liveaboard Industry

it must adopt a robust safety culture

from the May, 2025 issue of Undercurrent

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"22 Liveaboard losses" (Undercurrent, 1 June 2024).

"16 Accidents in the Red Sea since 2020" (UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch Safety Bulletin 1/2025).

These numbers tell divers that they may be risking their lives as guests on many liveaboard dive boats, as the plethora of accidents indicates. We divers love liveaboard diving because it makes diving easy, and the boats take us to otherwise inaccessible locations. A liveaboard provides an intense "eat-sleep-dive" experience that a resort cannot duplicate. But while we're onboard, we trust the operator and crew to protect our well-being and our lives.

Table 1 presents a list of 41 dive boat losses since 2000. The Red Sea is clearly where most losses have occurred, but incidents have been reported at many popular dive destinations. The safety issues listed in the UK Safety Bulletin 1/2025 were:

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