Welcome to Mermaid Liveaboards

Asia's Premier Liveaboard Fleet for Raja Ampat & Komodo Scuba Diving

Mermaid Liveaboards has been exploring the spectacular waters Indonesia since 2000. It is no secret that Indonesia is home to some of the best diving in the world. Our Award-winning liveaboards operate in KomodoRaja AmpatAlorAmbonBanda Sea, Forgotten Islands, HalmaheraLembeh and Togean Islands.

We have two vessels for you to choose from: Mermaid I and Mermaid II. Both liveaboards explore Komodo, Raja Ampat and far-flung remote areas with outstanding standards and knowledge in all the destinations of Indonesia.

Our professional crew has been trained to the highest international standards of service and safety. Combined with a high level of maintenance from an experienced management team, Mermaid I and Mermaid II have been voted among the World’s Top Ten Best Scuba Diving Liveaboards multiple years in a row. Mermaid Liveaboards recently won a total of nine 2024 Readers Choice awards, including first place in Quality of Staff, Level of Safety and Best Overall Liveaboard in the Pacific region.

We offer exceptional value when compared to other boats operating in the region in terms of both price and comfort. In return, we accomplished our greatest achievement: a very high level of repeat customers who entrust us to cater to their diving and snorkelling trips every time they are here in Indonesia.

Do not hesitate to contact us  if you have any inquiries or questions about planning your diving holiday in Indonesia. Whatever trip you choose, be prepared to get the best diving experience and a trip of a lifetime in Indonesia.

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Sixteen Days Biodiversity Super Special Maumere-Alor-Banda Sea-Raja Ampat Cruise 

The striking silhouette of Watu Warawutun volcano stood proud against a stary black backdrop. A...
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Raja Ampat

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Komodo Dragon

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Banda Islands

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Alor Tribe

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Komodo National Park

Indonesia is located in Southeast Asia, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the world’s largest island country. At almost two million square kilometres and with more than seventeen thousand islands, it is no wonder that Indonesia is the world’s best scuba diving destination!

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Mermaid I

Our luxurious liveaboard Mermaid I is a 28 meter, twin engine steel motor yacht , built with your diving comfort in mind. Our professionalism, reliability, awesome cre...

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Mermaid II

Our MV Mermaid II is a 33 metre, twin engine, steel hull yacht liveaboard offering 8 deluxe cabins with the option to be double bed or twin beds. Each cabin features l...

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Mermaid Facilities

  • Satellite phone
  • Satellite Internet / WIFI
  • TV in cabins
  • En suite bathrooms
  • Toiletries and Hairdryer
  • Massages
  • Spacious Outdoor Areas
  • PADI Courses
  • Nitrox
  • 4 divers per guide
  • Rental equipment
  • Non-diver friendly
  • Camera station
  • Dive Platform Freshwater Shower
  • Crew first aid-trained
  • Extensive First Aid kit
  • Emergency Oxygen
  • AED
  • Fire Alarms
  • Radar
  • Life rafts

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Komodo

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Make your dreams comes true by embarking on a diving and snorkelling liveaboard in the Komodo National Park.
Komodo has it al...

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Togian Islands

The Togian (or Togean) Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and islets, in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. Some people claimed...

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Alor Archipel

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Tauchen Sie auf Alor mit Mermaid Liveaboards, dem ultimativen Tauchsafari-Abenteuer. Alor ist die größte Insel eines Archi...

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Banda Sea – Ring of Fire Tauchkreuzfahrt

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Der Ring of Fire – Banda Sea Liveaboard Trip mit Mermaid I oder II ist das ultimative Tauchabenteuer. Der Ring of Fire ist...

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Raja Ampat Tauchsafari

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Join Mermaid Liveaboards 5 Sterne Betreiber, Luxus, noch erschwinglich Tauchen & Schnorcheln Ausflüge in Raja Ampat. Der Raja...

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Komodo Tauchsafaris

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Erfüllen Sie sich Ihren Traum und gehen Sie auf eine Tauch- und Schnorcheltour im Komodo-Nationalpark.
Komodo hat alles zu b...

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Raja Ampat

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Join Mermaid Liveaboards 5 Stars operator, luxury, yet affordable diving & snorkeling trips in Raja Ampat. Raja Ampat Marine P...

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Banda Sea – Ring of Fire Diving Cruise

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The Ring of Fire – Banda Sea Liveaboard trip with Mermaid I or II is the ultimate scuba diving adventure. Ring of Fire is a rem...

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Alor Archipelago

Dive Alor with Mermaid Liveaboards, the ultimate liveaboard adventure. Alor is the largest island of an archipelago of over 90 islands in the south east of Indonesia....

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Halmahera Diving

Mermaid I offers exciting liveaboard diving to Halmahera which also known as Jailolo. It is the biggest island of Indonesia’s North Maluku (Mollucas) province. W...

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Ambon

Mermaid Liveaboards dive in Ambon during an extended cruise in & around the Maluku Archipelago. 12 days cruises through Ring of Fire & the Banda Sea during a c...

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Lembeh

Diving Lembeh with Mermaid Liveaboards offers you an endless adventure of looking for the most wonderful and weirdest critters in existence. Lembeh Strait is a world-c...

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Maumere

Dive Maumere with Mermaid Liveaboards as part of an extended cruise to other diving destinations. Maumere is on the island of Flores and is the gateway to Alor and bey...

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Komodo

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Make your dreams comes true by embarking on a diving and snorkelling liveaboard in the Komodo National Park.
Komodo has it al...

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Schedules & Rates

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Togian Islands

The Togian (or Togean) Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and islets, in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. Some people claimed...

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Schedules & Rates

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Alor Archipel

(Read here for the English version)

Tauchen Sie auf Alor mit Mermaid Liveaboards, dem ultimativen Tauchsafari-Abenteuer. Alor ist die größte Insel eines Archi...

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Schedules & Rates

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Banda Sea – Ring of Fire Tauchkreuzfahrt

(Read the English Version here)

Der Ring of Fire – Banda Sea Liveaboard Trip mit Mermaid I oder II ist das ultimative Tauchabenteuer. Der Ring of Fire ist...

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Schedules & Rates

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Raja Ampat Tauchsafari

Read the English Version here

Join Mermaid Liveaboards 5 Sterne Betreiber, Luxus, noch erschwinglich Tauchen & Schnorcheln Ausflüge in Raja Ampat. Der Raja...

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Schedules & Rates

Discover

Komodo Tauchsafaris

Read the English Version here
Erfüllen Sie sich Ihren Traum und gehen Sie auf eine Tauch- und Schnorcheltour im Komodo-Nationalpark.
Komodo hat alles zu b...

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Schedules & Rates

Discover

Raja Ampat

Read the German version here.

Join Mermaid Liveaboards 5 Stars operator, luxury, yet affordable diving & snorkeling trips in Raja Ampat. Raja Ampat Marine P...

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Schedules & Rates

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Banda Sea – Ring of Fire Diving Cruise

(Read the German version here)

The Ring of Fire – Banda Sea Liveaboard trip with Mermaid I or II is the ultimate scuba diving adventure. Ring of Fire is a rem...

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Schedules & Rates

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Alor Archipelago

Dive Alor with Mermaid Liveaboards, the ultimate liveaboard adventure. Alor is the largest island of an archipelago of over 90 islands in the south east of Indonesia....

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Schedules & Rates

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Halmahera Diving

Mermaid I offers exciting liveaboard diving to Halmahera which also known as Jailolo. It is the biggest island of Indonesia’s North Maluku (Mollucas) province. W...

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Schedules & Rates

Discover

Ambon

Mermaid Liveaboards dive in Ambon during an extended cruise in & around the Maluku Archipelago. 12 days cruises through Ring of Fire & the Banda Sea during a c...

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Schedules & Rates

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Lembeh

Diving Lembeh with Mermaid Liveaboards offers you an endless adventure of looking for the most wonderful and weirdest critters in existence. Lembeh Strait is a world-c...

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Maumere

Dive Maumere with Mermaid Liveaboards as part of an extended cruise to other diving destinations. Maumere is on the island of Flores and is the gateway to Alor and bey...

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News & Events

Raja Ampat’s Incredible Encounter

This week’s voyage aboard the Mermaid One through Raja Ampat was marked by a series of incredibly unique encounters, ranging from oceanic manta rays and free-swimming wobbegong sharks to tiny blue-ringed octopuses and even a playful baby reef manta ray. Throughout the trip, guests encountered two species of wobbegong sharks: the ornate and the tasselled. […]

Whale and Bird Watching into the Heart of Raja Ampat

This week, the Mermaid One partnered with Naturetrek to lead an expedition encompassing snorkeling, whale watching, and bird watching into the heart of Raja Ampat. Our journey began in the southern region of Raja Ampat, where guests were treated to the breathtaking sight of hard and soft coral reefs teeming with vibrant marine life. Graceful […]

An Incredible Komodo Voyage Trip That Has it All

This trip has it all, a multitude of dive sites each with unique topographies suited to all kinds of diving, this, matched with the vastly diverse and rich abundance of marine life, made for an incredible voyage. Healthy reefs set the stage as fish of all sizes dance atop the corals in an explosion of […]

Another Action Packed Week

It was another action packed week aboard Mermaid II as it voyaged from Bali to Komodo. Sunday evening we went for a sunset dive at Satonda Reef where we briefly interrupted a pair of mating cuttlefish. Dive guide Bob spotted a tiny pygmy squid hidden amongst the coral reef. Our first day in the National […]
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Recent Reviews

Anne Phelan

Australia
20 Mar 2024

Excellent staff. Thank you to the people who cleaned my room and the boat. Amazing food and dive briefings.

Leith Weston

Australia
20 Mar 2024

An amazing experience and very jam-packed professional from all crew, highly recommended!

Susan Okeefe

Australia
20 Mar 2024

Highly recommend the company to others for its experienced, helpful & knowledgeable crew. Thank you!

Lorraine Walter

Australia
20 Mar 2024

Absolutely fabulous trip to Raja Ampat. I love every minute.

Diane Snelling

UK
15 Mar 2024

Wonderful holiday, the crew was wonderful cheerful, and very helpful and went the extra mile to make our holiday run smoothly.

Rob Lightfoot

UK
15 Mar 2024

All round excellent crew. Very welcoming efficient and accommodating.

Lisa Roberts

UK
15 Mar 2024

Everything was superb. Thanks for a great trip.

John and Gill Lawrence

UK
15 Mar 2024

We very much enjoyed our holiday on the Mermaid I Charles’s talks were excellent and informative.

Sue Tucker

UK
15 Mar 2024

An excellent boat and crew. very luxurious. The staff couldn’t do enough for us, very attentive at all times.

Graham and Susan Mills

UK
03 Mar 2024

The boat is comfortable with an excellent attentive crew. Thank you to everyone.

Miguel Ribeiro

Portugal
25 Feb 2024

It was a wonderful trip, we will be back!! Thank you to this amazing crew.

Roger Diveley

USA
25 Feb 2024

This is my 4th time on the Mermaid II. The people and the care they give are the reason I will return again.

John Mcginity

USA
25 Feb 2024

The staff are all so great, they make the trip. Hard-working, attentive, and good sense of humor

Sydney Jones

USA
25 Feb 2024

I had the experience of a lifetime.  Diving in Indonesia was a dream and the Mermaid team made it even better than my dreams.

Seppo Halttunen

Finland
20 Feb 2024

Thank you for a lovely trip to remember. Until next time!

Aleksandra Pavlova

Moscow
16 Feb 2024

It was the best dive trip of my life. Wonderful sites, great crew, enjoyed every moment.

Liudmila Savelyeva

Moscow
16 Feb 2024

All team members are very friendly & supportive. I will be happy to dive with this crew again.

Ninette Hart

USA
07 Feb 2024

Outstanding, enthusiastic crew-always helpful.

Kyle Hart

USA
07 Feb 2024

Overall an excellent trip.

Alan Fairhead

UK
27 Jan 2024

We both had an amazing trip. Thank you for the wonderful diving and looking after us.

Silvia Ziche

Italia
17 Jan 2024

I Love Mermaid I she has a brave and generous personality. The crew spoils you are absolutely super professional. Mermaid I offers not only a great dive trip but also unforgettable memories.

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Vlad Lavrovsky

Canada
17 Jan 2024

Wonderful experience. Some of the best diving in my life. The night diving was great.

Yana Brake

Italia
17 Jan 2024

Incredible Coordination of all the staff onboard and very friendly, polite, helpful way with all passengers.

Michael Neal

Australia
11 Jan 2024

Such a professional boat. Never been so well looked after. Love the way everyone helps everyone.

Carolyn Moore

Australia
07 Jan 2024

Second time with Mermaid. Fabulous in every way. Will be back-see you soon.

Carole Gall

France
02 Jan 2024

The whole crew was amazing, they were adaptable in situations of sickness on board, very knowledgeable, and patient.

Oliver Trautman

German
28 Dec 2023

It was the second time with Mermaid and we absolutely loved it!

Stella Koerts

Netherland
28 Dec 2023

We had the best trip, Thanks to the crew and the fishes 🙂

Nuria Garcia Santiago

Spain
03 Dec 2023

Spectacular !!

Everything and everybody is fantastic !!

Ana Fuentes

Spain
03 Dec 2023

Excellent Trip, very well prepared and organized!

Karen Coffield

Australia
26 Nov 2023

Thanks again to the whole Mermaid team. Excellent diving, safety, staff so friendly and helpful.

Marcella Tello

Colombia
12 Nov 2023

Everything was very good as usual. You have an excellent operation, the boats are very comfortable, and the crew is excellent (the best I have ever encountered).

Maureen Collins

UK
26 Oct 2023

A very well-organized boat, with fantastic dive sites and wonderful staff.

Pearl Kolling

USA
26 Oct 2023

The staff was the best part of the trip. Cruise Director was also our dive master, he did everything to keep us safe and provide the best dive experience possible.

Merry Churchill

Australia
26 Oct 2023

Thank you to all the staff. They are all so very helpful+smiling+friendly+polite+respecful.

Eileen Furr

UK
26 Oct 2023

A Wonderful trip in all respects. Brilliantly helpful crew.

Alina Kurmann

Swiss
18 Oct 2023

The atmosphere was great on the boat. and the food was delicious. The vegetarian/vegan food was every day different and we had fresh veggies and fruit. Thank you all for this amazing time. I will c...

Danielle Oschanney

Canada
18 Oct 2023

The staff were incredible.  They were all very hard-working and friendly. Great dive sites were chosen.

 

Heiko Meder

German
18 Oct 2023

Thanks for the lovely cruise, the great atmosphere, the amazing food, and the great footage I was able to shoot.

Olga Allen

USA
13 Oct 2023

It was an excellent trip overall. The whole team was just amazing. A lot of help and attention.

Yen Chow

Canada
01 Oct 2023

A great trip with the super crew as always.

Ann and Kevin Fowler

United Kingdom
30 Sep 2023

We had a fabulous holiday on Mermaid 1 21-30/9. Thank you everyone who made it a wonderful trip. Many thanks again to everyone at Mermaid Liveaboards.

 

Joel Chernick

USA
09 Sep 2023

Best Crew of the 10 Liveaboards I have been. Thanks.

Stephanie Gebby

USA
09 Sep 2023

A phenomenal trip. Thank you to the entire crew.

Lorraine Hardy

UK
02 Sep 2023

Wonderful, amazing week. Very relaxing and enjoyable. Thanks so much.

Renata Musson

Australia
02 Sep 2023

Great Diving boat experience made the event better the warm,good-humoured staff who treated us like family.

Beatrice Garcia

France
12 Aug 2023

I will come again and recommend to my friends.

Zo Egar

American
05 Aug 2023

An excellent week spent on your boat with your excellent crew,will miss them all.

Pamela Oya

American
13 Jul 2023

Terima kasih to the crew!! They made this such a memorable trip for me! They were all so friendly, helpful, and funny, and made me feel welcome!! They are the best!!

Susan Wilson

UK
23 Jul 2023

Great trip, amazing diving. Imam was awesome. Thanks  a lot.