Events for August 10, 2026 - August 30, 2025

Join Blue Green Expeditions as we combine two epic experiences into one amazing package! Come join us onboard the m/v Valhalla on a rebreather friendly liveaboard diving the Shetland Islands followed by three days snorkeling with one of the largest sharks in the world, Basking Sharks! The Shetland Islands are a wreck divers dream. Life on the wrecks is stunning with loads of fish, anemones, and nudibranches and the average visibility can range from 10m - 25m which is pretty amazing in these cool green waters! The wrecks are remarkably untouched and vary in depths for recreational and technical dives. The Shetlands have everything from historic wrecks to modern trawlers. Cetaceans are common here and we will often be joined by minkes, orcas, porpoises and dolphins on our journey! We will then travel to Oban for our next adventure with the basking sharks. This is one of the biggest hotspots in the world to see them! Basking sharks typically range from 20 - 26 feet long but no worries, they eat plankton and are harmless! We hope you can join us on this amazing trip!

Escape with Blue Green Expeditions to Cocos Island for your next scuba diving adventure! Cocos is a lush, green, uninhabited island resting 342 miles off Costa Rica's Pacific coast. Rocky pinnacles surrounding Cocos are beacons for big animals and big action. Schooling Hammerheads, countless Whitetip, Mantas, Tuna, and even Whale Sharks call Cocos home. Come join us for this stunning adventure above and below the waterline!

Blue Green Expeditions is headed to the Alor Islands in Indonesia. We will be onboard the m/v Pindito, a beautiful liveaboard with luxury cabin’s and its own camera room! The archipelago of Alor includes 6 islands with Pantar and Alor being the biggest ones. There are more than 60 impressive and mostly untouched dive sites around Alor. Most of these lie in the nutrient-rich Pantar Straits between Alor and Pantar. You can expect to see incredible underwater biodiversity. In addition, nutrient rich upwelling waters bring in the pelagics. We have seen sunfish, thresher sharks, hammerhead sharks, humpback whales and even marlin and sailfish. The many protected pristine reefs provide a perfect home for smaller colorful creatures and up to 1,000 species of coral reef fishes and 500 species of corals. Walls, bommies, caves and patch reef formations make for dramatic 3D underwater topography while black sand areas provide perfect habitat for muck diving and cryptic critters. Come join us in diving these pristine dive sites!

Diving in Portugal means diving in the Atlantic Ocean and discovering a unique underwater environment. The wrecks (WW II U-Boat!), flora, and subaquatic species are utterly different from what you get at other destinations. The diving in this area is universally amazing while simultaneously diverse and unique. Couple all this with enjoying the culture, food, and hospitality of Portugal – amazing! Come join us for this stunning adventure above and below the waterline!

Jacques Cousteau and John Steinbeck saw the magic that the Sea of Cortez has to offer. Jacques Cousteau called the Sea of Cortez “the worlds aquarium.” John Steinbeck wrote "The Log of the Sea of Cortez" a journey through a remote and beautiful corner of the world, a diary filled with the daily excitements and triumphs of skillful and energetic men. It is also an invitation to see the world anew from a fresh vantage point and perhaps with a broader and more understanding spirit. Come explore with the Women Divers Hall of Fame the Sea of Cortez, home to an amazing array of wild life above and below the water line!

Blue Green Expeditions is headed to the best diving in British Columbia and in our opinion the best cold water diving in the world! We will be venturing to Gods Pocket dive resort! Diving God’s Pocket is pristine, remote diving with some of the most amazing scenery in the world. Here we will get to see giant pacific octopus, nudibranchs, wolf eels, rockfish, anemones, shrimp and all sorts of underwater marine life. This is one amazing trip that you don’t want to miss!

Blue Green Expeditions is headed to some of the best diving in the Red Sea - Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia sits on the eastern side of the Red Sea where its undersea treasures have been mostly unexplored. With Saudi Arabia only recently opened for underwater tourism we will be among the first Americans to dive these pristine waters. See the Red Sea like it was 40 years ago without all the diver traffic and vast liveaboards!!

Join Blue Green Expeditions for an incredible adventure in Palau! Most trips only take you to the well-travelled part of this amazing island nation, but we will explore virgin territory in the deep southern part of Palau- Helen’s Reef. We will travel on the majestic Solitude 1. The Solitude 1 is a huge modern live aboard with spacious rooms, a large dive deck and its own camera room! The dive sites we will explore are spectacular! You can expect pristine reefs, lots of pelagics and plenty of peace and quiet with few other boats in the area. We are timing this for the general time of the bumphead parrotfish mating season so this could also be a highlight. Bumphead parrot fish are the worlds largest parrotfish and mate in huge conglomerates in this remote area. Come join us for this stunning adventure!

Join Faith Ortins from Blue Green Expeditions and polar diving specialists and photographers on an amazing expedition to Antarctica! We will honor Ernest Shackleton, the heroic polar explorer, by transiting the Scotia Arc including the Falkland Islands, South Georgia Islands (including Grytviken where he is buried), South Orkney Islands, Elephant Island, Detaillie Island, and, of course, Antarctica itself. This adventure focuses on exploring new territory as well as incredible animal interactions and dynamic ice conditions. This trip is perfect for those with a thirst for exploration as we venture to virgin dive sites, tour historic and current research stations and more while seeing the best Antarctica has to offer!

Join Faith Ortins and Blue Green Expeditions, other polar diving specialists, imagemakers, and scientists on an amazing citizen science expedition to Antarctica! February 2024 represents the 150th anniversary of the HMS Challenger’s crossing of the southern polar circle. This expedition is to honor their contribution to our understanding of the world’s oceans while simultaneously exploring Antarctica. This will be an incredible adventure! This expedition is much more than just a dive trip. Here we will pool our resources and time to assist scientists and imagemakers in adding to our understanding of the Antarctic region…as well as getting our own adventure – in Antarctica!