Scubaspa Yang
Identical 2014 sister to Scubaspa Yin - the same 50m luxury spa liveaboard, PADI 5-Star diving off a dedicated dhoni, running the same Best of Maldives, Far North manta and Deep South shark catalogue.
Last updated July 2026
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The vessel
per person, 7-night double occupancy; + 10% service & admin fee and USD 12/night government green tax; single supplement and Deep South supplement extra; domestic flights on Deep South/North excluded
Indicative trip price; confirm current rates and departures with the operator. Last verified July 2026.
Itineraries (3)
Best of Maldives runs year-round from Male. The Deep South Expedition runs roughly February to March and needs Advanced certification with 100 logged dives. The Far North manta week runs roughly August to September.
Best of Maldives (Central Atolls)
No minimum certification or logged dives; beginner-welcoming central-atoll week across North and South Ari, Vaavu and Male atolls.
Deep South Expedition
Advanced (AOW) + 100 logged dives required; strong currents. Atoll-level coverage only (Huvadhoo channels, Fuvahmulah, Addu); staged Male-Kooddoo-Gan. No individual dive sites named by the operator.
Far North (Classic + Far Far North)
Hanifaru Bay is a snorkel-only excursion (UNESCO Biosphere manta aggregation), not a dive. Remaining Baa, Raa, Lhaviyani and far-north coverage is atoll-level; reached via a Dharavandhoo domestic flight.
About
Scubaspa Yang is the 2014 sister to Scubaspa Yin: the same 50-metre luxury liveaboard, run as a floating resort rather than a dive-boat. Diving is handled off a dedicated 20-metre dhoni that shadows the yacht carrying gear and compressors, so the mother ship stays quiet and unhurried while an onboard spa, yoga and gourmet dining run alongside the diving. That pairing is the point: it keeps non-diving or spa-minded partners as happy as the divers. Seventeen ensuite suites sleep up to 36 guests, with up to 26 diving at a time, and Scubaspa holds PADI 5-Star Dive Resort status. Because Yang and the 2013 original Yin share one catalogue and rate card, the choice between the two hulls is really a matter of departure dates. Three routes run through the year. The Best of Maldives week works the central atolls year-round with no certification or logged-dive minimum, taking in Broken Rock, the Machchafushi wreck, Fotteyo Kandu and Kandooma Thila. The Deep South Expedition, roughly February to March, is a gated advanced trip through the southern channels that asks for an Advanced qualification and 100 logged dives. The Far North week, roughly August to September, is built around manta season and includes a snorkel excursion at Hanifaru Bay. Diving stays within Maldivian recreational limits: a 30-metre cap, a mandatory dive computer, and no solo or decompression dives. This is a premium, wellness-led product priced accordingly, not a high-volume budget dive week.
What Divers Say
Yang draws the same feedback as its sister: a genuine floating-resort experience where the spa, dining and above-water program matter as much as the diving, and the separate dhoni keeps the mother yacht calm. Guests describe suite-grade cabins, a high crew-to-guest ratio and unhurried sandbank and island stops between dives. Divers value the beginner-welcoming Best of Maldives weeks, which carry no dive minimum, and the seriousness of the gated Deep South itineraries for current-comfortable divers; non-diving partners come up often as a reason to choose Scubaspa over a pure dive-boat. As with Yin, the honest caveat is that this is a premium, wellness-led product priced accordingly, not a high-volume budget dive week.
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