Dive with Eclipse, an amazing trip to a unique destination .

Over the last ten years a small number of divers have discovered there is a much better way to explore Palau, one of the world's premier dive destinations. They chartered their own dive boat, Eclipse, allowing them the benefits of a liveaboard, but without a large group of other divers. Eclipse comes with a very experienced captain and crew thus allowing guests the freedom to dive where they want, when they want, with just their own friends or family. Eclipse, a classic ocean sailing yacht, is the ultimate “off road vehicle”, capable of voyaging to remote locations and providing not just the essentials, but brings everything needed for a real dive expedition, tanks, gear, compressor, fishing equipment, and smaller craft for individual use. Sounds like a better way to dive? You bet it is! It is a just plain better way to live. When you travel half way around the world to a tropical diving paradise, why spend more time in a hotel room than in the water?

Sam's Tours, always the most individual of dive shops in Palau, has a very different idea of what a liveaboard dive boat should be, much smaller, far more personalized.

Now it is Possible to Really Explore Palau

John McCready and his wife, Charlie, captain and crew aboard Eclipse, have years of experience diving Palau's incredible coral gardens and walls. They also love exploring rarely visited coves and beaches within this extensive archipelago. But primarily what they offer on Eclipse is the opportunity to live the diving life.

Very small groups of friends or family have the freedom to choose the kind of diving they want, when and where they wish to dive, and very importantly, are able to dive when no one else is around. From early in the morning through late evening, John and Charlie keep action packed days rolling. Since Eclipse has no need to depart the dive areas at night, diving starts early when no other divers have yet arrived from distant dive shops. Likewise in the afternoon; the most celebrated dive locations in the world are usually deserted by 3:00 PM. Guests on Eclipse almost never see other divers underwater and even have the opportunity to do night dives on Palau's incredible walls, something not possible with shore based dive operations. Harder to describe is John and Charlie's experience at work. They really pay attention to tidal movement, water clarity, fish habits, and results of current interactions. They are always on the lookout for extraordinary events that can be observed by being in the right place at the right time. Eclipse is an outdoor experience, enabling divers to really live in this island wilderness.