Red Sea Relax offers Unity divers another boat or refund after Hurghada fire
The dive centre says divers booked on the liveaboard's next trip move to another boat, while later bookings can switch or take a full refund. No official cause of Saturday's fire has been given.
9 November 2026
Red Sea Relax, the Dahab dive centre that operates the liveaboard Unity, says it has arranged another boat for divers booked on the vessel's next trip, after fire seriously damaged her at her mooring off Hurghada at the weekend.
Divers holding later reservations will be offered a place on another boat, or a full refund if they choose to cancel, the centre's owner said in an account published by DIVE Magazine.
The fire broke out on the evening of Saturday 7 November. Witnesses on a nearby boat filmed thick smoke pouring from the stern while the crew appeared to fight the blaze, and photographs posted on social media later that evening showed the stern and upper decks alight.
The fire burned through Unity's mooring lines and set her adrift. Civil Protection crews brought it under control and stopped it reaching neighbouring boats. No passengers were on board, and no serious injuries to the crew have been reported.
No official cause has been given. An unnamed eyewitness quoted by the Egyptian newspaper Al-Shorouk said an electrical fault was to blame and that crew members tried to put the fire out. The case has been referred to the Public Prosecution, and a technical inspection is to establish how the fire started and how badly the vessel is damaged.
Unity is a 32.35-metre wooden-hulled boat built in 1998 and refitted in 2024, with 12 cabins for up to 24 guests. She ran itineraries out of Hurghada covering the northern Red Sea wrecks and reefs, the Brothers Islands, Daedalus and Elphinstone.