Oceanwide Expeditions

Oceanwide Expeditions offers unique, small-group cruises that allow you to enjoy the natural wildlife and scenery of some of the world's most spectacular and pristine shorelines, above and below the oceans.

Each cruise offers a full program of shore excursions, using Zodiacs to search out the best wildlife encounters and photographic opportunities for our clients

Our itineraries have been meticulously researched to offer exciting, rewarding and incredibly varied experiences but above all else the crew and expedition staff believe that flexibility is the key to a successful voyage. By constantly assessing and responding to environmental conditions at the time, they are confident of fulfilling visitors' well-deserved expectations of an experience of a lifetime.

Oceanwide Expeditions is a full member of the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO), a member organisation founded in 2004 to advocate, promote and practice safe and environmentally responsible private sector travel to Spitsbergen, Jan Mayen, and Greenland.

Our thorough knowledge of the Polar areas enabled us to develop voyages which combine nature cruises with diving expeditions.

The procedure of the dive operation, the descriptions of the dive sites and the decisions about the period of time and itinerary is based upon many years of dive experience by Oceanwide Expeditions and professionals who have worked in the polar areas for research and filming.

On board we have our own compressor (200 liters). Approximately 35 steel bottles of 12 liters 200 bar (DIN and Yoke connection) with two separate outlets and weights (hard). We do not have any rentals on board.

We have a very large aft deck for preparing each dive (approx. 300 square meters). You don’t need to store your dive gear in your cabin; there is plenty of room for your gear on the deck or the holds on the deck. Only take your regulator with you in your cabin.

Oceanwide Expeditions offers diving adventures on Grigoriy Mikheev.