Sharm El Sheikh

Sharm El Sheikh

Originally we planned to dive Aqaba but as Easy Jet cancelled the flights we looked further south and chose to return to the steady favourite of Sharm El Sheikh.

Six divers in total (five experienced and one relatively new diver). We arrived at the hotel late at night and were pleasantly surprised by rooms that were spacious and opened onto the pool bar.

With an early pick up calling we headed off to bed and to get our equipment sorted.

On arrival at the dive centre we went through the usual preparations and then walked down to the port area to be checked through customs and onto our boat.

Day 1 started with a check dive at the Temple and then progressed out. Although the sky was blue and temperatures were up to 22^oC there was a cold wind blowing across the sea, this meant that every time we finished a dive we were shivering very quickly. The process was to get out quickly, get out of the kit quickly, dry off change and then go and tidy up.

The dives were spectacular and our enthusiasm for the diving didn’t fade, we did 13 dives in 4 days, almost liveaboard standard and a night dive, just for the fun of it.

We saw the usual Red Sea goodies, reef sharks, nudibranchs, glass fish, napoleon wrasse, turtles, anthias etc etc. The list was endless and enjoyable and even a three day old wreck.

As ever, the crew were excellent and looked after our every need, as did the hotel.

As a treat on the final day, whilst some sunbathed, we headed off to the new Sharm museum, this is well worth a visit.

List of dives

Day 1

1. Temple Temple | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)
2. Ros Katy Ras Katy | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)
3. Tower Tower | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)

Day 2

1. Ras Bob Ras Bob | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)
2. White Knights White Knights | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)
3. Middle Garden Middle Garden | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)

Day 3

1. Jack Fish Alley Jackfish Alley | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)
2. Shark reef Shark & Yolanda Reef | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)
3. Ras Um Sid Ras Um Sid | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)
4. Naama Bay night dive Naama Bay | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)

Day 4

1. Shark Observatory Shark Observatory | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)
2. Dunraven Dunraven | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)
3. Ras Ghazlani Ras Ghazlani | Red Sea Diving College (redseacollege.com)