how to decide which kind of diving is fitting me

In my previous blog i wrote about the different places at the Red Sea from the Egyptian side and what kind of diving they are offer.

Today i wanna ask you a few questions to make it easier for you to decide what you wanna see and which kind of diving may fit you.

First of all, there is no better or not so good choise, because
for whatever kind of diving you will decide, its great that you follow your passion and that you enjoy your underwater adventure.


It is up to you to decide and also you have to see which kind of diving is going well with your experience, and your way of exploring.


So lets start:

Shore diving:  most of the time you will arrive to the dive side with a minibus and the diving center will                          
                      take care of your equipment. When you are sign up for a shore dive you have to think                            
                      about a few things.

• How is the wind on your diving day. Because your water entry and exit will be in the waves, and it is not easier to do so when it is windy which means bigger waves.
• Bring an extra towel and water in a bottle to clean your feets before you go back into your normal shoes.
• Use suncream in the morning before your tour is starting, special in the face, so all the cream will dissolve into your skin and your mask will not leak.
• Use fins with booties. It may be that there are some dead corals in your way when you enter and exit the water.
• Bring a hanger ( to put your dive suit in the surface time on it and not let it be full of sand) with you and take your suit of between the dives, to prevent faster heat loss in the second dive.
• Do not eat wheat or any kind of heavy spices ( like garlic ) in the break. It may be that your through get upset from that in the next dive.

Daily diving: If you are not making holiday in the Hotel the Diving Center is located the Dive center    
                     will pick you up with a Minibus early in the morning and collect also all the other Guests.    
                     Around 8 am will be the check in at the Diving center, trying the equipment if you don't
                     have your own, finishing all the paper work and move to the Boat. Daily diving boats are
                     something between 12 and 18 meter long. Just keep in mind, as smaller the boat, as more
                     you feel the waves.
                     End of your diving day will be around 4 to 5 pm, depends if you are going in winter or
                     summer.

• Bring suncream with you.
• Two bikinis or shorts. to change between the dives and be dry while you are taking your lunch and surface time.
• Street shoes are not allowed at the boats, so bring neoprene socks if you are having cold feets fast.

Safaridiving: Liveaboats are like swimming Hotels. On the first day you check in, make your
                     Equipment, paperwork, check your cabin and wait for the boat safety briefing and the
                     dive guides will tell you also how your week will looks like. At the last day you clean and
                     dry your equipment. Between you will make three dives and one night dive.

• Don't be shy to ask any question comes in your mind. 
• Remember, all the dives the guides offering you can do them, you don't have too.
• Stay in the sade during your surface time. The sea is reflecting the sun. And sunburn under the neoprene is very painful.
• Make a oriantaion for yourself on the Safariboat. Because there are different levels and also the guides should explain about the emergency equipment. If they forget, remember them.
• With Safariboats you reach places not available for the normal Daily boats.

Like Big Brother Marine Park

 Or Small Brother Marine Park

 Daedalus Reef

 Brother Island at a winter day

 I hope i could help you with this blog, in my next blog i will write about equipment and whats the different between them. Thank you so much for spending your time with me.

how to dive the red sea

Maybe you will ask yourself : " Why should i read this blogg, i know the Red Sea already". But keep reading, there might be things about the Red Sea you didn't thought about it yet.

Lets start at the Sinai side of the Red Sea. From Akaba till Dahab its usual to do Shore diving. Mainly you can see from the Aquatic Life there blue spotted Stingrays, Nudybrunches, Turtles, Dugong, Dolphins, other kind of Rays, Nemo ( Annemone fish) , and a variety of different kind of corals.

From Sharm El Sheik you can do Shore diving, Daily Boat diving and Liveaboard.
The main dive sides in Sharm El Sheik are:
 Jackson Reef, Woodhouse Reef, Thomas Reef, Gordon Reef and of course Ras Mohamed. ( Ras means head).
All the dive sides i wrote above are reachable with a Daily diver Boat and with Liveaboard ( which are called Safariboats).
And of course each dive side has its highlights.

Also at the Sinai side are some wrecks who are quite famous like the Dunraven at Shaab Mahmoud and the Thistlegorm in the street of Gobal.

At the mainland of Egypt you find a lot of different diving places. Lets start from north to south:

El Gouna : Dailydiving

Hurghada : Dailydiving, Safariboat ( going to the north - wreck diving and to the sides in front of        
                   Sharm El Sheik, as well to the marine park island in the south like Brother Island and      
                   Daedalus)

Safaga : Dailydiving, Safariboat ( going to the North and to the marine park islands)

El Quesier : Dailydiving

Port Galib : Dailydiving, Safariboat ( going to the marine park islands and to the deep south )

Marsa Alam : Dailydiving, Safariboat ( going to the marine park islands and to the deep south)

Hamata :  Dailydiving, Safariboat ( mainly going to the south and deep south)

In another blogg i will describe each tour available with the Safariboat, how to choose which tour will fit you and also for what you should look out with which company you may go. Believe me, there are various of Safariboat companies with different Systems.

Ras Mohamed, Annemone City

Ras Mohamed

Street of Gobal

Shaab Mahmoud

Gordon Reef

Small Gobal

Ras Mohamed, Jolanda Wreck

About me

Hi guys, this is my first blogg ever, so be kind with me if its not super professional but i thought new year, new idea.
I wish you all a happy new year and a great 2020.

About me:
 i used to work as a dive guide for 15 years in the Red Sea at daily diving stations and on Liveaboards. Because i started a family i decided to make my profession as a hobby again but share my love for the sea with all of you.
So from 1.1.2020 (what a date 😍 ) i will start to make regular uploads, explaining everything about equipment, diving, underwater life, what to see ,where and which kind of diving will may interest you.

I wish you all a great new year party and soon more about the fantastic world hidden in the deep , or not so deep 😄, blue of the Red Sea.