Pappa's Dives in Egypt

What a great week out in the land of sand and sun.

It was great to help, assist and teach the Kay family out in Egypt. Our Host dive centre and accomodation was the Camel dive club in Narma Bay. Thanks to all the staff and dive guides for making me feel welcome and part of the team.

Egypt is one of those places that seems to be full of divers.. this trip was great to get back out there and enjoying some of the best coral reefs and some great wrecks.

Log book of mine:

Dives: 18 over 6 days
Type: 14 reef boat dives, 4 wreck dives.
Vizability: clear 50m+
Temp: Air (day) 30 degree plus, Water 26-28 degrees
Courses taught: Photography, Drift, Boat, Nitrox, Coral (Project Aware)

31st October:
Dive 1: Ras Katy. D=30m T=60mins Boat, reef dive
Dive 2: Near Garden. D=25m T=60mins Boat, reef dive and photography dive
dive 3: Night Dive at Paradise Bay. D=16m T=50mins Shore dive
1st November
Dive 1: Shark reef & Yolanda D=30m T=58mins Boat dive, drift dive with reef and wreck
Dive 2: Ras Ghozlanie D=22m T=60mins Boat dive, drift and reef
Dive 3: Ras umm sid D=25m T=59mins Boat dive, drift and reef dive.
2nd November (6.30 am start)
Dive 1: Shark reef & Yolanda D=30m T=63mins Boat dive, drift with reef and wreck
Dive 2: Dunraven D=29m T=60mins Boat dive to the wreck of the Dunraven
Dive 3: Jackfish Alley D=20m T=55mins Boat dive, reef and drift
3rd November (4.45am start)
Dive 1: Thistlegorm D=29m T=62mins Boat dive out to this very popular wreck, photography
Dive 2: Thistlegorm D=26m T=63mins Boat dive, wreck
Dive 3: Lonely Mushroom D=20m T=60mins Boat reef dive
4th November
Dive 1: Thomas Reef, Straits of Tiran. D=30m T=60mins Boat dive, drift and reef
Dive 2: Jackson Reef, Straits of Tiran. D=28m T=61mins Boat dive, drift and reef
Dive 3: Night dive at Turtle Bay D=17m T=46mins
5th November (6.30am start)
Dive 1: Anemonie Garden, shark reef and the wreck of the Yolanda. D=30m T=60mins
Dive 2: Dunraven Wreck. D=29m T=61mins
Dive 3: Ras Za' a tar. D= 50m!! T=60mins Drift dive with Turtle (hence the bit deeper dive!!)

we have done a couple of those sites ........JAckfish Alley was my favouite; i saw my first turtle as a diver here....a special moment for me. How fantastic are the Egyptian Crew, How amazing are the Egyptians, full stop.

i love the place and would live there tomorrow.

so glad you had a good time (as if you wouldnt) just makes me want to book again for 2010 but that would be very bad of me considering!!!

see you all soon and welcome back X

I only went to 30m for this shot:



Then stayed at 21m with the kids to watch the turtle:



Many thanks to Smudge for joining us, having some fun, and of course for all the teaching in between dives whilst on holiday. Sorry about the

No really I'm not jealous

My time will come - hopefully

C'mon you two, put your cameras together and they cost more than my house !!!

you must have some more piccys.


show us some more, dont be mean, its grey November, we need to see the pictures to perk us up and give us something to look forward too

how did you entertain yourselves at night?

Did you like Sharm?

Did you barter?

What was the hotel like?

Who got eygyptian tummy erruptions?

I see you've looked through some of the 25GB of photos,was that all I took of you?

nope - I'm sure you must have more

some of these are off sams files

Hi Hobs,

You asked what we did in in the evening to entertain ouselves, here's Smudge entertaining Sam and Tom !!!






It was Halloween Night

i'm not sure if I should delete these

but i should get a new halloween mask

By the look on Sam and Tom's face you don't need a new mask. That one still works

Sam & Tom don't look all that impressed to me. Perhaps you do need a new mask after all.

great photos......not sure about pa though !!!!! what were you doing?????