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Activity: Diving
Country: Egypt
City: Sharm el Sheikh
Thislegorm Wreck
June, 2002

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Two WORLD-CLASS wreck dives - the "Thislegorm". Sunk in 1941 by German long-range bomber. Trucks, motorcycles, Lee Enfield rifles, rubber boots, train carriages + locomotive! 2 large guns on deck; TWO TANKS!! First dive: 53min, 76'. Second dive: 48min, 80'.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
Country: Egypt
City: Sharm el Sheikh
Gordon Reef - Straits of Tiran
June, 2002

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Fantastic dive site. Descended upon coral plateau teeming with fish. Turned around reef, then ended on a sheer wall for ~20 minutes. Saw LARGE turtle + white tip reef shark at safety. Shipwreck broken down on top of coral near site is impressive sight.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
Country: Egypt
City: Sharm el Sheikh
Thomas Reef - Straits of Tiran
June, 2002

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Very impressive wall drift dive. Several caverns in coral. LARGE green moray swam right by and into a deep cavern recess. Really impressive. Huge schools of small basslets (goldfish-looking fish)
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
Country: Egypt
City: Sharm el Sheikh
Temple
June, 2002

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Night dive, I think the spot is the same as 'Tower'. 2 free-swimming blue moray eels, free-swimming lionfish, slate-pencil urchins. OK dive.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
Country: Egypt
City: Sharm el Sheikh
Tower
June, 2002

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Great dive. Sheer wall at drop, followed by steep sloped drift dive. Large turtle at start of dive. CHECK OUT THE PHOTO for how awesome that encounter was!
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
Country: Egypt
City: Sharm el Sheikh
Ras Katy
June, 2002

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Pleasant shelf dive; lots of lionfish, a large blue triggerfish, titan triggerfish, goatfish, boxer shrimp.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
Country: Egypt
City: Sharm el Sheikh
Ras Za'atar
June, 2002

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Drift dive. Lots of coral + fish. Am increasingly convinced this is the best diving anywhere.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
Country: Egypt
City: Sharm el Sheikh
Ras Mohammed
June, 2002

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Shark Reef - Yolanda Reef. Vertical wall, then sloping reef, then broken-down wreck. Schools of snapper, unicorn fish; a large moray eel. Fantastic dive! Tons of fish life throughout dive. Napoleon wrasse, crocodile fish, lionfish.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
Country: Egypt
City: Sharm el Sheikh
Far Garden
June, 2002

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Nice slope/ wall dive. Saw a large turtle along wall!! Lots of small fish activity around coral upcroppings along wall edge: barracuda (solitary, at surface), trumpetfish, anemone, blue-spotted stingray.
Posted By: dredog
Activity: Diving
Country: Egypt
City: Sharm el Sheikh
Temple
June, 2002

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First dive in the Red Sea. Water temp: 78 degrees, wearing 3mm + 5mm tunic, no hood. Next time wear 5mm suit. 2 octopus together in a coral, another octopus later on. Large stonefish. Large white porcupinefish. Dad lost weight pocket.