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Sharm el Sheikh Logs
| Posted By: zoetemintje | ||
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Activity: Diving Country: Egypt City: Sharm el Sheikh May, 2002 |
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Diving here is superlative and worth the long airtrip and inquisitive customs passing. Stayed in Swiss hotel Movenpick and used their Dive Shop. Swiss puntuality much appreciated. Bedrooms with marble bathrooms, buffet breakfast, and not far located from the main drag. No cheap dining there. Best dive sites: Ras Kathy, Ras Mohammed, Thomas Reef(wall dive, impressive descent, strong current with and against), Gordon Reef (first aquarium type which gradually narrows to become steep wall, nice drift). Great diversity of interesting fish, many turtles and some sharks. How grateful I am |
| Posted By: dredog | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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: Eleanore | ||
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Activity: Dining Country: Egypt City: Sharm el Sheikh Movenpick Hotel Restauran June, 2002 |
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The hotel's buffet for breakfast was fantastic. Definitely European style-fare with luncheon meats, etc. but I thought the fruits were fresh and the breads were excellent. Lots of juice choices, etc. |
| Posted By: dredog | ||
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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 | ||
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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. |