Scuba anyone?

[JDelage]

WRT the Red Sea, I think the way to get the most out of it is to do a live aboard and go to the pinnacle islands way off shore (Brothers, Daedalus, etc). You get both small reef life and large pelagic, and no crowds. I loved it.

[Karol]

@Giles You said it well about the shoreline cities in Egypt. I only go for safaris, so luckily, I don't really spend much time there, but when You mentioned the crowds, I immediately thought about situation that happened to me first time I was diving in south Red Sea .

We were at one of the decent reefs, maybe Claudia or Brothers, and all went well during the day. There were several other boats but we were not seeing any traffic underwater. Then the time comes for a night dive. We went in and on the surface went over to the reaf and then down. As soon as I descended I realized thet we are in between two groups that are heading in opposite direction. We just landed between them. Holly shit, sudenly in 29 degrees celcius watter Im beeing pushed to the reaf by a guy in a drysuit, and with fucking gloves! Freaking bedlam. Our group got compleatley lost and for next 2h after dive we were collecting people from various boars where they eventually ended up when they joined wrong teams

[Karol]

@JDelage Exactly!!!
And with good crew the enjoyment is great! Last october we did most of the dives in around 85min.
OK all of us use 15L tanks but the key is to have around you the people with similar SAC and its all peachy!

[Giles]

When we went to Hurghada on the first day going out a reef (no idea which one it was because I have done the best to eradicate it from my mind), I looked behind us as we steamed, there were less boats crossing the English Channel on D Day. Once we started diving, the boats dropped name plates into the water so you know which boat o get back onto....If I never go back, it will be too soon.

We tried Egypt because it would be great to have a good dive destination "close" to home, but we realised that for us, time is not of the essence and doing really special shit is more important than convenience.

We have friends that absolutely love Sharm, but I simply cant see us being persuaded to go again.

[Giles]

New relaxed straight cuts...

[Karol]

@Giles how's the buoyancy?

[Giles]

Made no real difference, but i had a little negative buoyancy when I took my mask off, and could not see I was sinking

[Giles]

Some we saw today...Not my pics because all mine were utter shite.......

This little guy mimics the soft coral that surrounds him. And does a bloody good job of it...

What we really, really wanted to see - Melibe colemani - Ghost Nudibranch

And this little critter, another Nudibranch, probably 4mm long. I saw a brown splodge, I had no idea what it was until Shiela showed me this photo

Nudy orgy....

Scorpion Fish

Yet another couple of Nudy's...

[Nick]

Stunning images!

[Giles]

[Karol]

@Giles Not sure if that was seal team six or six teen seals.
Would love to join You, it's been nothing but 4 degrees Celsius dives here in Stockholm's archipelago during the spring.

[Giles]

Getting ready for a muck dive with @Madame-Buttonfly. You'd never know I had just bust the zip of her wetsuit.

[Karol]

@Giles time for some cable tie.
Looking great guys!

[Giles]

She put my spare "cardigan" over the top, and all was good.....

But I have repurpose a couple of different sized cable ties for pointers. They are what the guides use here and it's a brilliant idea.....

[Giles]

Zebra Moray

Yellow Sea Cucumber

[Karol]

Rudimentary marina to start off a diving safari. I took the first photo after arrival and the second one after getting out of bed. The light of the day has not improved things.

[Giles]

That looks really great.......