Red Sea Diving

We have just arrived back in port after a week diving in the Red Sea. I (Michael) did a total of 18 dives in 6 days with 13 hours underwater (Helen did a few less). It was quite tiring but great fun.

We dived some impressive wrecks including the freighter Numidia which was build in Glasgow in 1901 but sunk a year later with no loss of life after hitting the reef. More seriously was the large ferry Salem Express which sank on route back from Saudi Arabia with the loss of 470 lives (mostly pilgrims returning from Mecca).

The highlights included seeing three new species of shark - Hammerhead, Thresher and Oceanic White Tip - and several Manta Ray sightings which were amazing. The videos show this marine life best. All the footage was shot by me on my GoPro so it isn’t the greatest quality.

We also did two courses Enriched Air Nitrox (to allow us to dive with different air mixes) and Deep Diver which allows us to go to 40m which we did a few times. It takes about 15 minutes to surface safely from this depth so you need to solve your own problems.

We have a few days resting and birding before coming home on Friday.Læs mere