Practical, honest advice from working PADI instructors. The stuff guidebooks don't cover — currents, visibility patterns, photography, gear choices, dive planning, weather windows, and avoiding the co
Practical, honest advice from working PADI instructors. The stuff guidebooks don't cover — currents, visibility patterns, photography, gear choices, dive planning, weather windows, and avoiding the common mistakes that ruin Red Sea trips.
A shallow, sheltered reef near Hurghada nicknamed 'The Aquarium' for its clouds of fish. Ideal for beginners, training and relaxed photography.
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Why underwater photos turn green or blue, how to reduce it while shooting, and how to fix the colour cast in photos and video you already have — free.
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The Red Sea's Big 7: hammerhead, manta, whale shark, dolphin, turtle, oceanic whitetip and dugong — where and when to see each, honestly, for divers and snorkellers.
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Complete guide to diving Makadi Bay, Red Sea — the sheltered bay south of Hurghada, its house reef, dive sites like Gota Abu Ramada & Abu Hashish, marine life, snorkelling, who it suits and when to go.
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Guide to diving Sahl Hasheesh, Red Sea — a sheltered resort bay south of Hurghada with an easy shore house reef and boat dives to the best Hurghada reefs and wrecks.
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Eleven common Red Sea diving myths, busted with verified facts — sharks, currents, cost, dead reefs, summer heat, fitness and whether it's even safe to travel — so you can decide on facts, not hearsay.
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Nervous you're not fit or healthy enough to scuba dive? An honest, doctor-informed self-check on fitness, swimming, age, ears, asthma, heart, diabetes and the diver medical form that actually decides.
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A complete guide to diving Ras Um Sid, Sharm el-Sheikh — the lighthouse reef and its forest of giant gorgonian fan corals, the plateau, marine life, conditions and when to go.
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Guide to diving the Dunraven wreck near Sharm el-Sheikh — an upside-down Victorian steamship lost in 1876, now a shallow reef of glassfish, corals and swim-throughs.
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Complete guide to diving Careless Reef, Hurghada — an offshore reef famous for giant moray eels, twin pinnacles and a current-swept wall dropping into the blue.
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Guide to White Island near Sharm el-Sheikh — the 'invisible' sandbank by Ras Mohammed that appears only at low tide. The boat trip, tide timing, snorkelling and what to bring.
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The real save-a-dive kit a Red Sea dive guide carries — item by item, the exact failure each part prevents, what a recreational diver needs versus overkill.
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