Makadi Bay — 30km south of Hurghada — offers sheltered shallow reefs perfect for beginners and macro photographers. House reef diving, calm conditions, and excellent training environments.
Makadi Bay — 30km south of Hurghada — offers sheltered shallow reefs perfect for beginners and macro photographers. House reef diving, calm conditions, and excellent training environments.
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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What scuba gear to buy first, what to rent, and when owning pays off — a beginner's plain-English guide to every piece of kit, with 2026 price ranges for warm-water and Red Sea trips.
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How to choose a wetsuit for the Red Sea: water temperature by season, the right thickness (3mm vs 5mm), a fit that stops flushing, and wetsuit vs rash guard vs semi-dry.
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A plain-English guide to choosing your first dive computer: what it does, the features beginners need, wrist vs watch vs console, and realistic 2026 prices.
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How to choose your first dive mask: the on-face fit test, lens and skirt options explained, prescription and contact-lens advice, and how to stop it fogging.
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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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Not a checklist — the honest, moment-by-moment feel of learning to scuba dive: your first breath underwater, the skills people fear and why they're easy, the awkward bits nobody warns you about, and the calm that stays with you.
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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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Egypt vs Saudi Arabia for Red Sea diving in 2026 — access, cost, operators, liveaboards, wrecks, reef health and crowding honestly compared, side by side.
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