1st July 07
Egypt - Diving with Dive Tribe
by  :Sarah Lee

As published on http://www.bsac.com

Day 3 found us back on Dolphin reef, a bit surprising, as with access to over 40 sites I didn't really expect to be visiting dive sites twice unless they really warranted it. However, as a number of the others on the boat had not yet dived the reef I assumed it was to allow them the chance to see the dolphins. Horus, our guide altered the dive plan so that we only did the one dive here, a different route where we circumnavigated the smaller of the two reefs but with only fleeting glimpses of dolphins. For the second dive we moved away from Dolphin reef to a very nice reef called Poseidon Reef to do a drift dive.

Day 4 saw a slight drop to the wind and with excitement we noted the rib was out - could this mean a trip to Abu Nuhas ? Yes, the aim was to try to get there today. The transit time is about 1hr 45 and this took us to the Giannis D. This is an excellent dive with max depth around 25m and the top of the wreck at 4m which allows a safety stop on the wreck. After a great dive we were looking forward to visiting one of the other wrecks, after all it was a long transit out and would be a shame not to. Disappointingly the boat moved around to the back of the reef away from the wrecks and we were to do a reef dive, as requested by some of the other guests. It was a real shame to miss the chance to visit one of the other wrecks when they were so tantalisingly close but I guess that is day boat diving which are catering for all needs.  Day 5 was the Rosalie Moller - we had asked to do this at the beginning of the week so were just waiting for confirmation of numbers and weather - both were a yes so just 6 of us hopped on a dive boat and off we went to the Rosalie. En route there was the report of a whale shark up ahead which one of the other boats had stopped to look at but by the time we got there it was gone but we did get to have the pleasure of some dolphins briefly. On arrival at the Rosalie there were only 2 other boats there and both had finished their first dives so we had the wreck to ourselves. We did 2 dives on the Rosalie at 37m and 34m and were restricted by time as we were not allowed into deco, therefore, dive times were around 30 to 40 mins. Lunch was served after the second dive ensuring we would still arrive back at El Gouna around 17.00hrs. The Rosalie was really the highlight of the week, we paid an extra 35 euros each and it was well worth it even if the vis was only 5 - 6 m.