Dive conditions in Sharm in May?

[captainmwill]

Headed to Sharm with my wife in mid-May. Have 2-3 days for diving and wondering if anyone has any recommendations for where to dive (shops, dive sites, etc) and what conditions are like that time of year.

 

[Red Sea Shadow]

Normally the first day the dive op will take you to a couple of local sites. I highly recommend you visit Ras Mohamed and Tiran on the second and third days.

Expect water temperature of 25 C (77 F) and some wind chill on the boat.

 

[TobyAnscombe]

Ras is a great place! well reccomended! Jackson Reef was good but I seem to recall that a tanker went aground there a couple of weeks back. The Gardens and Temple are good walls and a pleasant drift but you have the Thislegorm if you want a long (and I mean long) boat ride!

Shark & Yolanda Reefs are also well worth a visit - there is a wreck there of an old Italian cargo ship with lots of baths and toliets - worth it for some comedy photos..

I have always used Emperor Divers Sharm El Sheikh General Info - Emperor Divers Red Sea but there are so many dive schools there it should not be too hard to find somewhere.

 

[Red Sea Shadow]

Ras is a great place! well reccomended! Jackson Reef was good but I seem to recall that a tanker went aground there a couple of weeks back. The Gardens and Temple are good walls and a pleasant drift but you have the Thislegorm if you want a long (and I mean long) boat ride!

Shark & Yolanda Reefs are also well worth a visit - there is a wreck there of an old Italian cargo ship with lots of baths and toliets - worth it for some comedy photos..

The tanker hit Woodhouse reef not Jackson.

Shark and Yolanda reefs are in Ras Mohamed.

Agree about Thistlegorm. It's a long daily boat ride.

 

[TobyAnscombe]

S'what you get for posting from memory on a sunday night

 

[Red Sea Shadow]

s'what you get for posting from memory on a sunday night :d

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