Dan
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I used Camel Divers, pretty good shop, well organized.A local guide who works for one of the safari boats recommended camel divers to us. If we do a dive before our safari we will use them.
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I used Camel Divers, pretty good shop, well organized.A local guide who works for one of the safari boats recommended camel divers to us. If we do a dive before our safari we will use them.
My family and I have dived with Reef Oasis Dive Club several times, but NOT in the last 2-3 years, so my information is likely dated. It was a good outfit. In some ways, very good. Their house reef (Temple) is excellent. What would you like to know?Camel seems to be a popular choice, a little farther from the hotel I intend to stay at however - and I’m unsure what the cab situation is like in Sharm El-Sheikh.
The shops close to the Renaissance hotel are:
- Blue World Red Sea
- Reef Oasis. Dive Club (Beach Resort)
- Diving & Discovery
- Nemo Dive Club
Does anyone have experience with any of these?
My family and I have dived with Reef Oasis Dive Club several times, but NOT in the last 2-3 years, so my information is likely dated. It was a good outfit. In some ways, very good. Their house reef (Temple) is excellent. What would you like to know?
Thank you for offering your help, a few things I am trying to understand:
1. I am used (be it in the US or abroad) to dive centers offering 2 dives in the morning and 2 dives in the afternoon (and/or 1 night dive).
From what I could gather so far, it seems the shops in Sharm offer only 2 dives per day, with the boat leaving in the morning and coming back end of day. And there is an option to pay for a 3rd dive during the day trip.
Outside of going to the Thistlegorm wreck which seems quite far, do all dive locations really require a full day for 2 (or 3 with extra $)?
2. There is some confusion on the visa vs fees for parks. For the Thistlegorm wreck again, it seems one needs the full Egyptian visa.
For day dives, there seems to be a $5 to $8 daily fee to get access to the parks (Ras Mohamed or Tiran): if I already have the full visa, do I still need to pay for the fees?
3. I own a yoke first stage and it seems they all offer DIN tanks: should I find a DIN <> Yoke adapter to bring with me or are they able to work with my gear as is?
4. Any idea how many divers they assign to a given guide? Is it super crowded or do they stick to say 4 divers?
That’ll already be super helpful!
I contacted 5 centers this weekend and so far, only 2 replied (Camel and Diving & Discovery).
I used Camel Divers, pretty good shop, well organized.