uwgreg
Registered
Hey everyone!
I'm heading to the Red Sea diving for the first time and am completely unfamiliar with how things are done there. Looking for explanation of the diving situation when doing local/beach dives from a dive resort.
If I bring my entire gear and am only missing air/nitrox tanks + weights to dive, then:
I was under the impression you would be able to dive cheaply (some fees for park, tanks, weights) if booking a room at a dive resort with a local house reef.
So far, all the self-proclaimed dive resorts and hotels I've looked at do not include house reef diving or cheap access.. they forward you to their in-house dive center webpage... which seem to all have very high prices to dive the resort reef (~35-60$ PER DIVE)?!
Is this the expectation for the Red Sea.. It's almost as expensive as the full day boat trips...?
Here's an example:
Diving | The Breakers Diving & Surfing Lodge
3 dives house reef - 92,00 € --> 115$ (38.5$ per dive)
vs.
Full day boat trip incl. 2 dives and tank/weight 78,00 €
Surcharge 3rd dive boat 25,00 €
total: 103 euro --> 129$ (43$ per dive for a full day of boat diving)
I don't understand how filling a tank and lending weights costs close to the same price as going on a full day of boat diving an hour + away..? Especially when you are staying at the hotel that hosts the dive center and calls itself a "Dive Resort"
Cheers
I'm heading to the Red Sea diving for the first time and am completely unfamiliar with how things are done there. Looking for explanation of the diving situation when doing local/beach dives from a dive resort.
If I bring my entire gear and am only missing air/nitrox tanks + weights to dive, then:
I was under the impression you would be able to dive cheaply (some fees for park, tanks, weights) if booking a room at a dive resort with a local house reef.
So far, all the self-proclaimed dive resorts and hotels I've looked at do not include house reef diving or cheap access.. they forward you to their in-house dive center webpage... which seem to all have very high prices to dive the resort reef (~35-60$ PER DIVE)?!
Is this the expectation for the Red Sea.. It's almost as expensive as the full day boat trips...?
Here's an example:
Diving | The Breakers Diving & Surfing Lodge
3 dives house reef - 92,00 € --> 115$ (38.5$ per dive)
vs.
Full day boat trip incl. 2 dives and tank/weight 78,00 €
Surcharge 3rd dive boat 25,00 €
total: 103 euro --> 129$ (43$ per dive for a full day of boat diving)
I don't understand how filling a tank and lending weights costs close to the same price as going on a full day of boat diving an hour + away..? Especially when you are staying at the hotel that hosts the dive center and calls itself a "Dive Resort"
Cheers