Egyptian LOB sank

[Zef]

Absolutely it figures into my decision. And that's why this upcoming trip, my second time to the Red Sea, I am going diving on FROM land again. I read about the safety record of Red Sea liveaboards. I love to dive, but I don't need to dive 5 times a day at 67. I am a lawyer, and I always think cautiously. I've never done a liveaboard, and I'm doing my first this January when I travel to Raja Ampat to dive on the Velocean with my local dive shop. Perhaps I will do a Red Sea liveaboard at a later date, but you can sure bet I will check out the specs very carefully.

Fixed it for ya!

-Z

 

[Bookworm11]

Hey, thanks! That is,one major typo, and considering I'm a lawyer who went to school to learn how to use words, that is very poor. Note to self- not good to respond late at night. But diving on land would be very safe from sharks and fire, lol!

 

[Dan]

Nah, although one can see dozens of sharks in the maldives, however sleek and beautiful, you can generalize them as "coward sharks"- they do keep a distance and scare away from bubbles.

Diving with a group of Longimanusses in Egypt is a different story- these dudes are anything but cowards. They like it close and personal, they bump into you, rub against you and keep constantly checking you out- from a safe distance of a few inches...

At times you can be surrounded by several curious oceanic white tips, and I do not think there are many shark dives as exhilarating and frightening at the same time as Egypt's oceanics.

Unforgettable, remarkable, amazing.

I haven’t seen Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Longimanus Carcharhinus) anywhere else but in Elphinestone.



But diving with Tiger Sharks in Tiger Beach, Bahamas, beats all Shark diving adventures.

 

[Jai Bar]

I haven’t seen Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Longimanus Carcharhinus) anywhere else but in Elphinestone.


But diving with Tiger Sharks in Tiger Beach, Bahamas, beats all Shark diving adventures.

Elphinstone indeed.

I wasn't at Bahamas, is it one of these places where they have feeding shows?

 

[Dan]

Elphinstone indeed.

I wasn't at Bahamas, is it one of these places where they have feeding shows?

Yes. Tiger Beach is at the West End of Bahamas.

 

[Pearlman]

Oceanic White Tips - The one reason diving the Red Sea is on my bucket list … someday, once the conflict dies down …

I saw a lengthy educational video once and the takeaway from it was that OWTs are so aggressive because they are typically deeper water open ocean Sharks where food sources are scarce compared to the species that frequent reefs teeming with life. So they take every chance in their hunt for a food source to investigate closely any life form thrashing about in the Oceans as deeper open waters are relatively deserted compared to the reefs closer to rising land masses and slopes. Hence they are equipped with a very opportunistic and aggressive attitude (similar to how ruthless and brutal Snow Leopards are, living in the icy deserts in extremely frigid weather at very high altitudes). The documentary even suggested that they could reach near starvation levels due to scarcity of food in the vast expanses of the open oceans at times…

The numerous videos from the Red Sea are a testimony to their capacity for bold aggression filled manoeuvres …

 

[chillyinCanada]

Nah, although one can see dozens of sharks in the maldives, however sleek and beautiful, you can generalize them as "coward sharks"- they do keep a distance and scare away from bubbles.

Diving with a group of Longimanusses in Egypt is a different story- these dudes are anything but cowards. They like it close and personal, they bump into you, rub against you and keep constantly checking you out- from a safe distance of a few inches...

At times you can be surrounded by several curious oceanic white tips, and I do not think there are many shark dives as exhilarating and frightening at the same time as Egypt's oceanics.

Unforgettable, remarkable, amazing.

Whilst it is true enough that the reef hook dives to watch sharks go back and forth in front of you become very ho hum, I didn't find a couple of the sharks to be shy at all.

As first in line to hook in, I found a couple of sharks cozy up to me in the line up!!

 

[Jai Bar]

Unbelievable, but another vessel sinks in Egypt:

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/16-survivors-rescued-after-tourist-boat-sinks-off-egypts-red-sea-coast-2024-11-25/

 

[jborg]

The headline kind of buries the lede that 29 more people are still missing... Was there harsh weather or something?

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Unbelievable, but another vessel sinks in Egypt:

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/16-survivors-rescued-after-tourist-boat-sinks-off-egypts-red-sea-coast-2024-11-25/

The headline kind of buries the lede that 29 more people are still missing... Was there harsh weather or something?

There is a new thread for the new sinking. Pretty bad that it's hard to keep track of which sinking and which thread. Speaks volumes.

Unknown - Sea Story lob sinks

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2m7z9xpndo

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