When does that happen? Had a couple of dives on Thistlegorm first week of November. Crystal clear, blue water, no current and n o other boats. Then super early departure next day to RasMo for morning dives on Shark/Yolanda. No other boats! Had to pinch myself. Is it 1985?
Only boat on T-gorm and RasMo!
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I've seen TG, Brothers, Deadalus and Abu Nuhas with no other boats or just us for at least 1/2 a day in 2015 and 2016. In 2013 and 2015 there was only 1 other boat overnight at the Thistlegorm.
2015 was probably the quietest ever: we arrived in Hurghada in March 2015 and seemed to be the only plane on the tarmac - serously, there was not one single other plane in sight. It sounds like now there are more divers (I haven't been this year but friends are there regularly), but the animal life "bounce-back" continues and sightings seem to just get better and better.
2015 was probably the quietest ever: we arrived in Hurghada in March 2015 and seemed to be the only plane on the tarmac - serously, there was not one single other plane in sight. It sounds like now there are more divers (I haven't been this year but friends are there regularly), but the animal life "bounce-back" continues and sightings seem to just get better and better.
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I dived Brothers/Deadalus/Rocky first time in 2000, just a year after they reopened after the closure. Shared Big Brother with one boat for one day. Then completely alone for 3 days and 8 days in the south on D and Rocky//Z. Only three boats that did that trip then.
That was only two weeks ago. The boats were moored three deep at points which caused the outside boats a lot of issues with pitching and rolling as they were in the current and they were only moored to other boats and not the reef itself so any movement of the inside boats was magnified by the time it got that far out.
Did see a whale shark going between the boats though between dives (unfortunately by the time it was spotted it was too late to try to get in and snorkel alongside.).
Diving as great as ever. Lots of sharks on Brothers a month ago. 6 OWT on one dive.
4 boats at the same island at the most (Little Brother) which completely ruined one morning dive to the nort point, as three other zodiacs (30-35 divers) set out imediately after we’ve headed out, hurrying to dive together with us — it seemed like. Idiots. Why not wait 10 or 15 minutes when you realise there are already 10-12 divers ahead of you.
One other boat on Big Brother.
4 boats at the same island at the most (Little Brother) which completely ruined one morning dive to the nort point, as three other zodiacs (30-35 divers) set out imediately after we’ve headed out, hurrying to dive together with us — it seemed like. Idiots. Why not wait 10 or 15 minutes when you realise there are already 10-12 divers ahead of you.
One other boat on Big Brother.
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