Soma Bay 2010

[BlueKnight]

Hello Everyone I hope you are all well. My wife and I have booked to stay at the Caribbean World hotel in September next year. Has anybody dived with 'Extra Divers' the attached dive shop? They look like they are OK however I noticed they are SSI trained wheras we are PADI trained. Will this make a diffrerence as I was hoping to do a wreck speciality course there. Also we are fairly novice divers so are there some nice easy dive sites where we can gain experiance. We are currently doing our PADI advanced open water and hope to have it complet by then. Any hints tips and advice will be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
BK

 

[Red Sea Shadow]

There are some nice sites in Soma Bay / Safaga area. The good ones IMHO are Abu Kifan and Salem Express (if you're into wreck diving), then comes Panorama and Ras Abu Soma. Today I saw a 2 meters eagle ray on an extended range dive at Ras Abu Soma's drop off.

 

[BlueKnight]

Thanks Mr Shadow Sir. We have a little while yet before we go and hope to have passed our AOW before then. Realy looking forward to it

 

[samaka]

If you're keen on a wreck dive course I know some one who works in Soma Bay who is PADI Instructor and a marine archaeologist. That is a pretty cool combination if you ask me. He's been working on the nearby under water archaeological excavations on the wreck of the Ottoman Trader not far from Soma Bay and he could probably give you a wicked course.

There is some info on the wreck in the area on my website WELCOME TO AZIAB if you go to the "Safaga" page.
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[BlueKnight]

That sounds great Samaka. Would you like me to PM you my email so we can get all the details?