The Red Sea is calling - Join us on Hurghada Splash Boat

[mrtechbench]

Don't take our word for it. Maybe you should ask those who already have done it.
Incidents/accidents happens all the time sadly.

Red Sea liveaboards are being cancelled - here's why

A regulatory clampdown in the wake of the Sea Story disaster has seen Egyptian liveaboards held in port or cancelled

divemagazine.com

"It also appears that another sinking was prevented on Sunday 15 December, when 28 passengers and crew were rescued after their boat suffered damage and began taking on water in strong winds and high seas. The vessel limped back into port in Marsa Alam on Monday."

Likely everything would be fine for me and I would have a great trip whenever I head to Egypt. I wish you and everyone else safe travels but this is all too risky for me when there are so many other options for diving.

 

[Bookworm11]

I wouldn't cross off Egypt as a place to dive. I would however, cross off Egypt as a place to dive on a liveaboard. When you have a British organization recommending its citizens NOT DIVE on Egyptian liveaboards, that's pretty serious. They haven't done that for any other country. I dove in Egypt before and can attest to safety standards. I'm going back again in August 2025, but once again using land based dive shops. I wouldn't go on an Egyptian liveaboard not even if it was free. I value my life too much.

 

[JustSurfaceInterval]

And while browsing these news i came across this article >>> here <<<
Just wondering whether all these self called "luxury" day cruise are meeting the new requirments...

 

[Jai Bar]

The Red Sea has 1200 safari live aboard licenced boats and 5800 daily diving boat.
Sinai (Sharm, Dahab, Taba) and the rest going down (Hurghada, Safaga, Marsa Alam, Hamata, Ain Sokhna, Porto Gharib,Marsa Nakiri, Marsa Shagara) and few more.
There is no "unreported" events. Because if boat will not report, the passengers will.

I doubt there are so many safari boats, there are about 200 registered. Maybe the rest are not, hence part of the problem.

Most events are unreported if it was just a some minor damage or no injuries or loss of life involved. I personally witnessed several, no tourist knows where to report anything to local authorities. You end the Safari, get your passport and go home.

Safety standards are low, egypt blows statistics compared to the rest of the world, combined.

 

[Jai Bar]

I don't know who is @Helmica !
But I know exactly what I am looking at when I look at my mirror.
Thank you!

He meant the AI-generated text in OP, and in some user named Helmica with similar AI generated bla bla: Exploring the Red Sea: Your Ultimate Diving Destination in 2024

 

[living4experiences]

Incidents/accidents happens all the time sadly.

NO, they don't! Your cavalier attitude that it happens all the time speaks volumes to your concern for safety.

 

[NothingClever]

@e_badawi

Any thoughts on the article shared above?

Since you’re in the industry, can you share the specific qualification standards the EAMS has stipulated?

Article provided below again:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/537430.aspx

 

[mrtechbench]

NO, they don't! Your cavalier attitude that it happens all the time speaks volumes to your concern for safety.

Unfortunately yes they do. Just saw a post Labuan Bajo caught fire in Indonesia

 

[Soap]

@e_badawi

I think a significant number of folks on ScubaBoard are going to be hesitant to dive from an Egyptian-flagged live aboard boat based on the excessive number of catastrophic incidents in the Egyptian Red Sea.

You might consider making a video with the crew and walk listeners through a thorough review of the boat's safety features and the crew's procedures for fire, capsize and running aground.

We dived with the Splash boat and crew last week and it was significantly more focused on safety than the Aggressor liveaboard we were stuck on due to the recent regulatory changes in the Red Sea.