Vessel UK Issues Safety Warning After Three Fatal Dive Boat Accidents in Red Sea

[DanBMW]

The indisputaable decent reason for carrying one of these is because when you're in a bad situation on the wrong side of the water any air is better than no air.

The point was not rely on the "spare Air" (brand name) as redundant air on a SCUBA dive, because of the very limited amount of air. I'd hesitate to take one below the deck either. I'd rather have a decent redundant air supply/mask and torch.

 

[LI-er]

I'd hesitate to take one below the deck either. I'd rather have a decent redundant air supply/mask and torch.

Don't forget to bring a reel and run a line to your quarters below deck to make it easier to find your way out in an emergency.

 

[scubadada]

Difficult to say. Sea Legend was built in 2019, Sea Story in 2022. Couldn‘t find anything on Seaduction. I‘d say we‘d need the stats of how many boats are built each year and then how many of these sink. But I‘d also like to know if all the boats came from the same shipyard.

Does built in XXXX mean it was new construction and was launched then or does it mean that an older boat was refurbished/rebuilt and put into service that year? If the latter, I would wonder how the changes affected the stability characteristics

 

[Searcaigh]

Does built in XXXX mean it was new construction and was launched then or does it mean that an older boat was refurbished/rebuilt and put into service that year? If the latter, I would wonder how the changes affected the stability characteristics

I'm sure we'll never find out, and that any records of its construction probably don't exist anymore.

 

[Bookworm11]

What people haven't mentioned is the woefully inadequate rescue response of the Egyptian Navy and the attempts to cover up the accident cause by manipulating the victim statements of British survivors in Arabic and getting them to sign or try to sign liability waivers by the boat owners.This doesn't bode well for future Egyptian accidents as there inevitably will be.
Yes, there is safe land diving in Egypt. I dove with Red Sea Tribe in Dahab and would recommend them. I'm going back to Dahab and am diving with Scuba Seekers as they come highly recommended and I established a relationship with a superb DM there. I'm also going to dive with Elite Diving in Sharm, who came recommended thru this board. I've been very impressed thru my correspondence with the owner.

 

[Anish]

Did anyone else notice the part about 34 guests and 3 dive guides? Is that a typical ratio on a Red Sea boat? 11 divers per guide?!

 

[Edward3c]

Did anyone else notice the part about 34 guests and 3 dive guides? Is that a typical ratio on a Red Sea boat? 11 divers per guide?!

Not unusual for EU divers to dive without a guide, we’re trained to be autonomous buddy pairs.

 

[Lu Y]

This begs the question, are all Egyptian liveboards bad? Or can we not tell the difference between good operators and bad due to government lack of oversight? I think this is and important question.

I will be in Egypt for work a couple of times in 2025 and planned to dive at the end of each trip. Are shore operations bad as well? A collegue of mine describes a situation where his son nearly died doing a poorly guided shore dive.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to identify a good operator, both liveaboard and shore?

We have done 2 dive holidays with Sinaï Blues inside the four seasons hotel over the last 2 years. The dives can be a bit boring as they don't have the hardcore divers in the clientele, however safety wise it's as good as you can get compared to any countries. All boats have live cameras and there is a central control room at the hotel to monitor live.

 

[DanBMW]

Don't forget to bring a reel and run a line to your quarters below deck to make it easier to find your way out in an emergency.

Naaaaaa, bread crumbs after dinner work just fine .

 

[chillyinCanada]

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