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What instructors do on their holidays

One of the shallower wrecks dived – the Aida What instructors do on their holidays
One of HMS Repulse's 4in gun turrets
540 nautical miles, 11 nationalities, five wrecks, four types of shark, 28° water, three square meals a day. A full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s hot and we’re wearing sunglasses! CATH BATES presents six days in the life of a gaggle of Sharm diving instructors, taking a busman’s holiday in search of some serious technical diving!
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Characters of the Blue Planet & Red Sea

They’re the ones you remember from trips – the life & soul of the party on the boat, the co-operative dugong, the over-keen turtle or the in-demand Napoleon wrasse. JOHN BANTIN looks back on his latest trip more...

Into the labyrinth

Roots Camp in Abu Sauatir This may be a leap into the dark, but here’s a Red Sea travel idea with a difference – a serious cavern-diving holiday where beginners are more than welcome. DAN BURTON goes along for the ride more...

El Gouna

A surprisingly ill-prepared Andy Blackford arrives at the Red Sea resort town to find that they already have everything covered. more...

The end of the road - the Coloured Seas trip Pt 3

The huge military monument overlooking Sevastapol Continuing his motorcycle tour, JOHN KEAN hits an obstacle in the form of Russian bureaucracy, causes consternation in a filling station, dives a virgin lake found on Google Earth and experiences the Black Sea’s own Thistlegorm more...

Slow ‘N’ Easy

Green turtle with attendant remoras hunts for jellyfish at Marsa Abu Dabab The entertainment is all beneath the surface for eager guests at Marsa Alam’s Oasis, and there’s plenty to occupy divers even when the sea-elephants prove elusive, says Steve Weinman more...

Into the black - the Coloured seas TRIP Pt 2

The KTM 990 Adventure S Dakar Edition bike loaded up and ready to hit Bulgarian roads Run a ‘live’ diary in a magazine, and you’re asking for trouble. JOHN KEAN started his Red, Black and White Sea tour as half of a motorbiking duo, but this month brings problems in the exodus from Egypt, his arrest, and the loss of his buddy. When exactly will he get a dive in? more...
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    Diving bikers in the Coloured seas

    Gone diving The Coloured Seas Trip is the first long-distance diving and motorbiking expedition ever undertaken, claims JOHN KEAN. He and YANN VAUTRIN are diving the Red, two White and the Black Sea, and DIVER is chronicling their progress.
    Pt 1: A complete tour of Egypt!
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    Flexing those Tech muscles

    Limbering up – RedTec divers on the stern of the Giannis D RedTec is a series of Red Sea itineraries on which technical divers at all levels can pursue dives of a more challenging nature. DAN BURTON joined blue Voyager to find out what it’s all about more...

    New dawn in Egypt

    Sunrise over Tiran Island With the coming of a new era for Egyptians, GAVIN PARSONS investigates what revolution means for Red Sea divers more...

    Long weekend at the Savoy

    Would a handful of Red Sea dives be enough to make a weekend trip worth the effort? You can’t spare a full week but you could squeeze in a long weekend, and make up for the short stay by living it up a little. But is the Red Sea a practical proposition? BRENDAN O’BRIEN tries it – you decide more...

    What’s the rush?

    Fire coral and anthias on the house reef When does the boat leave? Well, when can you be here? Gassous Bay near Safaga is a place to kick back and chill out (except when trekking to the Lighthouse), says John Liddiard more...

    Get a bit tekkie Egyptian style

    Dinky dives the Bonex DPV Want to drive your diving onward and upward on your next trip? Werner Lau Sharm could be just the ticket, says JOHN BANTIN more...

    Ras magic

    This elderly female green turtle was the biggest John Bantin had ever seen Where is the spiritual home of British divers? Egypt of course! If you want to argue about it, contact JOHN BANTIN, who has just done his 100th Ras Mohammed dive more...

    Shore to satisfy

    Hard and soft corals adorn the shallow waters near the shore Boat-diving isn’t for everyone, but where best to savour the possibilities of shore-diving in the Red Sea? JAMES DAWSON provides a heads-up. Main photography by JOHN BANTIN more...

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