Recommendations for family diving in Sharm-Al-Sheikh

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:19:33 +0000 (UTC) in uk.rec.scuba,
helenbrian.jones says:

>* Diving conditions particularly visibility, currents and wind.
>* Family orientated live on boards or a mixed live on board and based in a
>hotel, preferably doing a 10 day holiday package.
>* Advise whether it should be a 5mm or 3mm wet suit at this time of year.

Have a look at the google archives, this comes up regularly and as
always there's several opinions. Explorers usually have deals for
December/January but excluding the Christmas period when prices
rocket. I've been the in January the last 2 years, the water has been
~22C, viability 30m or so, sometimes a little windy.

Personally I wear a 3mm shortie in those conditions but I have seen
people wearing drysuits. You say your daughter is recently qualified
AOW but not how much diving she's done, if it's the minimum needed to
reach AOW (9 dives) the livaboard will most likely be out as they
often ask for 50+ dives logged.

--
Ian
"Democracy, what we need - Kakistocracy what we've got"

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:19:33 +0000 (UTC) in uk.rec.scuba,
helenbrian.jones says:

>* Diving conditions particularly visibility, currents and wind.
>* Family orientated live on boards or a mixed live on board and based in a
>hotel, preferably doing a 10 day holiday package.
>* Advise whether it should be a 5mm or 3mm wet suit at this time of year.

Have a look at the google archives, this comes up regularly and as
always there's several opinions. Explorers usually have deals for
December/January but excluding the Christmas period when prices
rocket. I've been the in January the last 2 years, the water has been
~22C, viability 30m or so, sometimes a little windy.

Personally I wear a 3mm shortie in those conditions but I have seen
people wearing drysuits. You say your daughter is recently qualified
AOW but not how much diving she's done, if it's the minimum needed to
reach AOW (9 dives) the livaboard will most likely be out as they
often ask for 50+ dives logged.

--
Ian
"Democracy, what we need - Kakistocracy what we've got"

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:19:33 +0000 (UTC) in uk.rec.scuba,
helenbrian.jones says:

>* Diving conditions particularly visibility, currents and wind.
>* Family orientated live on boards or a mixed live on board and based in a
>hotel, preferably doing a 10 day holiday package.
>* Advise whether it should be a 5mm or 3mm wet suit at this time of year.

Have a look at the google archives, this comes up regularly and as
always there's several opinions. Explorers usually have deals for
December/January but excluding the Christmas period when prices
rocket. I've been the in January the last 2 years, the water has been
~22C, viability 30m or so, sometimes a little windy.

Personally I wear a 3mm shortie in those conditions but I have seen
people wearing drysuits. You say your daughter is recently qualified
AOW but not how much diving she's done, if it's the minimum needed to
reach AOW (9 dives) the livaboard will most likely be out as they
often ask for 50+ dives logged.

--
Ian
"Democracy, what we need - Kakistocracy what we've got"

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:19:33 +0000 (UTC) in uk.rec.scuba,
helenbrian.jones says:

>* Diving conditions particularly visibility, currents and wind.
>* Family orientated live on boards or a mixed live on board and based in a
>hotel, preferably doing a 10 day holiday package.
>* Advise whether it should be a 5mm or 3mm wet suit at this time of year.

Have a look at the google archives, this comes up regularly and as
always there's several opinions. Explorers usually have deals for
December/January but excluding the Christmas period when prices
rocket. I've been the in January the last 2 years, the water has been
~22C, viability 30m or so, sometimes a little windy.

Personally I wear a 3mm shortie in those conditions but I have seen
people wearing drysuits. You say your daughter is recently qualified
AOW but not how much diving she's done, if it's the minimum needed to
reach AOW (9 dives) the livaboard will most likely be out as they
often ask for 50+ dives logged.

--
Ian
"Democracy, what we need - Kakistocracy what we've got"

Ian

Thanks for your response. My daughter has only 17 logged dives since
achieving AOW. I have 120+ and therefore I am hoping to find some where that
will satisfy the diving needs of us both.

Thanks again

Brian

"Ian Blakeley" <boots@despammed.com> wrote in message
news:2ujn6bF2bn2voU1@uni-berlin.de...
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:19:33 +0000 (UTC) in uk.rec.scuba,
> helenbrian.jones says:
>
>>* Diving conditions particularly visibility, currents and wind.
>>* Family orientated live on boards or a mixed live on board and based in a
>>hotel, preferably doing a 10 day holiday package.
>>* Advise whether it should be a 5mm or 3mm wet suit at this time of year.
>
> Have a look at the google archives, this comes up regularly and as
> always there's several opinions. Explorers usually have deals for
> December/January but excluding the Christmas period when prices
> rocket. I've been the in January the last 2 years, the water has been
> ~22C, viability 30m or so, sometimes a little windy.
>
> Personally I wear a 3mm shortie in those conditions but I have seen
> people wearing drysuits. You say your daughter is recently qualified
> AOW but not how much diving she's done, if it's the minimum needed to
> reach AOW (9 dives) the livaboard will most likely be out as they
> often ask for 50+ dives logged.
>
> --
> Ian
> "Democracy, what we need - Kakistocracy what we've got"

Ian

Thanks for your response. My daughter has only 17 logged dives since
achieving AOW. I have 120+ and therefore I am hoping to find some where that
will satisfy the diving needs of us both.

Thanks again

Brian

"Ian Blakeley" <boots@despammed.com> wrote in message
news:2ujn6bF2bn2voU1@uni-berlin.de...
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:19:33 +0000 (UTC) in uk.rec.scuba,
> helenbrian.jones says:
>
>>* Diving conditions particularly visibility, currents and wind.
>>* Family orientated live on boards or a mixed live on board and based in a
>>hotel, preferably doing a 10 day holiday package.
>>* Advise whether it should be a 5mm or 3mm wet suit at this time of year.
>
> Have a look at the google archives, this comes up regularly and as
> always there's several opinions. Explorers usually have deals for
> December/January but excluding the Christmas period when prices
> rocket. I've been the in January the last 2 years, the water has been
> ~22C, viability 30m or so, sometimes a little windy.
>
> Personally I wear a 3mm shortie in those conditions but I have seen
> people wearing drysuits. You say your daughter is recently qualified
> AOW but not how much diving she's done, if it's the minimum needed to
> reach AOW (9 dives) the livaboard will most likely be out as they
> often ask for 50+ dives logged.
>
> --
> Ian
> "Democracy, what we need - Kakistocracy what we've got"

Ian

Thanks for your response. My daughter has only 17 logged dives since
achieving AOW. I have 120+ and therefore I am hoping to find some where that
will satisfy the diving needs of us both.

Thanks again

Brian

"Ian Blakeley" <boots@despammed.com> wrote in message
news:2ujn6bF2bn2voU1@uni-berlin.de...
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:19:33 +0000 (UTC) in uk.rec.scuba,
> helenbrian.jones says:
>
>>* Diving conditions particularly visibility, currents and wind.
>>* Family orientated live on boards or a mixed live on board and based in a
>>hotel, preferably doing a 10 day holiday package.
>>* Advise whether it should be a 5mm or 3mm wet suit at this time of year.
>
> Have a look at the google archives, this comes up regularly and as
> always there's several opinions. Explorers usually have deals for
> December/January but excluding the Christmas period when prices
> rocket. I've been the in January the last 2 years, the water has been
> ~22C, viability 30m or so, sometimes a little windy.
>
> Personally I wear a 3mm shortie in those conditions but I have seen
> people wearing drysuits. You say your daughter is recently qualified
> AOW but not how much diving she's done, if it's the minimum needed to
> reach AOW (9 dives) the livaboard will most likely be out as they
> often ask for 50+ dives logged.
>
> --
> Ian
> "Democracy, what we need - Kakistocracy what we've got"

Ian

Thanks for your response. My daughter has only 17 logged dives since
achieving AOW. I have 120+ and therefore I am hoping to find some where that
will satisfy the diving needs of us both.

Thanks again

Brian

"Ian Blakeley" <boots@despammed.com> wrote in message
news:2ujn6bF2bn2voU1@uni-berlin.de...
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:19:33 +0000 (UTC) in uk.rec.scuba,
> helenbrian.jones says:
>
>>* Diving conditions particularly visibility, currents and wind.
>>* Family orientated live on boards or a mixed live on board and based in a
>>hotel, preferably doing a 10 day holiday package.
>>* Advise whether it should be a 5mm or 3mm wet suit at this time of year.
>
> Have a look at the google archives, this comes up regularly and as
> always there's several opinions. Explorers usually have deals for
> December/January but excluding the Christmas period when prices
> rocket. I've been the in January the last 2 years, the water has been
> ~22C, viability 30m or so, sometimes a little windy.
>
> Personally I wear a 3mm shortie in those conditions but I have seen
> people wearing drysuits. You say your daughter is recently qualified
> AOW but not how much diving she's done, if it's the minimum needed to
> reach AOW (9 dives) the livaboard will most likely be out as they
> often ask for 50+ dives logged.
>
> --
> Ian
> "Democracy, what we need - Kakistocracy what we've got"

Can highly recommend Emperor Divers, they will tailor day boats to your
experience / needs.....

Wettie thickness is a personal thing but I would go with a 5mm full suit.

HTH,
Garry.

Can highly recommend Emperor Divers, they will tailor day boats to your
experience / needs.....

Wettie thickness is a personal thing but I would go with a 5mm full suit.

HTH,
Garry.