Recommendations please!

"Nigel Hewitt" <nigelhewitt@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Aquaman <aquaman@aquaman.nl> wrote:
>> Ken schreef:
>>> Thinking of doing a Red Sea liveaboard (my first), preferably not
>>> Sharm-based as have dived this area a fair bit. Any suggestions of
>>> favourites to go for or to avoid?
>>>
>> I've done about six live-aboards in the Red Sea area and think that the
>> trips which goes as far South as possible (St. Johns Islands) are great.
>> Trips to the Brother Islands are also good.
>
> It's a matter of taste. I really can't be bothered with the deep south
> trips as there's only a couple of day's interest in more fish and more
> coral for me but I've redone the northern wreck itinery several times
> and it gets better and better as I know more and more about the sites
> we visit.
>
> I remember the one small wreck on a southern trip and I was just trying
> to get some good pictures when I had a paniced buddy to deal with. Well
> he wasn't really panicked it was more the rec diver equivalent of a
> feeding frenzy as a pod of dolphins buzzed us. It was his highlight of
> the trip so I tried not to do a Victor Meldrew but they could have
> picked a better dive to show up on.

I like pretty fish and coral!! :)) No seriously, thanks for the input. I've
never done a liveaboard, and I'm somewhat cautious. I'm OK on a boat -
that's not the bother. It's being stuck with a few people who it turns out
you may be unable to stand for very long time at all. I suppose the answer
to that is to go as part of a group, large enough to be viable on its own
without regard to the others on the boat if needs be.

I have some idea of the sort of boat I'm after rather than the location of
the dives. Air conditioning, en-suite, plenty of fresh water and 240V AC
24/7, unlimited dives and unlimited nitrox. Whether I do the north wrecks or
the south remote pinnacles is less important - any of the dive sites will be
more entertaining and inspiring than a comparable time at work!

Ken

I would recommand the north cruise (gubal strait) for wrecks and nice
coral reefs. See
http://www.wannadive.net/spot/Africa...rait_of_Gubal/ for dive sites.
Chris

"Chris" <chris.n@free.fr> wrote in message
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>I would recommand the north cruise (gubal strait) for wrecks and nice coral
>reefs. See http://www.wannadive.net/spot/Africa...rait_of_Gubal/ for
>dive sites.
> Chris

Don't suppose http://www.wannadive.net is anything to do with you, is it
Chris?