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Club Red Sea Holiday

25th May - 2nd June 2007 (Report by Paul Clunas)

Team

Andrew (W sign) Heard, Rachel (Jacuzzi girl) Heard, Sue( Biggles) Royse, Andrew (Hans Hass) Hubbard, 

Jenny (Lottie Hass) Hubbard, Tim (I can fix it) Cozens,  Paul (Manwhale) Clunas

 

Travel

Agent   : Tony Backhurst

Flights  : British Airways Gatwick/Sharm el Sheikh/Gatwick

 

Flights – on time, usual fight through Sharm airport.  Who will forget the small French child on the way back– I think he may have been called Damien judging by the 666 tattooed on the back of his neck and his blood curdling screams!

 

Vessel

M/V Whirlwind, built 2006

Length 35m / 20 guests in twin cabins / 7 crew/ Dive guides Adam and Tracey

 

Good cabins with en suite shower and loo, comfortable despite sharing with Tim……although he probably says the same about me.  Plenty of space on dive deck for kitting up, helpful and friendly crew, the lads handling the RIBs were very skilled, could do with keeping one down at Littlehampton? Food – plentiful, fresh and tasty.

 

Dive Sites ( based on own log)

Water temperature 24-26 degrees

 

Date

Location

Site

Dive Type

Dive Time

Max Depth

 

 

 

 

 

 

27-May

Shaab Mahmud

Stingray station

Reef

47 mins

27.3m

27-May

Shaab Abu Nuhas

Chrisoula K

Wreck

46 mins

26.0m

27-May

Shaab Abu Nuhas

Kimon M

Wreck

45 mins

30.1m

 

 

 

 

 

 

28-May

Shaab Abu Nuhas

Carnatic

Wreck

46 mins

24.9m

28-May

Shaab Abu Nuhas

Giannis D

Wreck

45 mins

21.8m

28-May

Shaab Abu Nuhas

The Barge

Wreck

41 mins

14.6m

28-May

Gabal Island

The Barge

Wreck/Night

34 mins

13.6m

 

 

 

 

 

 

29-May

Gabal Island

Ulysses

Wreck

43 mins

27.1m

29-May

Gabal Island

Malick

Reef

44 mins

22m

29-May

Gabal Island

Bluff

Reef

37 mins

25m

29-May

Gabal Island

The Barge

Wreck/Night

46 mins

13.8m

 

 

 

 

 

 

30-May

Straits of Gabal

Rosalie Muller

Wreck

29 mins

34.9m

30-May

Shag Rock

Kingston

Wreck

49 mins

25.6m

30-May

Straits of Gabal

Thistlegorm

Wreck

45 mins

25.5m

30-May

Straits of Gabal

Thistlegorm

Wreck/Night

34 mins

20.1m

 

 

 

 

 

 

31-May

Straits of Gabal

Thistlegorm

Wreck

37 mins

30.5 m

31-May

Shaab Mamud

Small Crack

Reef/Drift

40 mins

17.7m

31-May

Shaab Mamud

Small Crack

Reef/Drift

49 mins

18.7m

 

 

 

 

 

 

01-Jun

Ras Mohamed

Shark and Yolanda

Reef/Drift

44 mins

26m

01-Jun

Ras Mohamed

Jackfish Alley

Reef/Drift

52 mins

18.1m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best wreck – Thistlegorm of course!

Best reef – Jackfish Alley

Best dive – Thistlegorm at night

Prettiest wreck – Kingston

Highpoint – swimming with wild dolphins off Gabal Island

 

Thanks to Rachel & Andrew who arranged the trip 

To see photos of the holiday - non-wreck or wrecks