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PADI Dive centers in Egypt?

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  • 01-04-2009 10:55am
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    CardinalJ
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    Hi all,

    Thinking of heading to Egypt over the summer with a few friends to do my PADI Advanced Open Water course as its pretty pricey (and cold) to do it in Ireland.

    Has anyone done one out there or know anywhere with a good reputation? I've met a few people who have said the Red Sea is an amazing place to dive as well, so I'd love to get out there.

    Cheers.
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    Fratton Fred
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    If you go to Sharm, the place is full of PADI dive centres. If you go as part of a package deal then there will most likely be a PADI centre attached to the hotel, or at least an office.

    They are very stricy on Diving in Egypt and i think it would be fair to say that you would have to be exceptionally unlucky to get a bad centre.

    you might want to consider doing the theory and pool work in Ireland before you go, it will save you a couple of days while you are out there.

    The best place to get the full low down would be the Scuba Forum, in the Sports section, there is always a thread about Egypt in there.

    Oh, and yes, you are right, the Red Sea is brilliant.


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    Theboinkmaster
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    We were in Sharm last September and thought Camel Dive were very good

    Only thing i didnt like was when we visited the dive sites there were alwats 10+ other boards there so very chaotic

    See if you can go to dive sites were there aren't loads of other boats visiting


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    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Theboinkmaster wrote: »
    We were in Sharm last September and thought Camel Dive were very good

    Only thing i didnt like was when we visited the dive sites there were alwats 10+ other boards there so very chaotic

    See if you can go to dive sites were there aren't loads of other boats visiting

    That's a very good point.

    I dived with Aquarius Red Sea, based in the Sheraton, Sharm. They have a speedboat that goes out at around 8am. It isn't as posh as the big day boats, but you get out to the reefs off Tiran Island, do a 40 minute dive and get back to the boat just as the day boats are arriving.

    The "House Reef" that Aquarius use at the Sharaton is a very nice dive actually and if i was learning again, I couldn't think of many better places.


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    CardinalJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭CardinalJ


    Fratton Fred wrote: »

    The best place to get the full low down would be the Scuba Forum, in the Sports section, there is always a thread about Egypt in there.

    Excellent I'll have a look over there. Cheers.


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