Simon Rogerson joins M / Y Scuba Scene liveaboard for a cruise along the Sinai Peninsula , revisiting some of Egypt ’ s beloved dive sites
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Among fish
and friends
Simon Rogerson joins M / Y Scuba Scene liveaboard for a cruise along the Sinai Peninsula , revisiting some of Egypt ’ s beloved dive sites
Freckled hawkfish on fire coral and ( inset ) Red Sea bannerfish
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Relax and enjoy the fish ! Such was my mantra during our shakedown dives out of Hurghada on board Scuba Scene . Our dive site , Poseidon Gardens , is part of the Sha ’ ab El Erg reef system . For a liveaboard voyage , these shallow reefs afford the opportunity to finetune weighting , try out delayed surface marker buoys and generally acclimate to the rhythms of the Red Sea .
All the same , in our haste to move onto the wrecks to the north and the high energy sites at Ras Mohammed , we shouldn ’ t ignore the pleasure of diving a classic Hurghada reef . In fact , if you were to be based on land at Hurghada , Poseidon would be one the signature dives of your week . From the wide-angle perspective , the reef was beautiful by any standards , tangled banks of hard coral giving way to brilliant white sand at about 12 metres .
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Poseidon The Alternatives The Alternatives Shark & Yolanda -Ras Mohamed Jackson Reef - Tiran Gordon Reef - Tiran Gordon Reef - Tiran ( night0 Thomas Reef Tiran Shark & Yolanda - Ras Mohamed Thistlegorm Thistlegorm ( night ) Thistlegorm Small Gubal - The Barge Small Gubal - The Barge Small Gubal Isl . - Bluff Point Big Gubal Isl . - Malak Siyul Kebir Shaab El Erg ( night ) Shaab El Erg Shaab El Erg
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