Gwilym's Adventure Blog

My forth and final week on Blue Horizon and again working with Tiffa and Line on a Simply The Best itinerary. After a few dives at Gota Abu Ramada we visited The Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone before travelling back up the coast to Hurghada via Marsa Shauna. I saw a Hammerhead at Daedalus, Grey Reef Shark at Brothers and a huge turtle at Marsa Shauna. Other people on the boat were lucky enough to see a Dugong

My third week on  Blue Horizon this week working with Tiffa, Line and Rick on a North and Brothers itinerary. As the wind was very strong we spent an extra day on Big Brother and then headed to Safaga to dive the Salem Express and Tobia Arba before sneaking up the coast back to the Hurghada area. There are still sharks at The Brothers and I saw Threshers, Grey Reef and Oceanic White Tips during the 3 days there. Christmas eve was spent having a turkey dinner and I was required to play Santa (apparently the interns job!!) and give out presents to the guests. Happy Christmas from the Red Sea

This week I have been back out on  Blue Horizon  working with Ahmed, Will and Woolly on the  Northern Wrecks and Reefs  itinerary.  The clue is in the name. We were in the north and diving on Wrecks and Reefs. During the week we dived Poseidon Reef, The Barge, Shag Rock, Thistlegorm (and amazingly were the only boat to be there for all 3 dives), Dunraven, Ras Mohammed, Carnatic, Giannis D, Chrisoula K,.Um Gammar and Fanous East. A great week with a good mix of diving. The water is currently around 24 degrees and although chilly in the wind, it is certainly still t shirt weather once the wind drops.

This week I have been on  Blue Horizon  working with Elke and Will on the  Project Shark, Simply the Best  itinerary. As its name suggests, we went looking for sharks at Big Brother, Daedalus and Small Brother. The guest's decision was to  miss out Elphinstone as there were still plenty of Oceanics at the Brothers. As per the previous Project Shark trip , we saw Threshers, Grey Reef and Oceanic White Tips as well as a very curious Napoleon Wrass on the Numidia wreck. As I and two guests were towed by zodiac towards the main boat I looked down and saw the shark 5m below and though hmm, this could get interesting as it appears not to be a good idea to be towed on the surface behind a zodiac as you look like bait being towed on a fishing line. (see video) This is the last Project Shark trip for this season but I am due to be back at The Brothers in a few weeks time and I hope the Oceanics are still hanging about.

Well what a week I have had. Diving in the Red Sea with Blue O Two organised by Somerset Divers . Not only did I see loads of coral and fish, I also was diving with Oceanic White Tip, Hammerhead, Grey Reef and Thresher Sharks. The weather was fantastic and the 18 dives were all great.