Gwilym's Adventure Blog

I have just finished a week on Blue Adventurer in the Red Sea (Egypt) on  Northern Wrecks and Reefs itinerary working for Wet and High Adventures Ltd who organised the trip We had 20 dives spread around some of the classic wreck such as Thistlegorm, Dunraven, Ghianis D, Kingston and The Barge as well as reefs such as Shark, Yolanda, Jackfish Alley and Umm Gamar. As always fantastic food and service from the guides (Abdu and Haitham) as well as the Captain and all of the crew. Big thanks to James in The Blue O Two office for sorting our flights after the Thomas Cook collapse. Thanks to Hazel and Crys for being good dive buddies

I have just returned into Port Ghalib after a great week at sea on Red Sea Adventurer on a Wet and High Adventures trip. This trip took us to St Johns and Fury Shoals as well as dives at Elphinstone. We saw Oceanic Whitetip Sharks, a Whale Shark, Dolphin, Turtles and all the usual Red Sea Fish. Thanks to the awesome guides, Elke and Tarek. There will be a video uploaded once I get home in a few days

Well, I have now completed my last week with Blue O Two here in Egypt with a  Best of Brothers itinerary working with Luke, Will and Ahmed Hamed on Blue Fin . The first day at Gota Abu Ramada worked well before heading to The Brothers to dive Numidia, Aida and see some sharks. Although not as plentiful as previous trips I still saw a Thresher, a grey reef and an Oceanic Whitetip during the 3 days. The weather was very kind, warm and very little wind making for some relaxed diving. I was even able t dive the north plataeu of BB which is normally based by surf. We travelled back via Safaga with dives at Salem Express, Panorama and a new dive site for me called Abu Hashishi. Small Giftun finished the trip and I am now drying kit ready to return to the UK tomorrow. So after 3 months, 12 weeks at sea, 140+ dives (50 of these at The Brothers) and I have no idea how many guests I will be on a plane tomorrow heading back to the UK.

This week I have been on Red Sea Adventurer with Luke, Chrissie and Fran on the  HAYAH Reef Clean  up itinerary which is effectively a Northern Wrecks and Reefs but litter picking as we go along. This is my last week working in the North so I have completed my last dives on The Barge, Thistlegorm, Poseidon Reef, Shaab Abu Nuhas, Dolphin House and Siyul Kebir. I also had my first and last dive on The Kingston. The weather has been stunning and very litle wind meant we could moor on top of all the wrecks and avoid using Zodiacs.

This week I have been at The Brothers on Blue Voyager with Will, Abdu and Fran. The first day was spent at Gota Abu Ramada before an overnight journey to The Brothers. We spent 2 days on each and as per usual, Small Brother delivered Oceanic White Tips on the majority of dives. the last day was at El Mina and Fanous East. The weather for the majority of the week was stunning and it was back to shorts and t-shirts after last weeks artic blast.

Back out on Blue Voyager on a North and Tiran itinerary working with Hannah and Luke. We had a delayed start due to the Coastguard stopping all sailings but still managed 17 dives through the week with a mixture of Wrecks and Reefs including Poseidon Reef, Carnatic, Giannis D, Dunraven, Thistlegorm (in a very strong current), Ras Mohammed and Um Gamar (which I am really starting to like).

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