CORALREPUBLIC Sharm-el-Sheikh 2002
Trip dates:	27 July – 2 August 2002
Boat / resort:	Tropicana Rosetta Hotel
Dive centre:	African Divers
Photo-friendly?:	Never expect photo friendliness in Red Sea day boats. Bring your own bucket to keep you camera safe.
Number of dives:	12 over 5 days of diving.
Diving conditions:	Scorching 46°C air temperature. Calm seas, excellent visibility +/- 30 m. Average water temperature 28°C.
Comments:	I took a group of students to Sharm for open water certification. African divers were very helpful with shore certification dives and after two days of excruciating heat, we all went on board the day boats and enjoyed the breeze. My students did really well and even young Melisa gave it a tryout. Dives were good in Ra’s Muhammad, with little current but lots of schooling fish. Both here and in the Thiran Straits (Jackson, Gordon Reef, etc) there were far too many divers in the water. On our last day, we drove up to St Catherine’s monastery and enjoyed the excursion very much. The Sinai desert is magnificent. I only took a few pictures during the boat dives, with my Olympus C-4040Z and internal strobe, and only towards the end of the trip, since I was looking after my newly certified students.
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