Hurghada Egypt - Diving in the Red Sea

So as I mentioned in the previous post, Phil and I had a hard time deciding what to do for Thanksgiving. In 2008 we spent Thanksgiving in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt getting dive certified in the Red Sea. This year we wanted to return to do some more diving and were able to find a fantastic deal to go to Hurghada for a week. Hurghada is in Egypt on African mainland right on the Red Sea. We decided to dive with Prince Diving for 4 days. We dove 9 times including a night dive, 2 drift dives, a deep dive, wreck dive, and also a dive with a super strong current. It was a great experience and we now have 19 dives under our belts!

We talked about going to Luxor to see the Valley of the Kings but decided that we could always visit when we go to Cairo in the future. Diving was the priority for this one!

Red Sea. It is a little chilly in December on the sea with the wind and especially when it is cloudy, however it is always beautiful!

PhilA on our way out the first day.

Me on the first day trying to stay warm.

Captain Said (pronounced Sigh-eed) driving the boat - he rocked. Didn't speak much English but always was there after our dives to grab our fins before we climbed back onto the boat.

Picture taken from the boat looking back at the dock and the store that supplied ice, drinks, and food for the boat.



Dive briefing!

Dive stuff all ready to go

Ahmed our awesome dive guide. He liked us because we were good buddies underwater and he trusted us to go off on our own at the end of the dives when we had air left. We were also quick to get ready. He also let me use his really nice torch for the night dive.

Front of the boat

Phil and I getting ready to dive

Underwater photos from our new friend Jarmo from Finland





Pic looking back at Hurghada from the boat with the mountains in the background

Reef pics

Shell of a boat that washed up on the reef

Sunset on the Red Sea while waiting to jump in for our night dive


This guy was the captain of the boat parked next to ours at the dock. Random! (This one is for you Ann!)

And last but not least, some pictures of our resort - The Grand Resort Hurghada





Resort at night

If we decide to extend our stay another year you can bet we will be going diving again in the Red Sea.