The
College arranges numerous boats leaving every day to the
sites of the Northern Red Sea. They leave the jetty in Naama
Bay, which is a 2 minutes walk along the shore.
The
floating jetty is 80m long making access to our boats
very easy.
All the tanks are carried and loaded for you and your
equipment is also transported to the boat. All you
have to do is check that your equipment is onboard
before the dive guide gives the instructions to leave.
Once away from the jetty the dive guide will give
you a briefing on the boat facilities and safety procedures.
All boats carry DAN Oxygen kits, First Aid kits, Radio,
and a limited selection of spare dive gear and weights.
The
diving services include tanks, weights and belt and
the services of a dive guide to show you round the
dive. A private guide can be arranged if required,
at an extra cost.
The
day starts at around 08:30 heading out to the first dive
site which is between 10minutes and 1 hour 10 minutes away.
On the way or on arrival the guide will give you a briefing
on the site and the dive profile and safety procedures.
During the surface interval the crew will serve a buffet
style hot lunch and you are welcome to help yourself to
drinks anytime during the day (it is essential that you
drink water during the day, especially in the summer !!)During
this time the boat will move to another site for the afternoon
dive.
The afternoon dive is usually concluded by about 2:30 to
3 pm.After which the boat returns to the jetty by about
4 to 5 pm.
Night dives can be arranged with the dive guide, we need
about 6 divers to be able to arrange for the boat to go
out.
The Thistlegorm
is an exception to this schedule due to the distance required
to get there.
No fish feeding.
No deeper than 30 m.
No coral or shell collecting .
No decompression diving.
No throwing overboard of food or rubbish.
A safety stop on all dives .
No touching the corals .
Ascend on a rope or near the reef .
No spear fishing .
Do not dive under the boats propeller .
No gloves within the park .
Use an alternate air supply & surface with a reserve of
about 50 Bar.