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Tec Diving
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If
you are a qualified technical diver, there are plenty of dive sites
here that are perfect for you. |
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Our
staff of experienced tec guides will take you to the depths of
the Northern Red Sea canyons and wrecks.
Our filling station can supply any gas requirement: 100% Oxygen
or 10/50 Trimix. We also have in stock 7-twin 12 litre manifolded
tanks
and 2-twin 15 litre manifolded tanks.
We also carry a number of full tec rigs.
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A
week's tec diving in the Red Sea is awesome.
Here's a brief description of some of the dives. |
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Shark and Yolanda Reefs (Ras
Mohammed) |
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Shark Reef is the most famous dive site in the Red Sea. Jacque
Cousteau described it as one of the best dives in the world.
The reef is a vertical wall of around 750-850m depth. As a
tec dive it is best to pick the days when there is as little
current as possible or when the current runs south to north.
We drop in on Yolanda reef and descend to the outer edge of
Yolanda plateau which at around 40 m drops off to a sheer
wall. This part of the dive is your best chance for seeing
some grey reef sharks cruising in the blue. We then head towards
Shark reef hitting our max depth on the way. Shark reef has
a ledge at 50m, which is spectacular. Around about this point
we are most likely to run into big pelagic schools of tuna,
jack, snapper and barracuda. If you come in the summer months
the barracuda can run into the thousands! Also under the baras'
at around 50m (where we are!) silky sharks hang out waiting
for a lunch opportunity. Now we start to ascend through the
schools up Shark reefs vertical wall, which is decorated with
the most spectacular coral and fish life. It is a perfect
spot for deco stops as there is so much to see. |
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Jackfish Alley |
This site is still in
the
Ras
Mohammed National Park; it is about 15 minutes by boat
north of Shark Reef.
There are a number of good tec dives at this site depending
on your chosen depth. The whole area has a labyrinth of caves,
canyons and chimneys.
A lot of the area is uncharted below 50m so there is opportunity
to be the first to dive a new cave!
This site is also good for the very experienced
Advanced
Trimix diver; there are some 90m+ caves here! |
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White Knights |
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The canyon at White
Knights is a brilliant 50m dive.
The dive starts with a free fall descent into the entrance
of the canyon, at 28m the canyon narrows to a swim through
that brings you out onto a series of stepped ledges that
drop off into the blue.
The way back up is equally spectacular, as we reverse the
profile and make our way back up through the swim through
the canyon opens up again and makes for dramatic deco stops!
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Canyon |
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Guests
are lost for words after this dive. It's almost as though
this site was made for tec diving. It is a favorite for all
of our tec instructors and guides. The canyon opens at 35m
and drops down to a maximum depth of 90m.
On the way down we pass through a series of stunning archways,
making this dive perfect for both extended range and trimix
divers.
At 60m the Trimix Divers pass under a huge boulder, which
hangs in the narrowest part of the canyon, this then brings
you through a short tunnel and out onto a ledge at 72m.
The ledge then drops vertically to the floor of the canyon
at 90m. AWESOME! |
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wreck behind Jackson reef |
Up until last year it was still myth
that a wreck lay deep somewhere near the back of Jackson reef.
Last year the College's tec team went out in search of the
myth and after a few dives found this sizable freighter.
She is lying upright in 75m of water. Her masts extend up
to 45m and she is about 90m in length.
The conditions need to be near perfect to dive this site,
so, if your lucky, with the weather; we'll take you there. |
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