Rebreather Week in Red Sea - Liveaboard - Wrecks & Reefs - 30 Jun-7 Jul 2014

Pawel Szopinski

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We still have 5 spaces on our Red Sea liveaboad trip the first week of July if anyone is intersted to join us. Feel free to drop me a PM if you have any questions.

Our regular Rebreather Week offers unique liveaboard diving experience in the Red Sea aboard the first class liveaboard MV Nouran, and the Wrecks & Reefs week combines the best of North Red Sea and Brothers Islands for a magnificent treat of wrecks and reefs at any level - from recreational air depths to mixed gas diving - every day. While this trip is with the rebreathers in mind, we will still be able to cater for single-tank recreational, twinset and multi-stage OC technical dives if required.

Silent Thrill will also be running rebreather try dives and be available for training on the Hammerhead CCR from crossover and Air diluent classes, all the way up to the Advanced Mixed Gas level if you are looking to try the Hammerhead CCR, get qualified on it or progress into Trimix. Training will be available in both English and Polish.

Rebreather and technical diving equipment will be available for hire or purchase. Contact us for more details.

NOURAN
MV Nouran is the newest vessel in RSE fleet. She is defiantly one of the fines livaboards in her class. Catering to a possible 24 guests our 12 guest rooms they are specially designed to meet the needs and comfort of the divers today. Every room comprises of twin beds, a mini-bar as well as bathrooms. Spacious indoor air-conditioned lounge and dining area with all the latest hi-fi equipment and flat screen tv compliments the outdoor relaxation areas meaning whether you dive or not you will have plenty to keep you occupied and plenty of space to find your own place as you cruise the Red Sea in style and comfort.

NORTH
The pristine waters between Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada offer some of the Red Sea's best surprises. This northerly itinerary combines the most well-known wrecks in the Red Sea with incredible walls, reefs, and hard coral gardens. Photographers as well as other divers will be left with stunning memories of this exquisite route. Example sites include: Shaab Erg, Abu Nahaa, Ungoush, Gubal, Shag Rock, Thistlegorm, Dunraven, Alternatives, Ras Mohamed, El Mina.

BROTHERS
The Brother Islands, the tops of two undersea mountains rising from the depth, are located about 50 nautical miles off-shore, near the town of Quseir. Part of the Marine Park, they offer breath-taking underwater scenery, wall diving along their entire perimeter and the possibility to spot a wide variety of pelagics.

Cost:
CCR Package £1250 pp - inc. O2, sorb*, CCR and stage tanks, two scooter dives
OC Tech Package £1150 pp - inc. twinset and stage tanks, two scooter dives
OC Rec Package £950 pp - inc. 11l tanks

*one fill per day

Also included: 7 nights on board (last night either on board or in a hotel), 6 days diving (min 3 dives/day, last day 2 dives), full board & soft drinks (water, tea, coffee, Coca, Sprite), local transfers, dive guides, weights.

Not included: Flight/visa, diving equipment, alcohol beverages, Nitrox and helium gas, tips for crew (while tips for the crew are at the discretion of the clients, it is customary that approximately £50 per client is left as a tip for the crew for the week if clients are satisfied with the service on board). All Rental/Course and Bar tabs are paid aboard, but pre-book well in advance to avoid disappointment.

Booking: 35% deposit is required for booking. Full payment is due within 60 days of departure date.

Cancellation policy: before 90 days of departure date, full refund less a cancellation fee of £100. No refunds within 90 days of departure date.

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Just wondering how much diving will be direct from the liveaboard and how much will be done out of RIB's?
It really depends on the dive sites, plans and conditions. Most of the dives will be done from the liveaboard where you stay and it won't be stationary - it will move to different sites each day. You can just focus on your diving and relax, connect with the sea and forget everything else happening in the world. :) However, if there are different groups doing different things on the day - for example a team doing one deep trimix dive or wreck dive and someone else is planing multiple shallow water dives at different points in the reef, then the RIBs will be used to shuttle the divers. Also if you cannot attach the big boat to the wreck or the weather conditions are tricky, it might be preferred to moor the boat somewhere safe / sheltered and send the divers in the RIBs. RIBs can also be used for surface cover which case they will often take divers to the site with additional bailout gas etc.

Not sure why you are asking and what your preferences are, but this is nothing like Truk, :) the boat will be moving all over the Red Sea - especially that we are planning on visiting the Brother Islands, but occasionally the RIBs will be used if it is going to simplify the logistics and improve safety of the divers or the boat.
 
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Not sure why you are asking and what your preferences are, but this is nothing like Truk, :) the boat will be moving all over the Red Sea - especially that we are planning on visiting the Brother Islands, but occasionally the RIBs will be used if it is going to simplify the logistics and improve safety of the divers or the boat.
I'm well aware that the Red Sea isn't like Truk as I spent six years guiding on liveaboards there in the late 80's/early 90's:chuckle: Reason for asking is that an old back injury makes getting in and out of RIB's very difficult and painful for me, whereas I can jump in off a dive deck and climb a ladder in full kit quite easily.
 
I'm well aware that the Red Sea isn't like Truk as I spent six years guiding on liveaboards there in the late 80's/early 90's:chuckle: Reason for asking is that an old back injury makes getting in and out of RIB's very difficult and painful for me, whereas I can jump in off a dive deck and climb a ladder in full kit quite easily.
Fair enough and I am sorry about your back. It must have been quite interesting and probably very different back then - and you probably have a few stories to tell. ;)

I am sure we would be able to somehow accommodate and help you - either by diving from the liveaboard as much as possible - the boat is always a close-by anyway, so maybe a surface swim or a scooter ride instead? :) We could also help you in to the RIB if it cannot be avoided or even tow you at slow speed back as the distance is minimal anyway. ;)
 
It must have been quite interesting and probably very different back then - and you probably have a few stories to tell. ;)
Very different to now I expect. Back then it would be a surprise to see another liveaboard at the Brothers while you were there, El Gouna and the port at Marsa Alam hadn't even been dreamt of, two liveaboards on the Thistlegorm was considered to be crowded, normally there was only one or two boats on the wrecks at Abu Nuhas - it was a different time back then.

I am sure we would be able to somehow accommodate and help you - either by diving from the liveaboard as much as possible - the boat is always a close-by anyway, so maybe a surface swim or a scooter ride instead? :) We could also help you in to the RIB if it cannot be avoided or even tow you at slow speed back as the distance is minimal anyway. ;)
I will look into it further and let you know - the dates should be OK but I will need to double check with the bosses.
 
I am on this boat doing the same itinerary right now (boat has wifi)
Done an awesome dive on the Rosalie mullur yesterday. We was accompanied on the descent by a dolphin. Scootered inside and around the wreck for an hour. Followed by a 70min dive on the thilstegorm exploring all the holds.

The ship and crew are great. I had to go back for 2nds of the chefs lamb curry.



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