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I travel solo and have done more than 10 liveaboards in the Red sea with different operators. I have always got a single cabin, when they have been available. Only Emperor Divers asked on the board little extra for it, if I remember right 50-100 Euros. (Other than that they are an excellent...

Google Translate Police confirm that a diver wanted at the old mine in Montola, Pieksämäki, has been found dead.

As you might know already, Elphinstone is a world class dive site from Marsa Alam, you should not miss it.

Read from an other forum that this so called "safety line" was indeed "buddy line". That would make sense since as the surfaced diver told: "buddy was unable to follow him"

Police investigation results: No crime. No equipment malfunction. Diver panicked and lost control. Suomalaisnainen kuoli sukeltaessaan Ruotsissa - poliisi edennyt tutkinnassa: ”Varusteissa ei ollut vikaa”

I have been twice with my family in Titanicbeaches Hurgada EGYPT. You can snorkel straight from their pier, and there is quite a lot of life on the small reef and under the pier (octopus, bat fish etc.). All inclusive food was very good. My family had massages etc. and were satisfied. I think...

Please do. It is a very Finnish way of solving difficult problems: denial and moving different opinions out of debate.

This kind of accidents are very unfortunate and my condolences to the family of deceased and her diving buddies. But the sad truth is, this was at least third mine/cave accident in a couple of years span that happened abroad to a Finnish diver: Norway, France, Sweden. As a Finn, I feel my duty...

Richelieu Rock is a world class dive site. Ko Bon and Ko Tachai are very nice and lot of fish life. Also Boonsun wreck (dive site nick name "Fish soup") is very good, lot of fish and variety. If you rent a motorbike/scooter, you get in 10-30 minutes from main Khao Lak to very beautiful nature...

My advice would be: Sharm el Sheikh or Red Sea Diving safari villages.

Egyptian pound is the best. US dollar second. Euro coins 1 and 2 are the worst, because banks don't change coins to Egyptian pounds. Can't tell where you get the best rate. But if you are not familiar with Egyptian money, don't use the black market.

I would expect the water and air to be about 25 Celsius. But you will be doing 3-4 dives per day and it will be very windy on the boat, so my advice is to take some warm, wind resistant clothes with you to get warm between the dives. I would dive in a 7 mm.

If I understand this correctly, the diving at Tiran is finished. Egypt Daily News, Egypt News. I sure hope they will change the decision.

Well, if the information on a Finnish newspaper is correct, it seems that the diver who came out after 500 minutes of dive time has some kind of problems following safe dive rules. He has now lost 4 buddies in a couple of years span and been given a ban to a Swedish mine. Luolasukeltajan...

So, at the depths there were loose guidelines from divers who had been there previously and the deceased got entangled to them...

I have not dived with Blue o two or RSA, but I have dived with eight other liveaboard companies in the Red Sea . From my experience all the "big names" have very good standards, some local not. Emperor divers and Sea Serpent fleet are my favorites, and now days I only dive with them.

1 US $ is better than 1 € because the banks in Egypt don't change coins. I am from Euro country, but I always have a load of 1 $ when ever I travel in Egypt or other third world country. It's value is understood everywhere and no one has ever turned it down.

Well, this statement sounds very plausible, considering my experiences with the way problems are handled outside western world. Sorry about that.

You should be fine under the water, but at the dive deck it can be a bit chilly with the wind.