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Thanks so much for all the useful info. I’ll probably do one day of shore dives off Ras Um Sid to start and then either Ras Mohammed or Tiran for a boat trip

Thanks. To clarify, I’m not looking to do advanced dives. Rather, limiting myself to 4 basic dives total, my question is - are there any boat dives that offer anything significant over and above shore dives near where we’re staying? And the same question for snorkelers

Hi my wife and I will be visiting Sharm Al Sheikh in the first week of the new year. I dive, she doesn’t. I just have the basic OW certification and maybe 10 dives so I’m not trying to do any advanced dives. The question I have is whether shore snorkeling is “good enough” for her or whether she...

Hi again I wanted to close the loop on this thread. Thanks for all the comments and feedback so far. tl:dr: it was overwhelmingly likely alternobaric vertigo, and I'm OW certified now. I left the thread about to do my second pool session. I did that, and felt my left ear pop, and my right ear...

Yes. It was mild (enough that I forget which ear), but there was definitely slight pain. No Not that I noticed, but I'll watch for it next time. Oh hell yes. On my day-long snorkel trip in the GBR (only two months ago, sort of got me to try scuba in the first place), I didn't throw up, but...

:). Yes, poking around eardrums is a little scary sometimes.

I do keep my ears fairly clean, so I'm guessing probably not earwax. Although I did have a little ear pain. I will take a qtip to it the morning of the pool session though. I'll try breathing deep and regular next time, hope that fixes it. If not, out come the seasickness meds. I did go to my...

Hi Brand new diver here. In my first pool class, I was fine for the first hour. We started with the swim and treading water tests. Then we went to a depth of 10 feet, and while underwater, I was able to complete whatever basic skills I was asked to do. Buoyancy wasn't an issue either. I did...

Hi I don't see a way in preferences to alter the number of posts I see per page. Scrolling through 10 pages to see 95 posts gets old quick :). any ideas?