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There is opportunity for night dive every day. Usually from 17 to 19 it doesn’t really worth to go in because it is too dark for a normal dive, but it is too early for a night dive so you will see nothing. The night dives must end till 20 (or 19, it depends on the exact time of year) so the best...

I had to sold it, there wasn’t a way to repair it with acceptable budget (and time). I found a buyer who didnt need the AI functionality so he got it with a small discount, and I was in better place then if I had to fight eith the non-existent European support. :/ Quite sad experience was that...

I usually travel to Egypt twice a year to dive, both for Marsa Shagra/Nakari or liveaboards, usually through Hurghada, but sometimes with a transfer through Cairo. I usually bring an underwater housing with an Olmypus tg06 or a Canon G7X with either my video light (with around 5000 lumen and...

Did you considered mono cylinder on your back and a stage on your side? This way you have flexibility if only one tanks is required for a shallow dive, easier on your back (you can put your stage in the water without equipment on your back on shore and on boat too), and you can even donate if an...

I think there was some misunderstanding regarding the batteries. Egyptian authorities can be quite curious about any any electronic devices which can be used for military purposes, they actually banned drones, and they can be pretty harsh about DPVs or such. But a normal battery, no way. I've...

Visa is needed for every foreigner citizens, not just the Us ones. And yes, as a few wrote, there is a possibility now to try the online VISA, but it's pretty error-prone (and this comes up after arriving, when you need to buy a reguler one anyway), so it doesn't worth it. There is a line for...

In this case I recommend Shagra, way more people/groups to choose from. Nakara is way quiter which would be a con in your case.

I wouldn't buy any Paralanez camera since they filed for bankruptcy just a few days ago, so no more firmware update, warranty got uncertain too. :(

It seems that Paralenz is out of business. :(

The planned was the "classic" nothern route from Hurghada to Ras Mohammed and Tiran. We got to Thistlegorm, Jackfish Valley, Shark&Yolanda, but didn't got to Tiran, because of the lost day(s).

Our usual diving center’s backup plan was to use this boat (our usual one was taken), this boat is operated from Germany (hence it’s usually unknown to divers from US) and they know the operator. I think they didnt know well enough… I’m quite pragmatic about any liveaboard, not there to live...

We spent a week travelling and diving in Egypt on the ship Princess Basma of My Sun Dreams agency, so I'll write a quick review, because I haven1t found anywere before except on a german site. The ship is the usual liveaboard ship, cabins at the bottom, dive deck and lounge-dining area in the...

I don’t agree with you in this. While the two base (Shagra especially) has a very-very great reef, a LOB is generally more convinient if you are there only for diving, and this is true for north, south or deep south routes too. In the villages there are the distances between the facilities and...

I'm from Hungary, so I'm diving here a lot. :) The problem is that diving in Danube is forbidden. I have a few commercial divers friends who are used to do that when on "mission", on industrial works or bomb disposal. (or if bad luck hits body recovery missions... :( ) That problem with Danube...

One time a similar thing happened to me. The reason was when I shut the valve down and the pressure dropped and the first stage easily turned about 30 degree (togetherwith the valve part) and loosened (DIN) and when I opened the valve again, it started to releasing air. Not just leaking, it was...

And you can pay for the visa with euro too, but in this case change could be interesting, I usually get an interesting combo of USD and the local egyptian pound. The sum is correct usually, it's just funny. ;)

I think this could be a viable option. It totally up to you, they are quite flexible there. I would start in Shagra, and after that try Nakari. From Nakari you could go to Shagra by microbus for a day, if you dont like it. :) In Nakari there is easy to just go and spend hours in the water...

I've been at Marsa Shagra and Nakari too a few times. (The llatest was in Nakari in October, and I going next week to Shagra actually.) The main difference between Shagra and Nakari is in their size. Shagra could have around 200+ ppl, Nakari around 80 max. This means a lot less of a crowd in...

I usually also do the doning in the water when we are going to longer trips via RIB, so we dont sit in there fully geared up. It is usually faster for me to drop my gear into the water and jump after it, while the crowd is gearing up in the RIB. :) Single or doubles, it really not that much of a...

Good topic, I’m int the some place as OP, but sadly enough Shearwater left the whole EU without a service center since Brexit, so one of top choice just got out. :/ So, looking for a teric (faulty AI) replacement with actual customer support. :(