No more diving at Tiran?

[Finn_Diver]

If I understand this correctly, the diving at Tiran is finished.

Egypt Daily News, Egypt News.

I sure hope they will change the decision.

 

[Sputnikboy]

I don't see any change coming sadly, with the handover to the saudis, we just lost a diving location...

 

[Aviyes]

The way I read the article is that no more diving will be allowed out of Egypt, as they are enforcing the fact that the Saudis now own it. What the Saudis plan to do with it will determine the fate of the diving.

 

[scubafanatic]

Egypt is heavily financially dependent on Saudi $, so Egypt has to 'play ball'.

 

[Sunn]

Egypt is heavily financially dependent on Saudi $, so Egypt has to 'play ball'.

Exactly.

And for years, most of the sites in the straits of Tiran are on the Egyptian coast or the reefs of Gordon, Thomas, Woodhouse, Jackson, not the island of Tiran itself.

 

[Christian]

How much diving has been done at Tiran Island anyway? Question is if the reefs in the strait will be affected?

 

[Sunn]

No, as far as I know

 

[a_lamonta]

Let's clarify, the island of Tiran has/has-not been given to SA, depends on the current status. However "diving in Tiran" means the Tiran straits. I was there last in May 2017, going back in October. The reefs that we are used to, Jackson, Thomas, Woodhouse, Gordon... even Laguna are not affected by this. We say Tiran, but that is not Tiran island.