Sad news from Red Sea again

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2m7z9xpndo

 

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2580667/middle-east

 

 

Update. 17 missing so far

 

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241125-egypt-says-17-missing-after-red-sea-tourist-boat-capsizes

 

Getting a bit concerning in that area.... 

Saw that. Very sad news.

Last october I was probably the last time in Egypte... liveboard was ok (french boat) but I found that under water less life as before... and the number of boats.... 😞  no that's not for me.

All the recent accidents help in my decission .

4 minutes ago, CaolIla said:

Last october I was probably the last time in Egypte... liveboard was ok (french boat) but I found that under water less life as before... and the number of boats.... 😞  no that's not for me.

All the recent accidents help in my decission .

 

Last week I saw a photo shot on the Thislegorm mooring in the evening. Something like 12 liveaboards on the same spot. Just imagine underwater...

4 hours ago, Davide DB said:

 

Last week I saw a photo shot on the Thislegorm mooring in the evening. Something like 12 liveaboards on the same spot. Just imagine underwater...

I can imagine that.  I dove the Thislegorm back in 2019 and have never seen so many divers on a wreck.  It was comical.  At one point I was kicked in the head by a diver coming in the opposite direction.  We ended up diving it around four in the morning just to see the inside without the crowd.  

I took this picture at the start of a dive....   2 minutes after...   divers and bubles .... 
 

I was very lucky 

Very sad news from Egypt, and this time with human casualties...
It's a lot in a short time for an area - a couple of years ago unplanned drydocks or inactivity during pandemic lockdowns could be seen as a contributing factor, but in 2024... 😅
 

6 hours ago, Davide DB said:

 

Last week I saw a photo shot on the Thislegorm mooring in the evening. Something like 12 liveaboards on the same spot. Just imagine underwater...

Wow - reminds me of Richelieu Rock (Andaman Sea, Thailand) when i was working there - I counted 14 liveaboards around the rock once, all 25 guests, all doing 3 to 4 dives there meaning only 20/30 minutes of schedule to play with to try to space out drops...

Fantastic site, but the small horshoe shaped pinnacle was easily overcrowded - My whole guiding there was focused on avoiding other groups (watching streams of bubbles in the distance and using depth, areas where pushing  little into the current to pass a corner would get you to an empty area, etc...). 
Not something I would like to do again...

In the 1990's I joined a group led by the late Capt Jim Black to dive in the Red Sea, the divers had dived all over the world, but the boat (I seem to recall it was the Gazala Explorer) and diving were marginal at best. None in that group ever returned, or to any Egyptian or mid Eastern dive site, as there is practically nothing there when compared to SE Pacific or Mexican dive sites.  

This is a new BBC article regarding some survivors who were trapped in an air pocket for 35 ... hours. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3z0k72yw3o

 

A Youtuber who reports on white-boat topics did a story about Red Sea dive boats recently ... 

 

 

This is horrendous and raises so many questions about the operator.