Recently made a liveaboard at Red Sea starting from Hurgada.

The original planed route was to made the Famous Five: the SS Thistlegorm, Brother islands, Abu Nuhas, Ras Mohamed, Salem express.

 

Unfortunately due the weather conditions we had to skip the Salem express, Rosalie Moller and Brother islands.

We left hurgada on 22th November and soon after the Hurgada Port was closed due very adverse weather conditions.

 

We sail north to Strait of aqaba were we stay protected from the bad weather and we are able to dive at Poseidon Reef, Dunraven wreck, shark & Yolanda Reef, Thomas Reef, Gordon Reef, Jackson Reef and Anemone city.

 

Two days in our trip and we start to receive the sad news about the Sinking of the Sea Story.

This diving yatchs/boats operating at Red Sea have a flat-bottom Hull and some of them are too tall, and any stronger winds will make the boats capsize.

Our Egyptian Captain & crew had maximum respect for the weather conditions along with 30 years of experience sailing at Red Sea.

 

Our next diving spots was selected according to the possible weather conditions in the Strait of Gubal, Thistlegorm, Giannis wreck, shaab Abu nuhas, ss carnatik wreck , chrisoula k wreck and we return to hurgada to make diving at el mina.

 

Overall the best part of the liveabord is when we stay underwater, on the surface the weather and some cold nights stops us from getting warm from one dive to another, something that im used to in my home country 😅.

 

 

Gopro 13 

Gopro labs settings

AOI UWL-03 lens 

LS50 divevolk 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2024Dec 1 by Nando Diver

One issue that i had in first dives that ruined some filming, its be bubbles getting trapped inside or outside of AOI lens.

Some places are so overcrowded with divers that i had to "hide" the camera from air bubbles 😂😂

 

For the first time at red sea im happy with the results obtained, there was lot of information to absorb during filming, and the diving planned briefing was not specifically for video or photography. Capture a few memories here and there.

 

Seen lots of diving groups kicking the fins like mad... 😂😂😂 

Here's a few more clips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 3 Diving 

My first Turtle filming was not the best timing, we were at the end of the dive, get ready to go back to the boat and the Turtle showed of nowhere.

The area had lots of bleach corals, and the water has some kind of mistiness/Haze/Gaze that prevent correct light penetration.

Also had another Diver on my tale also using video lights sometimes creating excess of red in picture.

 

Haven't totally understand why the Gopro couldn't pop out nice colours on Jackson Reef. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final thoughts 

My first liveaboard at Red Sea was positive, i confess that i had my expectations a bit too high.

 

If you go with a Local Liveaboard Dive Guide you are limited in time of what you can film, Our Group was divided in 4 groups, i was in Non-Dive Guide group, that gave me some extra time for filming some particular scenery.

 

Ambient and shallow waters in Marine Parks are the best scenery for getting nice colors.

The wrecks was nice, but the overcrowded amount of divers keep the marine life away.

Unfortunaltey no Large Pelagic was spotted this week.

 

Im returning in the end of February 2025 for part2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2024Dec 7 by Nando Diver