South Egypt dive safari

Some pictures from a diving safari to the extreme south of Egypt, partially even extreme north of Sudan:)

Coral lit by a strobe

Sleeping masked pufferfish

This pictures were taken with our dumb Olympus u1030 camera, though this time it had help from the Fantasea Remora strobe I bought especially for this trip. I must say it rocks. I still need to check how things look in the murky Polish waters, but from what I've seen in Egypt it seems that the strobe will be useful here as well.

Red soft coral, again thanks to my new strobe

Giant moray eel

As for the trip itself it was pleasant. The reef in the south are pristine, though not much bigger fish there:( We were expecting loads of sharks and mantas but just seen two white tips. Other groups have seen a thresher, but 4 sharks for a week of diving is a rather disappointing result. Water temperature was as nice surprise. Prior to departure I did a little bit of research and I was expecting water to be somewhere around 27 degrees Celsius. This is why I bought a 7mm wetsuit especially for this safari, however it turned out that the water was 31 degrees Celsius all the time so we were diving in shorts and T-shirts:)

Corsica trip

Some pictures from the trip to Corsica.

B-17 Flying Fortress wreck near Calvi

Freediving near Calvi

Calvi citadel

Groupers on Merouville divesite, Lavezzi Islands near Bonifacio

We toured the western coast of the island doing some dives including the B-17 wreck near Calvi. This was one of the places I always wanted to dive, even before I started diving:) Generaly good food, nice weather and clear water:)

Nova Scotia dive

Been in Canada for the last two weeks on a business travel and just had to dive:) It turned out that the most convenient spot was near Halifax and so I rented gear from the Torpedo Rays dive shop and went diving in the Sandy Cove in Terence Bay.

Sandy Cove

Lighthouse near Sandy Cove

Drying gear after the dive

The water was colder than I expected (3 degrees) but the visibility surprised me in a positive way - it was around 10 meters when I was expecting 3. Didn't get to see much except for a huge lobster and hordes of hermit crabs.

Dry suits

Finally did a dry suit course:) We did all three dives in a lake near Warsaw with visibility ranging from 30 to 50 centimetres, and I was diving in an XL suit that was leaking, but we did it:) And another card coming to my deck

Work now, dive later

Winter season variation on the IQ's "Dive now, work later" motto.

Right on time

Just got my Undersea Journal for the fourth quater of 2009. Just in time to learn about the upcoming DEMA Show in November 2009 :/ I wonder if PADI's trying to force everyone into switching to online editions...