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**Faceless** · 11th January 2007, 18:22

Quote: (Originally Posted by Philippe GERIN)

I don't think any body of authority exists in Egypt in order to log/gather all the incidents/accidents in the Red Sea diving spots.
Safety, for diving, in Egypt is very different from one spot to another, one boat to another.
I used to dive my share in the Red Sea (even though I didn't recently) from Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Dahab, Marsa Alam, the Brothers.... and I witnessed many occurences when a few minor incidents could have turned to major accidents and deaths (divers left behind and got aboard of another boat, dead boat engine in the middle of the trip, dangerous manouver made by the skipper, fights between skippers physically and using their boats, unexpected/unusual current encountered by unprepared divers...). I also witnessed a tragedy and brought back myself the instructor's personnal stuff to give to his parents (I wish that to nobody, a though moment).
Basically, the lessons that I learnt are that I would dive only with a reputable dive operation, cruise preferably as one can expect that safety is better on these boats.
Last, and I say this very respectfully, I would avoid the period of Ramadan: I often saw more incidents happening then than the rest of the year: You cannot expect the same behaviour/capacity from a person that doesn't eat/drink all day and have little rest at night than from the same person in normal conditions.
Best
Philippe

Well said.
Choose carefully diving centre or liveaboard you gonna dive with, there are centers in Egypt which do care about their reputation, but unfortunately many are not.

11th January 2007, 18:22	#40 (permalink)
Faceless alone lurking in wrecks Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Other CCR Join Date: May 2006 Location: France, Montpellier Posts: 204	Re: Diving deaths in The Red Sea? Quote: (Originally Posted by Philippe GERIN) I don't think any body of authority exists in Egypt in order to log/gather all the incidents/accidents in the Red Sea diving spots. Safety, for diving, in Egypt is very different from one spot to another, one boat to another. I used to dive my share in the Red Sea (even though I didn't recently) from Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Dahab, Marsa Alam, the Brothers.... and I witnessed many occurences when a few minor incidents could have turned to major accidents and deaths (divers left behind and got aboard of another boat, dead boat engine in the middle of the trip, dangerous manouver made by the skipper, fights between skippers physically and using their boats, unexpected/unusual current encountered by unprepared divers...). I also witnessed a tragedy and brought back myself the instructor's personnal stuff to give to his parents (I wish that to nobody, a though moment). Basically, the lessons that I learnt are that I would dive only with a reputable dive operation, cruise preferably as one can expect that safety is better on these boats. Last, and I say this very respectfully, I would avoid the period of Ramadan: I often saw more incidents happening then than the rest of the year: You cannot expect the same behaviour/capacity from a person that doesn't eat/drink all day and have little rest at night than from the same person in normal conditions. Best Philippe Well said. Choose carefully diving centre or liveaboard you gonna dive with, there are centers in Egypt which do care about their reputation, but unfortunately many are not. __________________ Peoples risk perception is almost always focused on the most dramatic rather than the most probable. (c) Gordon Smith Last edited by Faceless : 11th January 2007 at 18:24.
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