Diving the Red Sea

We look to the stars at night and try to understand ourturtle was clearly distressed by the unwanted attention
universe, but we forget that our earth is seven tenthsof some irresponsible divers. By distressing the turtle in
water and this undersea alien environment we havethis way it was giving a clear signal through the water
hardly scratched the surface. I have spent manyof being distressed.
weekends and holidays travelling and diving aroundA tiger shark had picked up these signals and had
some of the wonderful locations around the world.starting to home in on this turtle and the divers where
Some of the places that I have dived are so rich withsuddenly confronted by a reasonably sized Tiger
diverse life and stunning creatures unique to theirshark that attacked the turtle and bit a large amount of
environment. On a recent trip to Egypt's Sharm Elit.
Sheikh where there is some of the best diving in theThe divers all panicked and managed to get pulled out
world to be done. I had a small amount of trouble beingof the water but they had caused a sea creature to
mistaken as a terrorist but managed with the aid ofperish by stupidity. The rest of the diving trips did not
the British Consulate to overcome this problem.produce any close encounters with sharks. When
I had come to Dive Ras Mohamed which has Nationaldiving off towards the reef shelf you can sometime
Park status here we did a number of Drift Dives andsee larger sharks white tips and others.
had a bit of a Scare around Jackson Reef with thereOther interesting spots to dive in the Red Sea area
are known to be Tiger Sharks in the area.are the Thistlegorm a vessel that was sunk by a
Tiger Sharks are known for being the second mostdive-bomber and has now become one of the most
dangerous of the shark species to man. They tend tofamous wrecks in diving. This is due to the cargo that
have the desire to eat anything and having read aboutis still viewable in the holds.
some of the stomach contents of Tiger SharksAlso it was carrying two steam locomotives I
caught that have included diverse items such asmanaged to spend sometime looking at one of the
number plates and body parts.locomotives that had landed upright on the sea bed
The Tiger shark is named for the stripes than can beabsolutely a must to see if you on a dive holiday.
seen along the side of the streamline body. They haveAlso fun is to see another wreck, which had a large
an incredible amount of sophisticated senses locatedamount of Plumbing, and bathroom equipment on
along their Ampullae of Lorenzini which has the abilityboard it is an odd site seeing a bath on the sea floor.
of detecting small amounts of electricity that are givenAs a professional diver it's always good to use the
off by potential dinner whether this is a turtle in distressbest available dive boats and crews. I have found that
there normal source of food or the more unusualthe red sea diving college to be the best available in
signals given off by a diver.the area.
During a period a lot of Dive boats where groupedSo if you are considering a diving excursion in the red
together an unfortunate incident occurred a number ofSea go and see them and explore some of the best
divers where trying to play with a large sea turtle. Thereefs and wrecks available in the world.