Dive Review of King Snefro Fleet in
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King Snefro Fleet: "A great well priced week in the Northern Red Sea", Aug, 2018, by Eric Schindler, AZ, US ( Contributor 16 reports with 19 Helpful votes). Report 10468.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	The Snefro Target is one of the company's better boats, and though an aging dowager, she is quite fine for a week's exploration of the Northern Red Sea highlights. When you can score a week of liveaboard diving for under $1300, including free nitrox, then give it serious consideration. Yet, amazingly, so few Americans do go join their European cousins on Red Sea liveaboards that it is a shame. The Red Sea should be on everybody's bucket list as it is far, but not that far to reach. We felt very safe though did not do any land based touring in Egypt. The boat is well cared for, with plenty of room for 16 divers. Cabins are usual sized and while this is not a luxury vessel, it is quite nice. Our week it was a group of 12 friends from Spain, a German guy, and my wife and I. Everyone was friendly and got along. The crew is top notch, food is varied, and plentiful, and the beer is reasonably priced. We had a small incident the first night still in port, where an AC unit had a small but smoky fire. That meant we lost a day of diving while repairs were made, but the company was extraordinary in refunding a day's worth of the trip, housing us in a local resort and paying for land based diving instead. The diving is far better than the Caribbean but not as good as Pacific/Asian bucket list places. A few years ago we did a liveaboard on the Southern Red Sea, leaving from Marsa Alam/Hurghada and that route had more fish life and was a better itinerary overall. This boat alternates weeks with Northern and Southern Red Sea routes. But, the water is warm, seas mostly calm, visibility good to great, diving mostly easy, with a few mild to challenging current/drift dives. The dive staff are professional and skilled. Dives are done off a zodiac or from the big boat, depending on the location.
Websites	King Snefro Fleet
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Maldives, Caribbean, Mexico, Pacific, etc.
Closest Airport	Sharm el Sheikh	Getting There	Red Sea airports served by Turkish Air and through Europe, or by changing planes in Cairo
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	82-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-130 Ft/ 9-40 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Most dives were led by guides. Divers could remain as long as they had air remaining, with fast tank users ascending early of[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	While not a photographer myself, I noticed that there is comparatively less space on the dive deck for camera storage and charging than on other boats we have been on

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Dive Review of King Snefro Fleet in Africa/Red Sea

King Snefro Fleet: "A great well priced week in the Northern Red Sea", Aug, 2018,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of King Snefro Fleet in
Africa/Red Sea