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AQUA SPORT/TABA HILTON (but not stayed there), May, 2003, by DAVID SHEM-TOV, NA, UNITED KINGDOM ( Sr. Contributor 21 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 493.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Escorted by dive guide Evgeny accross from Aqua Sport's Eilat (Israel) location to their Hilton Taba (Egypt) affiliate, where we boarded a comfortable boat. Dive guide knowledgeable and offered detailed briefings. Once in the water, however, he exhibited excessive authoritarianism which irritated some divers. Clients were expected to set up their own equipment and change tanks. Assistance was offered in climbing to boat. Good lunch and complimentary lunch offered by friendly boat crew. A fair amount of small fish, but none over 1 foot. Abundance of healthy hard coral, but little soft coral. Very few divers reach north Egypt. Many Israelis are reluctant to cross border into Egypt right now. Most foreign divers go further south. Rental equipment available was a little tatty. Management in Eilat was very distrustful of clients and demanded to hold on to C-cards as well as a signed blank credit card voucher until invoice settled. (Ignore my default ratings for accomodation, as I was staying with friends. Good reports from divers staying at the Taba Hilton, which offers substantially better deals that the Eilat hotels accross the border, and where the Taba Aqua Sport office is located.)
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	26-50 dives
Where else diving	COZUMEL, PALAU, TURKS & CAICOS, LOS ROQUES
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	23-24°C / 73-75°F	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	10-15 M / 33-49 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Authoritarian dive leader expected strict proximity to buddy.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of AQUA SPORT/TABA HILTON (but not stayed there) in Red Sea/TABA

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Dive Review of AQUA SPORT/TABA HILTON (but not stayed there) in
Red Sea/TABA