Dive Review of Aggressor in
Red Sea/Egypt

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Aggressor: "Best Time to Dive the Red Sea", Sep, 2016, by Randall S Preissig, TX, US ( Top Contributor 38 reports with 15 Helpful votes). Report 9163 has 4 Helpful votes.
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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
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Comments	FIRST, DO NOT BE AFRAID TO GO TO EGYPT, especially diving. The dive areas are far removed from the tourist areas--and both are heavily protected and safe. There has never been an incident related to dive operations. You are safer in Cairo than Chicago and international airlines have the same security everywhere. Second, due to the dramatic drop off in tourism, not only are there bargains galore(several on our trip got 25% and 50% off their trip!) and no crowds anywhere (you can walk straight into the Egyptian Museum and on to the King Tut exhibit instead of waiting an hour to enter and another 2 hours to see Tut), but there has been a remarkable resurgence in sea life due to the 80% (some say higher) drop in dive tourism. I saw my first sailfish, my first dugong and plenty of oceanic white tip sharks and had several incredible dolphin encounters. Several others saw thresher sharks. This was (much) better than when I dove the Red Sea in the "good old days" of 1992--again on a liveaboard. I am very happy (as was everyone else on board) to have chosen this time. Hurry up--sadly, this won't last forever. I took both the 10 day combined N/S trip and the 7 day Northern trip. Both were outstanding. Hopefully they will keep the 10 day trips--they hit all the best/famous sites. The Aggressor crew was outstanding, and since this is Egypt you have helpers at your elbow constantly to zip your wetsuit, carry your tank to the water, refill your wine glass or whatever is required or wanted. Due to the drop in tourism(regular tourism to the pyramids, Luxor, etc has dropped even more--over 95%), Aggressor was able to hire the chef from a 5 star resort. He got ovations every time we saw his face. The divemasters are friendly, helpful, experienced and again anxious to please. The only negative I could find was the scarcity of large schools of fish. Over fishing is to blame and steps are being taking to correct this. Go now and see the Red Sea at its best!
Websites	Aggressor
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Red Sea, Raja Amphat, Komodo, Thailand, Sipadan, Tahiti, Palau, Australia, Hawaii, Myamar Fiji, Cocos, Galapagos, Socorro, Caymans, Bonaire, Cozumel, Belize, Etc.
Closest Airport	Hurghada	Getting There	There are some flights into Marsa Alam, which is closer to Port Ghalib, but you must fly through Cairo to get there.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	82-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-70 Ft/ 15-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Sport diving limits of 130 feet or 110 on Nitrox after you've been checked out by the staff. Otherwise 100 feet.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Typical Aggressor dedicated dive tables, rinse tanks, camera care, etc., etc. Rarely equaled on other boats. Excellent videographer for those wishing to buy the video.

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Dive Review of Aggressor in Red Sea/Egypt

Aggressor: "Best Time to Dive the Red Sea", Sep, 2016,

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Dive Review of Aggressor in
Red Sea/Egypt