Dive Review of Blue O Two/Blue Fin in
Red Sea/Hurghada

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Blue O Two/Blue Fin, Apr, 2009, by Stephanie, Nicosia, Cyprus ( 1 report with 1 Helpful vote). Report 4767 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
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Comments	I had a wonderful time on Blue o Two - Blue Fin(www.blueotwo.com). The boat was full with 24 divers, 2 dive masters, and 10 crew. The week was a special week for HAYAH - Reef clean-up in association with HEPCA (www.hepca.com). We performed 21 dives for the week and 3 of them were reef clean-ups. We collected approx 300kg of trash (cloths, towels, bottles, yogurt cups, oil filters, etc) from the reefs. The dive masters provided daily talks about coral health, impacts, and conservation. The accommodations and food were good; plenty of hot water, beverages. Blue Fin has a small equipment deck to so we had to get ready in two different groups. Blue o Two paid good attention to saftey making sure that all divers had buddies, understood how to inflate the SMBs, provided detailed dive briefings (we did have some strong currents this week), the crew was always alert for divers while diving and would promptly get the zodiac to get them. The equipment (BCD , computers, and Regs) that were rented was in excellent condition. Wetsuits were branded with BlueoTwo on the chest and right leg – which it made it easy to spot fellow divers underwater when there was more than one boat in the area. The diving was in the Northern Red Sea and out of Hurghada. Sites visited: Small Gubal Island, Abu Nuhas, Ras Mohammed, Thistlegorm, Sha’ab El Erg, among others . Leave port on Saturday morning – 3 dives; Sunday-Wednesday 4 dives, Thursday 2 dives. It was a good mixture of reef diving and wreck diving. We didn't see many turtles (only a few), no sharks or mantas, and a few pods of dolphins. The large fish schools and sharks are just now coming into season (beginning in May) for the northern Red Sea. The fish life was abundant, hard/soft corals are plentiful, and small life good; plenty of blue spotted stingrays, giant moray eels (and other eels), wrasses, nudi branches. Dives consisted of: Diving from/to boat, Diving from/to zodiacs, Drift dives, night dives. Thistlegorm is a wonderful dive but most operators from Hurghada and Sharm el Sheik are damaging it. They are tying directly onto the wreck! In high season, there are more than 20 day boats with approx 20 people each on the sites. All of the bubbles are rusting the wreck quickly. Blue o Two is one of only two operators that do not tie to the wreck and support a permanent mooring system for the Thistlegorm. Without action, the Thistlegorm will not be able to be penetrated in the next few years. Diving in the Red Sea is always a challenge with currents, surges, and waves. Divers must know there limits; this is not a place for beginner divers (less than 30 dives).
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Honduras, Cyprus, Red Sea
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy, currents
Water Temp	22-23°C / 72-73°F	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	20-0 M / 66-0 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	na
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Dive Masters provided a special UWPhotographer class but also assisted in getting cameras set up to reduce the 'blue' and showed tips/tricks on how to modify pictures in Photoshop.

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Dive Review of Blue O Two/Blue Fin in Red Sea/Hurghada

Blue O Two/Blue Fin, Apr, 2009,

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Dive Review of Blue O Two/Blue Fin in
Red Sea/Hurghada