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Bubbles Dive Club/Sheraton Sharm El-Sheikh: "Beautiful diving only slightly disorganized", Oct, 2018, by Joel Snyder, AZ, US ( Top Contributor 30 reports with 30 Helpful votes). Report 10790.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
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Comments	We did a resort-based dive vacation (not a liveaboard) to get an inexpensive taste of Red Sea diving. For five days of diving, hotel, meals, and flights from Rome, total bill was 900 Euro/person, a super-bargain. Our hotel (Jaz Belvedere) was very nice and accommodating, even if the food was "all-inclusive buffet style" which was the low point of the trip. But we were there to dive! We did a mix of shore diving and boat diving. Shore diving was outstanding: no current, approx. 81 F degree water (last days of October), easy entry and exit either from a pier or just walk in. In both cases, we were allowed to dive our own profile and had a great time. Super-small critters were a bit unusual (but you could find them with some patience), but the corals were brilliant and the small-to-medium reef fish were outstanding---anthias, parrots, triggers, butterfly, angels, you name it, available in beautiful colors and in profusion. Some large specimens, including a 6'foot Napoleon Wrasse who just hung out and cared nothing for the divers and photographers swarming him. Boat diving was even better, although a bit disorganized between transport confusion and dock confusion; one day, we had to turn back and cancel because of weather conditions that could probably have been predicted before we got on the boat. Typical agenda is 2 dives followed by lunch followed by return, but as dive fanatics we went for 3 dives, which was not a problem and not a rush (although light was fading at the end of the day). In any case, the dive shop, run by Italians, was very accommodating and managed to pull off everything they promised. It's not a vacation for the uptight, though. Schedules in Egypt are relaxed. Our goal was to see if we liked the Red Sea for a future liveaboard trip, so this was a great success and we'll be returning soon. If you haven't tried Red Sea for fear of dealing with Cairo's chaos, search for direct flights to Sharm and it's like you never actually entered Egypt. If you were looking for Egyption culture in Sharm El-Sheikh, sorry, there is none. It's a bubble just for divers and vacationers.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Asia; Carib; Mexico; Hawaii; Red Sea
Closest Airport	SSH	Getting There	Nonstop flights from European cities (avoiding Cairo) are easy; we had a 3-hour flight from Italy which was very easy and stress-free
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	No specific restrictions. Once the divemaster determined that we would not kill ourselves, they were more relaxed. But we had to stay with the guide at all times which was a bit restricting, except when shore diving.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Bubbles uses a variety of boats, and none of them are really set up for photographers (e.g., no rinse tank, for example). The photographic opportunities are great, but you're better off assembling your gear before getting on the boat and expecting to handle disassembly back in your room.

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Dive Review of Bubbles Dive Club/Sheraton Sharm El-Sheikh in Red Sea/Sharm El-Sheikh

Bubbles Dive Club/Sheraton Sharm El-Sheikh: "Beautiful diving only slightly disorganized", Oct, 2018,

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Dive Review of Bubbles Dive Club/Sheraton Sharm El-Sheikh in
Red Sea/Sharm El-Sheikh