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Got back from Equinox a week ago. The weather let us down, a rather strong wind blew all week of our tour and it was uncomfortable to swim, the water was muddy. Is this normal weather on Mars in September?
Got back from Equinox a week ago. The weather let us down, a rather strong wind blew all week of our tour and it was uncomfortable to swim, the water was muddy. Is this normal weather on Mars in September?
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I was in June, and I don’t remember completely calm weather, and often it even blew very much. And you also have a question about what you need in Egypt - only PCR-TESTS, or our vaccination certificates pass, otherwise someone here says what, but exactly I don't know?
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answered 3 years ago
I won’t tell you about certificates, we had tests. They flew from Zhulyan. So there tests were much more carefully considered. than on Mars. About the weather. Last year I was on Mars at the end of September and beginning of October at Fantasia and Hilton and then at the end of November at Fairows. There were windows facing the wind, mostly in the morning it was relatively quiet and the water was clear. And now the whole day the suspension is sandy in the water and the visibility is far from ideal. And concrete ebbs were at the beginning of September. We had two dogs running right through the corals in Equinox. I think the water level dropped to a meter.
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answered 3 years ago
Well, the purity of the water depends not only on the wind, but on the depth and on the same low tides, because it carries sand and all kinds of suspension from shallow water, I had to swim far from the coast, so there the water is crystal despite the wind, as it should be in the Red Sea)
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answered 3 years ago
Strong winds are quite common... except that in summer it is hot, like from a hair dryer, and cold in winter.
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answered 3 years ago
This year in all reviews - a solid wind.
Weld04 did you swim in Abu Dabab from Equinox? How was it there?
Weld04 did you swim in Abu Dabab from Equinox? How was it there?
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answered 3 years ago
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In that year, I considered this hotel, it did not work out. I liked the reviews, the hotel is 4 but very worthy of the reviews, also a beautiful house reef and a cow with turtles swam) It attracts that Abu Dabab Bay is nearby, where you can walk and from there swim along the reef to the Equinox, but .. reading reviews about the winds is very embarrassing if if you fly on 7/8, then you can fly over ... maybe you can swim in the bay ... it turns out that September, that November, how lucky ... the climate is changing Thank you for your feedback !! yes, that's interesting - did you swim in Abu Dabab? how is the wind, a beautiful reef? maybe then it’s better to go to Maliki
In that year, I considered this hotel, it did not work out. I liked the reviews, the hotel is 4 but very worthy of the reviews, also a beautiful house reef and a cow with turtles swam) It attracts that Abu Dabab Bay is nearby, where you can walk and from there swim along the reef to the Equinox, but .. reading reviews about the winds is very embarrassing if if you fly on 7/8, then you can fly over ... maybe you can swim in the bay ... it turns out that September, that November, how lucky ... the climate is changing Thank you for your feedback !! yes, that's interesting - did you swim in Abu Dabab? how is the wind, a beautiful reef? maybe then it’s better to go to Maliki
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answered 3 years ago
I considered Maliki at the end of October, now I doubt it ... Maybe in Sharm there is less chance of running into a red flag. I'm taking with me friends who will be in Egypt for the first time, I don't want to be disappointed.
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answered 3 years ago
You were during the maximum tides - low tides. It depends on the phase of the moon.
The water at this time is cloudy, but the activity of the fish is high.
We were at the same time, but we deliberately chose this period.
We saw turtles, stingrays - eagles, dolphins, moray eels and, in a small way, the maximum number of fish.
The water at this time is cloudy, but the activity of the fish is high.
We were at the same time, but we deliberately chose this period.
We saw turtles, stingrays - eagles, dolphins, moray eels and, in a small way, the maximum number of fish.
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answered 3 years ago
so why didn’t you go 1-2 km away and swim drift to your hotel? ... well, or would you go to Abu Dabab for $ 20, probably by taxi / bus?
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answered 3 years ago
ser_____Witness77 from Equinox 20 min walk to the bay, why go))
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answered 3 years ago
ko3ak10000 Of course, in Sharm in the bay in October-November it is very comfortable, the probability of such winds is almost 0 .. but Malikiya is in the bay, so you can most likely swim with any wind .... Although if people are the first time, I would rather take them to Charm))) this is my opinion .... because there is where to walk, Naama Bay, Soho and others ... more fun .. and Mars is already for sophisticated tourists, they go there for the sake of the sea, a relaxing holiday .. I was in Hurghada Mars and Charme..very different holidays...depending on the priorities at the moment
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answered 3 years ago
Kasja23 Good afternoon, is it better to fly in the first half of the month, to the growing moon?
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answered 3 years ago
Sailing from the Equinox to Abu Dabab didn't make much sense due to the oncoming current and constant wind. I swam behind the second hull of the Equinox almost to the middle of the distance between Malikia and Equinox, the underwater views are the same, a constant fine sandy suspension in the water. On the pontoon of Malikiya, security does not let outsiders in and a price tag of 5 euros hangs. In Abu Dabbab, everything is unchanged, previously was in the Hilton. On the first day upon arrival in the morning there was a relative calm. Decided to sail from Abu Dabbab to Equinox. Strong winds started almost immediately. As a result, I swam to the pontoon of Malikia and went ashore there. Something like that.
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answered 3 years ago
I was in Mars from 26-08 and returned 13-09 The first hotel in the south of Shams Alam beach the second Jaz Samaya. The wind was blowing all the time. In the first hotel, the entrance to the water is on the sand, the house reefs are good, but shallow and the visibility is disgusting. The second hotel in the bay with a beautiful reef and muddy water due to the wind. The conclusion is simple - Mars is not exactly the place for those who go for snorkeling, the wind is always there. But diving is not bad. The only hotel in the first hotel was a snorkeling tour to Gimal island, which is located in the reserve, there was a reef right in the sea in half an hour of swimming on a speed boat and the visibility was exceptional, here the living creatures and corals are very beautiful, perhaps the best I have seen for almost 15 years of trips to the Red Sea, I came across a reef shark, turtles and very beautiful corals, but the price of such a trip is not humane - 40 dollars per person
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answered 3 years ago
$ 40 times for Mars standard price tag, if it's worth it, then why not? In my hotel there was also $ 40 near the hotel and I even wanted to dive with them several times (in different directions), but when I realized that the guide under water was an ordinary artisan (swim less in 40-45 minutes), then he, along with their DC was sent by the forest (c), on the shore I told him that he was lazy and did his job badly :)
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answered 3 years ago
Yes, strong winds, currents and muddy water are the cons of Mars. We were in June and August, out of 16 days one was plus or minus with normal wind and current. And so - trash, you can swim only in fins.
Forever charm...
Forever charm...
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answered 3 years ago
Some kind of Mars this year is inhospitable. I always have a rest September-November. And here, what is not a review, then the wind.
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answered 3 years ago
Shev37 did you swim on the reef from Gorgonia to Shams? It is beautiful there. Hotel reefs are not so attractive. And walk 100-200 m and beauty with the abyss. But let there be wind in Shams!!! sadness
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answered 3 years ago
Tana999, of course melting . The reef is interesting, but not better than the reef near the former Hayat Visibility is very poor 5-7 meters. I admit that living creatures are somewhat more diverse than stingray guitars, flatheads, turtles, however, in Sharm all this is also there, only visibility is better there. Marsa for snorkels is a lottery, so it has always been cheaper than Sharm. Diving in the dive center of the hotel, even on house reefs, was interesting, because at a depth of 15 meters visibility was already tolerable and there were unique places
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answered 3 years ago
Ser, you probably misunderstood. This is a snorkeling trip not a diving trip. Diving in a good dive center at the hotel cost 30 bucks on nearby reefs, they are brought directly from the bridge or on a speedboat to the reef and from there you go out to the bridge (Pier) I dived. A couple of reefs were very good and a lot of living creatures, a unique reef with anemonesity, 100 meters of some different anemones, turtles and this is not a deduction. Karma then if you come there in a pair, the instructor is not required to dive yourself, they have unique programs. Unfortunately, they did not take them to distant reefs, after September 15 a ship from which they make distant reefs, in particular, to Gimal island reef, should have arrived. I'm a little unlucky
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answered 3 years ago
diving in Mars has always cost 20 euros dive + 5 guide +5 taxes = 30 euros for some reason / in terms of $ they told me 40 ... if I buy at least 5 dives, they will make 35 or 37 (I don’t remember), but I decided to do it one trial (for 40) and I realized that their DC, and even more so their boring and slow dive guide is not suitable at all ... in general, I like to dive from a yacht - firstly, you don’t need to carry heavy equipment, secondly, you don’t need to the rule is to return to the starting place (more often we dive drift or semi-drift), thirdly, any pitching at any waves does NOT bother me lately ... I probably become a sea wolf :). P.S. I feel that I have already matured on a dive safari in the South, the price tags so far are going through the roof everywhere, but I'm not in a hurry;)
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answered 3 years ago
/ is it better to fly in the first half of the month, to the growing moon? /
During the period of the full moon and new moon - the maximum activity of the fish,
but also the maximum ebbs - tides. In places where the water comes off the reef it can be cloudy.
But on the contrary, we love to ride on the new moon.
During the period of the full moon and new moon - the maximum activity of the fish,
but also the maximum ebbs - tides. In places where the water comes off the reef it can be cloudy.
But on the contrary, we love to ride on the new moon.
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answered 3 years ago
Kasja23 I understand, thank you))) so I still in the first half .. let the activity of the fish be less .. but the wind too
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answered 3 years ago
Kvitka, look at Forecast weather for 12 days, these are the most accurate forecasts
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answered 3 years ago
