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Snorkel or scuba
Is it enough to just snorkel or does it make sense to go scuba diving? If with scuba gear - then who to contact - to be cheap and cheerful.
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If you have never been scuba diving, then doing it right in the sea is not very safe in my opinion. The briefing there is short and you sign a paper that in which case you take full responsibility. Last year, swimming with 2 dives cost about $ 80. With a snorkel, you can also take an excursion there 3 swims for an hour. The cost is $ 35. Hire a mascara, fins-$10. If there is a rich reef near the hotel, you can swim on your own. I do not recommend touching fish, corals, standing on them with your feet. Tubes, fins for hire are available in almost all hotels on the beach. You can buy your own. The cheapest was in the Old City in the market.
My opinion of snorkeling will be enough for you to enjoy the beauties of the Red Sea for the first time.
Tip from me: take fins half a size smaller than your foot (rubber expands in water). Pick up the tube by attaching it to your face, take a deep breath with your nose, if the mask is stuck (hard to tear off) your size.
When you stay on the surface of the water for a long time, swim in a T-shirt so as not to burn yourself. Good luck.
My opinion of snorkeling will be enough for you to enjoy the beauties of the Red Sea for the first time.
Tip from me: take fins half a size smaller than your foot (rubber expands in water). Pick up the tube by attaching it to your face, take a deep breath with your nose, if the mask is stuck (hard to tear off) your size.
When you stay on the surface of the water for a long time, swim in a T-shirt so as not to burn yourself. Good luck.
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answered 14 years ago
""take fins half a size smaller than your foot (the rubber expands in water)""-completely DO NOT agree, plus it will also reduce the foot, which can provoke a convulsive syndrome
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answered 14 years ago
snorkel first. get used to breathing like this, then see how comfortable you are and how you can scuba dive. unfortunately my instructor is not in the charm now. it is both cheaper and pro.
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answered 14 years ago
Comparing snorkeling with diving is not entirely correct. It's like asking if it's enough to ride a bike or a car is also worth trying, it seems like there is only one road, but ...
You can try with any TA, the cost is $45 (one dive) and $65 (two dives, I always advise two, the first dive you get used to the equipment, your feelings, and during the second dive you feel more confident and have the opportunity to look around). The trip is for the whole day with lunch and drinks included. If hooked, then a direct road to the dive center.
I’ll also clarify the cost of excursions without diving, i.e. swim with a snorkel. You can go on a yacht, the cost is $ 25 - Tiran Island and $ 30 - Ras Mohamed, the ships are the same as for introductory diving, so companies of several people have a choice, someone dives, and someone just snorkels.
You can also go to Ras Mohamed by bus - $ 25, a stop for swimming in 3 places, a half-day excursion, I advise her to Ras Mohamed. Well, a trip to the Abu Galum reserve - $ 45, a safari on jeeps and camels, and in conclusion, swimming in the Blue Hall ("Blue Hole" - a cult place for divers). Write, I will organize everything in the best possible way.
You can try with any TA, the cost is $45 (one dive) and $65 (two dives, I always advise two, the first dive you get used to the equipment, your feelings, and during the second dive you feel more confident and have the opportunity to look around). The trip is for the whole day with lunch and drinks included. If hooked, then a direct road to the dive center.
I’ll also clarify the cost of excursions without diving, i.e. swim with a snorkel. You can go on a yacht, the cost is $ 25 - Tiran Island and $ 30 - Ras Mohamed, the ships are the same as for introductory diving, so companies of several people have a choice, someone dives, and someone just snorkels.
You can also go to Ras Mohamed by bus - $ 25, a stop for swimming in 3 places, a half-day excursion, I advise her to Ras Mohamed. Well, a trip to the Abu Galum reserve - $ 45, a safari on jeeps and camels, and in conclusion, swimming in the Blue Hall ("Blue Hole" - a cult place for divers). Write, I will organize everything in the best possible way.
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answered 14 years ago
Let me clarify my question a bit! To the Red Sea for the first time. Prior to that, I swam with a snorkel in Turkey, India and the Black Sea, best of all in Turkey. He also went scuba diving. The question is - you can see something interesting only with scuba diving and cheaper dive sites in the rehana area (SHASH-NABK)
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answered 14 years ago
in the nab you can safely swim with a snorkel. there are good reefs. but the current is stronger. so that it was there that they went scuba diving. it would be cool for you to go to dahab to dive (by car from nabq min 30 to go). there are really great reefs. there are only divers.
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answered 14 years ago
For the first time, it is unlikely that you will be taken to some interesting site. Most likely they will simply show you that it is possible to swim with scuba diving. as I had the main task for me - to stay alive.
this is only later, when something in the dive was worked out to automatism. It was possible to consider something without tension.
My advice is for the first time it is enough to swim with a snorkel.
As for the fins, they are big, I think they are dimensionless, but I have boots, and I adjust my size with clasps.
As for Dahab, you need to go there already prepared, having a network certificate.
this is only later, when something in the dive was worked out to automatism. It was possible to consider something without tension.
My advice is for the first time it is enough to swim with a snorkel.
As for the fins, they are big, I think they are dimensionless, but I have boots, and I adjust my size with clasps.
As for Dahab, you need to go there already prepared, having a network certificate.
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answered 14 years ago
It is better to swim with a snorkel and a mask - you will see everything, it makes no sense to take scuba gear and even pay.
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answered 14 years ago
Once again, try diving yourself, the sensations are absolutely not comparable with snorkeling. Well, you can't compare them. My friends in Spain were also satisfied with the dive, and it is incorrect to compare the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea in beauty.
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answered 14 years ago
--Try diving yourself, the sensations are absolutely not comparable with snorkeling.--
Everyone has their own feelings, I remember my first snorkeling - it was a shock. I could not sit in the water for hours due to a bad mask.
So, when I first went scuba diving, there was no such shock, there was just a feeling that I needed to stay in line so that no one would surface ahead of time because of me. The sensations of the fish appeared much later, when I dived 15 times, at least.
It is necessary to dive, and it is very interesting, a completely different life opens up in the depths, but this must be done already prepared.
And I consider one-time dives useless.
Everyone has their own feelings, I remember my first snorkeling - it was a shock. I could not sit in the water for hours due to a bad mask.
So, when I first went scuba diving, there was no such shock, there was just a feeling that I needed to stay in line so that no one would surface ahead of time because of me. The sensations of the fish appeared much later, when I dived 15 times, at least.
It is necessary to dive, and it is very interesting, a completely different life opens up in the depths, but this must be done already prepared.
And I consider one-time dives useless.
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answered 14 years ago
I send tourists for diving at least once a week. I always advise two dives, during the first one you get used to the equipment, to new sensations, and during the second one you can already look around. So, when we meet after the trip, there was not a single negative review, the only thing they say is that there is not enough time. And if the underwater world is seriously hooked, then you have to go to some kind of diving club, there are hundreds of them here.
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answered 14 years ago
--When we meet after the trip, there was not a single negative review, the only thing they say is that there is not enough time.
Of course, I do not deny that you are transporting people, and they, those who wish, are there. But you yourself answered - there is little time for inspection.
Here I am about it.
In order to enjoy diving, you need to prepare for it in advance. It's like driving an experienced driver's car - when you don't think, but do everything automatically.
One-day diving is expensive (taking into account being under water for such a small amount of time).
Of course, I do not deny that you are transporting people, and they, those who wish, are there. But you yourself answered - there is little time for inspection.
Here I am about it.
In order to enjoy diving, you need to prepare for it in advance. It's like driving an experienced driver's car - when you don't think, but do everything automatically.
One-day diving is expensive (taking into account being under water for such a small amount of time).
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answered 14 years ago