Emperor Divers News

Emperor at LIDS Dive Show

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:57:59 +0000

Stand 400. March 27/28

Dive the Red Sea and enjoy Emperor's Value for Money diving. You get the best service added to the best diving at undeniably great value.

'In Resort' dive packages give you the complete holiday experience. There's the chance to win 4 x 5-day dive packs and when you book at the show, buy one dive pack and get one free.

This is the perfect year-round destination from the UK. Emperor covers more ground (and sea) than most with centres in Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Nuweiba, Sharm El Sheikh and Dive Tribe/El Gouna.

Take advantage of one-off show liveaboard offers on Emperor's luxury fleet - even more great value diving in fabulous surroundings from the Red Sea's top diving company!

Email today for more fascinating information info@emperordivers.com

Whale of a 'shark time' in Hurghada

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:10:48 +0000

Hurghada had a welcome surprise visit recently from a 4m whaleshark. Emperor dive guides spotted the visitor on the surface close to the shore near the Dive Centre marina.

Emperor dive guests were fortunate enough to be on the boat but, alas, not able to get into the water but, "The view from the boat was awe-inspiring."

New divemasters, Terry and Islam, said the guests were very happy with the days diving but that this was the 'icing on the cake!'

Note: Pic of similar model!

Hurghada plays host to resident octopus

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:39:55 +0000

News just in from the team in Hurghada is that they've been playing 'host' to a resident octopus.

Says dive centre manager, Sharon El Shoura, "This little chap arrived about 5 days ago and has been around the marina area but looks like he's now moving on. And if he is a she then we apologise!"

Team Hurghada also reports sightings on the house reef of a turtle and eagle ray!

ESCAPE to warm blue-sky days - great flight deals out NOW

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:47:09 +0000

Mark Warner has sent these great Hurghada flight deals. Book today then book your diving and give yourself something to look forward to!

Hurghada

Returns
27-Nov	LGW-HRG-LGW	7 nights	VIK155/6	£199.00
04-Dec	LGW-HRG-LGW	7 nights	VIK155/6	£269.00
24-Dec	LGW-HRG-LGW	7 nights	VIK147/8	£399.00
31-Dec	LGW-HRG-LGW	8 nights	VIK147/VIK156	£319.00

One ways
27-Nov	LGW-HRG	O/B Only	VIK155	£79.00
24-Dec	HRG-LGW	I/B Only	VIK148	£79.00
24-Dec	LGW-HRG	O/B Only	VIK147	£129.00

To book or check flight availability please call Seat Sales on 0845 8801 236 or e-mail seatsales@markwarner.co.uk

Book your diving online or email info.reservations@emperordivers.co.uk

Dive Odyssea's Week in Hurghada

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:24:25 +0000

The last week of October saw a busy week for Emperor Divers in Hurghada especially for the group of divers from Dive Odyssea visiting from Rochford, near Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK. Guides Olwyn and Eva took advantage of the good weather to introduce regular Hurghada divers to sites they had not been able to visit before. And with excellent results.

First thing one morning en route to the first dive at Fanous West, the lucky passengers on Sea Dream came across a school of dolphins - some 25 in number and were able to snorkel with them. As if that wasn't enough on the 3rd dive of the day, at Fanous East, the group dived with three dolphins for up to 77 minutes - and Angela Munroe, trip organiser from Dive Odyssea, took some great pictures to prove it!

Sharks were also on the agenda for the week with 2m white tip reef shark spotted on a drift dive at Small Giftun and a baby white tip popped up to say hello at Sha'ab Adel (aka Habili Gota) on the very last dive of the holiday.

He (she?) wasn't alone on that last dive with 2 eagle rays right at the start of the dive (see Angela's photo), two Great Barracuda and a very photogenic leopard shark - Simon Cooper took full advantage - see above!

All in all a fantastic week - and what is most encouraging is that dive guides in Hurghada are unanimous in saying that there is more and more activity on the reefs this year than previously - especially the "big stuff"! So come on down to Hurghada for a week of great diving as well as all the benefits this buzzing resort has to offer.

Save 20 Euros on Special Dive Trips

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:50:31 +0000

'20 Euro off' Voucher

This voucher entitles the holder to 20 Euro off Special Dive Trips
Valid until 31 December 2010

Valid for diving in Hurghada, Marsa Alam*, Nuweiba or Sharm El Sheikh

Trips include:

Hurghada: SS Thistlegorm, Abu Nuhas, Early bird tranquility
Marsa Alam: Elphinstone, Shouni Kebir, Marsa Mubarak
*excluding Abu Dabab and Dolphin House Reef
Nuweiba: Dahab, Ras Mamlach, Go diving by Camel to El Mazeriq
Sharm: Day trip to Dahab, Overnight Thistlegorm, Overnight Ras Mohammed, Hammerhead diver, One-day underwater photo trip to Nuweiba

To claim your trip, just print and present the voucher when booking in resort.

Sorry, only one voucher per person per holiday. Book in resort.

It cannot be used in conjunction with any other special offers on Emperor services or on third dives, shop purchases, course materials, certification fees, special tanks, lunch, drinks or Marine Park fees.

Emperor Hurghada opens a bijou place

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:16:03 +0000

You might well remember Keith from Emperor Sharm's Sharks Bay. Well he's moved...to a bijou little place right on the beach in Hurghada!

Thanks to Keith's decorating skills, the once rather run-down 'hut' on the Sea Garden beach is now a snazzily smart beach hut complete with classroom, showers, toilets...and Keith, of course. Ably assisted by Sherif and Mahmoud from Emperor's Operations Team, transformations are now complete.

You can now enjoy, not only the fruits of their labours, but also a day at the beach in Hurghada with confined water and open water activities, which take place in the lagoon right in front of the centre.

Mix and match that with a diving holiday in Hurghada and you've got the perfect set-up. Want to know more about diving in Hurghada? Just click here for dive sites, wrecks, zodiac diving and a whole lot more.

2 for 1 dive packs - ONLY in September

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:14:21 +0000

Hurghada, Nuweiba & Sharm el Sheikh:

2 for 1 dive package - SAVE up to 306 Euro

14 Sept - 30 Sept 2009

Offer applies to Daily Dive packages and Open Water courses

· Free package for the 2^nd person must be of the same value or less than paid package

How to book online:

- Select the Diving Package or Open Water Course for the first person at standard price.

- Next select the Free Diving Package or Open Water Course (shown as '2^nd Person FREE') for the next person separately.

For more details contact reservations@emperordivers.com

Terms & Conditions

2 for 1 offer applies to Emperor Dive Centres in Hurghada & Sharm el Sheikh.

Offers are for diving services taken within dates shown and valid on bookings paid prior to arrival only.

Course materials and certification are additional, paid locally.

Diving includes 2 dives per day with tanks & weights.

Extras in resort (special trips, third dives, night dives etc), equipment, fees & taxes are additional, paid locally.

These offers cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers and are valid on new reservations only!

Better 'Seasafe than sorry' - Emperor's new alert tracking system for divers

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:12:51 +0000

Although it is very rare in this day and age for someone to go missing at sea, unfortunately it can happen.

As Emperor Divers has always been at the forefront of safety in the Red Sea, it's reassuring to know that we will soon have a Missing Diver Location System on all Emperor Fleet liveaboards. It's hoped that other operators will also install this in order to help us give search cover for much of the Red Sea's famous dive sites.

The system is called Seasafe, whereby the diver wears a small compact tracking unit on either their arm or BCD. With just the touch of a button a missing diver at the surface with a problem can alert all boats in the area with the Seasafe system. This alert triggers a series of steps to co-ordinate a search using a powerful directional antenna to pinpoint the missing diver. During an Emperor training and demo session recently the system tested accurately up to 18km away.

NEW liveaboard boat sailing 2 October - book today!

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:28:03 +0000

Take a great liveaboard on the new boat Snefro Target

SNEFRO TARGET measures 37m and offers one master suite and nine double cabins comfortably accommodating 20 people.

All cabins have individual controlled air-con, central music system, telephone, mini bar, safe and ensuite bathrooms (WC/shower) with two towels per guest. The spacious saloon and dining/bar areas are air-conditioned on the main deck and there is a roomy lounge on the upper deck as well as a DVD/flat screen TV, MP3/CD music system plus two sundecks with bar.

As with all the King Snefro Fleet, all safety equipment meets international standards. She is also equipped with NITROX, which is free and 25hp Zodiac.

2 - 9 October 2009
Get Wrecked Cruise from Hurghada
985 Euro per person in a twin berth cabin (Special Offer)

* We recommend that you have a minimum of 50 logged dives for this Safari.

9 - 16 October 2009
Classic Cruise from Hurghada
1,035 Euro per person in a twin berth cabin

* We recommend that you have a minimum of 50 logged dives for this Safari.

16 - 23 October 2009
Famous Five Cruise from Hurghada
1,245 Euro per person in a twin berth cabin

* Egyptian Law states you must have 50 logged dives for Marine Park Safaris.

* Night Dives are not permitted in the Marine Parks.

This is a new boat to the Emperor Fleet and is not on our schedule list as yet. Please email info.safaris@emperordivers.com for more information or to make a booking. Thanks.

SAVE up to 28% OFF your DIVE PACKS & COURSES

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:42:07 +0000

SAVE up to 28% Dive Packs & Courses

Hurghada, Nuweiba, Marsa Alam & Sharm el Sheikh

Now - 30 Sep 2009

Offer applies to:

Daily Dive Packages

BSAC selected courses

PADI Open Water Course

PADI Scuba Diver Course

PADI Fastrack Course

PADI Referral Course + Advanced Open Water Course + Scuba Reviews

PADI Discover Scuba Diver Programmes

How to book online:

Select the Diving Package or Course you require.

Your 28% discount has already been automatically deducted

For more details contact reservations@emperordivers.com

Terms & Conditions:

Saving of 28% applies to Emperor Dive Centres in Hurghada, Nuweiba, Marsa Alam & Sharm el Sheikh

Offer is for diving services taken within dates shown and valid on bookings paid prior to arrival only.

Course materials and certification are additional, paid locally.

Diving includes 2 dives per day with tanks & weights.

Extras in resort (special trips, third dives, night dives etc), equipment, fees & taxes are additional, paid locally.

This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.

Trip Report: Overnight Thistlegorm from Marsa Alam via Hurghada

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:12:33 +0000

We have dived with Emperor Divers now quite a few times but for this diving holiday we decided to go to Marsa Alam and stay at the Coral Beach Marina Lodge where Emperor are based. Whilst we were there we had the chance to enrol on a mini wreck safari. As soon as we heard about the trip we signed up straight away. Then the news got even better as we found out that Nick Hough was the guide on the trip. We knew Nick from Hurghada so we knew we were in safe hands (creep creep).

I have to say that the trip was well worth the money and the time away from the hotel. The liveaboard that awaited us was the Emperor Fraser. The crew made us all feel right at home and nothing was too much trouble which is a credit to the Captain on how he runs his boat. The Fraser was very homely and welcoming, the cabins were clean, cosy and had air conditioning which was great.

Day 1.

Luxury bus transfer to Hurghada, join the boat and then travel up to the Thistlegorm wreck site and moor over the wreck - good chance to catch some rays and some sleep. What was good about the trip was how the times were planned so that when we arrived the daily boats were just leaving the wreck site so we had the wreck all to ourselves apart from one other liveaboard. We did an afternoon, night and a dawn dive on the Thistlegorm. Nick timed our dives so that when the other liveaboard divers were leaving the water we jumped in so again, we had the wreck all to ourselves which was fantastic. After the night dive we got changed and spent an hour on the top deck with a few beers watching the world go by, which is fantastic as the peace and quiet is great.

Day 2

We woke up for the dawn dive at 06.30. Nick briefed us and then we jumped. This again was a great dive as we were the only divers on the wreck. We didn't see the turtle but we did see the resident Napoleon Wrasse around the stern and also got some amazing pictures inside the cargo hold of the trucks, motor cycles and rifles that are stored there. We then left the Thistlegorm and made our way across to Abu Nuhas to dive the Carnatic and Ghiannis D. The trip down gave us time to catch some more rays and some more sleep! Once at Abu Nuhas we moored away from the Wrecks. Nick briefed us and we dived off the zodiacs, diving the Carnatic first and then Ghiannis D which are both fantastic wrecks. If you like a modern wreck then Ghiannis D is the one for you but if, like me, you prefer older more vintage wrecks then Carnatic is great - it is my favourite for the hard and soft corals and the marine life that now inhabits the wreck.

We had the option of a dive at Fanous on the way back into Hurghada which we all jumped at with the possibility to dive with the pod of dolphins that are resident there. The dive was great apart from no Dolphins but we did see a very friendly pair of octopi 'getting it on' so to speak. Then back on the bus and back to the hotel in time for dinner!

The trip is well worth the money: the food on the boat is brilliant, the crew on the Fraser were excellent and Nick, well, what can we say? Professional as ever but also having fun at the same time.

A trip not to be missed because if you do you will regret it.

Andy (Gibbo) Gibbons and Sarah Gibbons

P.S big love to all the staff at Marsa Alam especially Luke and Tracey xxxx

Your complete destination guide for Hurghada

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:03:14 +0000

Hurghada Factbase - Your complete destination guide for Hurghada; how to get here and what to do when you are here!

Click here for the full lowdown.

Thistlegorm and Abu Nuhas from Hurghada and Marsa Alam

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:10:37 +0000

Now you can visit the best of the Red Sea's wrecks on an overnight trip from Hurghada and Marsa Alam. For guests from Marsa Alam a transfer leaves at 7am to make the scenic drive through the desert to Hurghada. On the way you pass through the picturesque town of El Quseir. The town gives you a glimpse of real Egypt and you'll see the ancient fort built by the Romans and renovated by British and French colonial forces.

The boat (one of Emperor's luxury liveaboards) leaves from the Hurghada Marina at 10am (giving guests from Hurghada a pleasant lie in). You'll travel straight up to the mighty Thistlegorm for an afternoon dive (after the daily boats have left), followed by an atmospheric night dive on the ghostly wreck. There is time for an early morning dive (before the daily boats arrive) and then we head across to Abu Nuhas 'the ultimate reef for wreck-diving in the Red Sea' for two dives (normally on the Carnatic and the Giannis D).

FREE diving on us - and save up to 15% on the rest

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:53:24 +0000

July is usually the time for big things to happen in the Red Sea so book your diving with Emperor and enjoy a day's diving on us for FREE!

We like to stay ahead of the crowd and have been offering this great incentive since last October with lots of divers having already taken the plunge.

Just book anything from three day's diving and you get an extra day free. Book online and enjoy an extra 10% discount too! Dived with Emperor before? Then you get 15% off!

Pack your bags, book your flight and Emperor is ready and waiting to take you diving!

Choose from Emperor's dive centres in Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada. Marsa Alam or Nuweiba; your choice.

Email info.reservations@emperordivers.com